And it is, it is a glorious thing to be a pirate king

Dad stayed at the house while Robs napped this afternoon, and Katrina and I saw The Pirates of Penzance at a local high school. We had a great time!

The production was pretty good. Very nice sets and costumes, and the orchestra was great. The stage was raked and had a kind of proscenium in front of the pit, so visibility was really good. The girls' ensemble was too loud, but there was about thirty of them, so not a surprise.

Ruth and Frederick were eh. The notes were all hit, but neither had much in the way of tone or power or diction. Mabel was quite good in what is a very thankless role. And the pirates got to sing "With catlike tread", because the policemen were mostly girls and dancers.

The Pirate King was a thing of glory, purple britches and all. Good technique, and not afraid to be laughed at. Katrina has quite a thing for him. Every time he left the stage she asked if he was coming back. At one point he did a few ukie dance moves, and Kat just about lost it. Here, clearly, was everything a man should be.

This was her second experience with live theater (first was the Ukrainian dance recital last October), and it was another rousing success. She responds so enthusiastically, and I love seeing the joy in her. She sang all the way home, mostly the pirate king song and the ha-has from "Poor wand'ring one".