The Starr Clan: 10-19-2010 Tuesday - Utah and "The Magic Flute"

Friday, November 5, 2010

10-19-2010 Tuesday - Utah and "The Magic Flute"

We came to Utah for several reasons - first to see the beautiful autumn leaves change colors - this is outside of Holly's dorm...

Another was to get Drew set to come to BYU in January...

We ate good German food - a little Octoberfest Celebrating...

We visited our friend, Jared, whom Jeff baptized 10 years ago...

We had great food at La Caille french restaurant...

We visited with Holly whenever she wasn't in school...

We were going to go to the football game - but there was a thunderstorm...
This bus is from the "U" - the bumper sticker says,
"I BRAKE FOR ALL ANIMALS EXCEPT COUGARS"
Talk about rivalry!!!

But the biggest reason was to see Holly perform in the Opera, The Magic Flute. Long story short - the cast had already been chosen last spring, but she could still audition for the chorus. The director heard her try out and offered her a principal role as the "Dritte Knabe", which means the third little boy spirit. She was cast with two other girls who were juniors. She was thrilled to be cast at the last minute - but she only had 4 weeks (where the rest had all summer) to learn her lines in German and sing it as an alto which was a stretch for her since she is naturally a first soprano. But the director had faith in Holly that she could do it and he was really happy with her performance. She was the only freshman girl in the entire cast - she was beyond excited!!!

Here she is singing to Pamina, the princess.

Here are the three boy spirits stopping Papageno from committing suicide. She is holding the rope as he is about to hang himself - then as he jumps - she throws it over with him. Everyone laughed!!!

Holly is at the top of the temple next to the prince during the finale.

We saw three of her four performances. Afterwards, this is where everybody goes to celebrate. It's called Sammy's and it's in downtown Provo. They serve amazing burgers, sweet potato fries and even pie shakes!!! They actually take a slice of pie and mix it into the shake! Intense!!!