After Sunday Mass at St. Paul's, my family had lunch at Captain D's Seafood Restaurant. After eating, we drove to a gas station and filled up our van. Then, we went home to get ready for another road trip to north western part of the Old Dominion that afternoon. That is, we're bringing Tintin back to C-ville where she's having her summer internship and a seminar class. We picked her up last Thursday afternoon because our plan was that on Friday evening at eight we would all see Andrew who's performing in Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew at TCC (Tidewater Community College) Chesapeake Campus, open theatre. By the way, Freny and I have already watched Andrew and the rest of the cast at the opening night performance on Wednesday. And it was well-worth seeing it, not that my son is in this play.The cast and the crew did an outstanding job, from stage set up and costumes to the acting performances of all cast members. They're like professional thespians in their own right. My first reaction or feedback after watching it was posted on my FB page in which I commended the whole group for producing this Shakespeare in the Groove open theatre. "Kudos to the cast and crew," I wrote. Special credit goes to Dr. Ed Jacob of TCC who directed this Shakepeare open theatre.
To note, the show, which is free and open to the public, runs from June 22 to 26, open theatre at the Chesapeake campus, and June 30 to July 1st at TCC Roper Theatre in Norfolk. Andrew plays the role of Gromio and has been consistently funny and hilarious in each night's performance. As planned, we all went to see Andrew performing again. Thanks God, the weather was quite perfect for that third night showing. Tintin took short video highlights of the performance and also did take photo of Andrew and his co-actors after the performance. Likewise, we had a chance to talk to the director and his wife after the show. Truly, we had a lively conversation. And, of course, our topic was on Andrew and his comedic performance.
Now, going back to Sunday afternoon after Mass and lunch. As I've mentioned in the first paragraph, we're heading for C-ville to drop Tintin back in her apartment after spending the three-day weekend with us. Freny drove our van, as usual. While on the road, we encountered slow traffic, after half an hour away from home. Why was it so slow? We found out afterwards that there was an accident. And so, here's my...
Travel Haiku #2
two-car accident
on the way to Charlottesville
but arrived safely.
Freny loves driving
anywhere she shares the road
trip away from home.
travelling on land
sights and sounds abound around
trees, plains, rest areas.
while I navigate
aware of traffic patterns
she drives cautiously.
cars and varied cars
going with the flow of life
goes smoothly the trip.
music fills the air
hastening our travel time
to enjoy, relax.
anticipation
travelling expectation
to destination.
copyright 2011 by chris alibin quilpa
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