Back on tour!! Or, at least in Winnipeg...

Hello my loyal readers! And by that I mean the 4-6 family and friends of mine who have not given up hope on this little blog…I have good news! I’m back on tour!! (which, I’m sure many of you already know…) And that means, BLOGGING! I know I kind of bailed on blogging the US tour of Busytown this fall, but because this new show is going so many new places and is longer – I promise I will keep this blog going. Plus, I know I’m going to want to document everything.

So…where to begin? I arrived in Winnipeg yesterday morning to start my Strawberry Shortcake adventure. Minus the fact that I had been up since 3 AM, I was pretty wired and ready to go. It was difficult saying goodbye to my family and Doug though…it’s so weird. I wanted this tour so badly and then my life kind of drastically changed right before I got it and suddenly, I wasn’t so sure I wanted leave anymore. But as soon as I got to Winnipeg, I felt better about it. B and Airyn picked me up from the airport and we spent the majority of the day together. It was so nice to see them again – it felt like I never left Winnipeg, haha.

We had our first rehearsal in the late afternoon and it was so nice to be back at the studio and finally meet the majority of the cast. And get this…EVERYONE IS SHORT LIKE ME! Honestly – I’m actually one of the taller girls. It’s so bizarre. And they’re all so cute. It’s perfect. We did a first read of the script and then went down to the dance hall to choreograph a couple of the group numbers. The show is going to be really cute – I totally felt in my element.

After rehearsal, I grabbed some groceries for the week and then went to my hotel to just pass out. I’m staying at the PLR again (The Place Louis Riel hotel – my Winnipeg home away from home) and I’m rooming with one of the Toronto girls from my cast, Kaitlin. She’s super fun, down to earth and laid back. I’m so glad I have another roommate I click well with…as much as I miss my lil’ B (but don’t worry – we’ll be roomies again on tour). Everyone in the cast is super cool though – I think it’ll be a good group.

Today, we had a real 9-5 work day. We started off with choreography all morning, learning songs with the vocal coach for most of the afternoon and then a 2nd read-through near the end of the day as they had already made a bunch of cuts and edits to the script.

Now, I’m back home…had a solid dinner of tuna and rice (trying to get my body back on track) and I’m just planning on watching a movie and hitting the hay tonight. Wild Saturday night for me…

But so far, everything is going well. I’m really excited about the show – I think this whole tour is going to be great!

P.S. I added my last blog post from the Busytown tour too...I had it written and saved on my computer from May, I just never posted onto the blog.