A theater friend has organized a small concert with silent auction as a fundraiser for a local charity. She's invited me and a few other women she's performed with to sing and has lined up a wonderful accompanist as well. She has asked all of us to wear black dresses so she can call this an LBD benefit.
We've had individual rehearsals with the accompanist, and we had a run-through yesterday with all of us. The program has a very interesting assortment - broadway, opera, G&S, cabaret - lots of variety, well presented. I just hope people come! (I'm nervous about that only because I live far enough away from the church hosting the concert that none of my church choir, for example, would want to go.)
I'm a little sad about the line-up, only because my pieces (1 solo, 1 duet (from G&S' Patience), 1 trio ("Three Little Maids from School") are all in the first half. Then no more singing for me! However, there's plenty of great music to listen to; that'll have to console me. :)
I took my dress with me yesterday because I wanted some input on which jewelry to wear with it. As I was putting it on, though, the zipper broke. I mean, really broke, as in broken teeth! (It's a lovely vintage dress and this is the original zipper.) I plan to take it to the cleaner's tomorrow to see if their alterations person can replace the zipper by Friday. The dress' bodice has a lot of shirring and a waist seam, though, so this would be even more problematic than a "normal" zipper replacement. Yesterday I went out and bought a back-up dress. Managed to find a Jones New York dress for just $20! Not fancy, but it'll look great with pearls, so if I can't wear my first choice, I have a good back-up.
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