We had always had the various
Portrait Player groups in our home, but this year’s group just popped in from
time to time. That sort of thing never bothered either Della or I. We loved it.
It saved us the trouble of planning and inviting. Our kids were getting older
now and enjoyed any of the college kids dropping by.
The group was at our house in
February to help celebrate Della’s birthday. I don’t know what all activities
were planned (probably nothing special
since we tended to just let things develop) but for some reason they were
all over our house — and they had evil intentions. They also took photos of
their nasty activities.
They short sheeted our bed. My
kids did not participate, but they watched and loved being in on the secret
trick on mom and dad. They rearranged the kitchen cupboards, They turns books
upside down on shelves, items were moved to various places, framed photos were
upside down or backwards and most likely others things I can no longer
remember. Some of these I only remember because of the pictures. It was all-harmless
and the group was always so much fun it was impossible to be angry. I don’t
really know how they did this without us ever seeing them in action.
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| Top left: hanging closet strangely. Dave Fowler, Ron Friesen, Top: Short sheeting bed - Ruth Mitchell and ???. Second down: More help short sheeting bed - Dave Thompson, Garth Frose, Ron Freeman. Third down: Kitchen destruction - Terry Dyck, Ron Friesen, Garth Frose. |
There was one night most were
gathered in our tiny little TV area after a soccer game and it was so crowded (the space really only sat two) we were
literally on top of one another. Naturally Rodney and Rhonda loved being able
to climb all over them playing king of the people mountain.
Rhonda felt special around the
group. All the teams paid attention to my children and I thank them for that. I
was often so involved in the rehearsals and productions that it was a bonus to
have my kids love the group and enjoy being with them.
Each year we had a premiere of
sorts to introduce the new team to that years main production Four years in a
row it was No Time For Tombstones. I
am sure there are students who had seen “Tombstones” two or three times each
year. Since we always had rotating casts the play was always done twice on
opening night, one with each cast. I loved it, but wondered how one could see
it so often as just a member of the audience. But then, they often wanted to
see both casts and compare how they were different. Well, my family was always
ones who had seen every school performance. They usually were in the make up
room before the show watching what was going on and enjoying the pre
performance joking and fun of getting ready. It was always a hoot watch the
guys just learning to put on their makeup. Most of the newer team members were
always bit nervous about their first big show, but by the fourth year, I knew
and so did my family know that it was going to be great.
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