going south & finding culture

Curtis and I gave Craig and Carol tickets to see Les Miserables at Tuacahn so thursday morning the four of us headed down south to St. George. The weather was absolutely beautiful! Myself, not being a huge fan of St. George and the heat, was thinking it was going to be too hot, but it sure wasn't. None of us had ever been to Tuacahn before and we all loved it! I'm pretty sure this could become a yearly tradition. I saw Les Miserables for the first time last year at the Pioneer Theater in Salt Lake and I fell in love. It's amazing! The music and story and characters all have so much depth. My top three favorite characters are  

Jean Valjean, Javert, and Fantine. But the Thenardier's are absolutely hilarious! I think

everybody loves them, at least a little. I think being settled in the beautiful red cliffs of southern Utah made the production even better. And because there wasn't the restrictions of being indoors they were able to have live animals (the little piggy was Carol's favorite), fireworks, and use the surrounding landscape. What is it about going to plays that just give you the chills and make you feel all cultured? Is it just me? Everytime I see a play there is always a part of me that wishes I was... talented. I wish I could get on stage and really belt it out and, instead of people getting up and leaving because I sound so bad, they would stand and applaud. Welp, nothing I can do about that. I was not, I reapeat, was not granted a beautiful singing voice. I would even settle for a nice singing voice, but as it is I stick to lip synching and singing in the shower. (everyone sounds good in there). So in conclusion, my recommendation is to go to Tuacahn if at all possible. You certainly won't regret it.