Today was the dress rehearsal of the school play. It was chaotic. First we all changed into our under-costume clothes (for me, a camisole and short leggings). Then we stood in line for a long time for our costumes to get our costumes. It took a long time to get to the front of the line because most of the costumes look alike and any last minute adjustments had to be made. Finally the curtain went up on the first scene. The only person watching was our teacher. Until the last scene everything went okay. The mummy climbed into the vacuum box that was painted to look like a sarcophagus, and the two boys standing right by the sarcophagus slammed the lid shut. No problem. But when it came time to push the mummy off stage, the two boys standing there couldn’t do it. There were supposed to be three boys standing by the box, but one was sick and wasn’t at school. Finally, despite what the script said, Sohphie had to come and help push the box off stage. I hope the performance tomorrow will go better.
