OK, I am going to make it my mission to come up with a title for every post that is pulled directly from Musical Theatre.  A star will go to the person who correctly identifies the origin of the quote.  I think it will be kind of easy actually.  And, of course it has to relate in some way to the events of the day, so everything was beautiful at the ballet tonight.  We went to the Lincoln Theatre here in Yountville for the second in our cultural outings.  Tomorrow is another.  It was the Ballet Gala of the Festival del Sole and there were dancers from ABT, San Francisco Ballet and San Jose Ballet.  So, we arrived and were waiting in the lobby near the entrance to the VIP lounge, and David became excited because he said he recognized someone, and I asked if it was someone from ABT, and he said yes, one of the principal dancers.  He was sure he knew his name, but couldn’t tell me what it was.

We went into the theatre, and had a bit of a problem with seating, but the usher was great and went to the box office to exchange our seats.  We sat down, and before the show started (late, I might add!) he again saw the ABT dancer.  We had been chatting with two ladies, a mother and daughter from Napa, and they seemed dubious and wondered why David would know one of the principal dancers for ABT.  I explained, that this is the sort of thing that he would know.  So, later, as I am perusing the program, I recognized a name that sounded familiar to me – José Manuel Carreño – and pointed the name out to David, and he let me know that this was the guy.  He is the new Artistic Director of the San Jose Ballet.

The ballet was beautiful, particularly the pieces with the dancers from ABT – Swan Lake pas de deux and Le Corsaire pas de deux.  The other dancers were great too.  One of the dances, not so much, but the rest were great.  There was a lost piece by some early 20th century choreographer, that might have been better left lost, if you know what I mean.  I couldn’t help but thinking of The Music Man and One Grecian Urn, Two Grecian Urns and a fountain, trickle, trick . . . well you get my meaning.  I also couldn’t help but reflect on Les Ballets Trockedero de Monte Carlo during the Swan Lake.  Here is a bit from an ad for Sadler’s Wells.

Anyway, everything is beautiful at the Ballet.

Yesterday, not much happened, but I did successfully make Vietnamese Salad Rolls for dinner, and they were quite good.  Wrapping will take a little bit of practice, they weren’t as tight as I might have liked, but they were tasty!

Tonight, there was no reading.  We just wanted the preview for Project Runway and the first episode, so we were up pretty late.  Tomorrow we have a visit from Dave and Pamela and we will be heading to our third cultural outing after a wine tasting at Leaping Frog.  Another great day.