it's finally over!!

blue eye high school's drama/speech/spanish/french teacher, the lovely mrs. parsons, is retiring after this yaer (we'll have to find 4 teachers to replace her!) and the medieval dinner theater tradition is retiring with her (praise the lord above!).
not that i don't enjoy the 2-4 weeks of stressful backdrop creating, using all of my classes all day long every day to get it done in time...
this being my 4th year doing it, i'm just really very happy to not have to do it ever again.
this was her 12th medieval. i don't know where she found the energy.

i took nick along to experience the glory of it all -- he was in his element. he loved it. if i'd said he had to wear a cape and a sorcerer's hat, he would have been even more enamored, but i made sure to NOT say that.

he did not, however, love the beard-rubbing sierra & crystal decided to give him before even meeting him. they came up from behind and ambushed him when we were sitting at our table, calmly enjoying the show.

this was only about 1/2 the cast -- it was quite the production.

the gargoyle dance was the best part. if only the lighting had been more photographically conducive. but then it wouldn't have been as cool a dance...
oh well. can't have it both ways.


here's the finished commons, looking castle-like. (or at least trying...)
it wasn't my favorite decor, but it got the job done. there were definitely some cool elements, like the suits of armor and the stained-glass windows.
all in all, my kids did a pretty good job.