{"id":3282,"date":"2014-08-12T06:13:22","date_gmt":"2014-08-12T13:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=3282"},"modified":"2014-08-12T06:13:22","modified_gmt":"2014-08-12T13:13:22","slug":"its-all-so-magical-montreal-quebec-08092014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=3282","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s All So Magical \u2013 Montreal, Quebec \u2013 [08\/09\/2014]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Mi_vida_en_el_bosque_by_ELENADUDINA\"<\/a>Seven day runs can get repetitive; they can fall into a routine that simply goes day in and day out without much real care for where you are. If it\u2019s Tuesday this must be Quebec etc etc.<\/p>\n

Embark day goes with its usual chaotic pace, and by the time you finish the opening night show you\u2019re pretty much ready to call it a day; but once in a very great while, something happens to jar you out of that routine and make you realize just how lucky a life you really lead. Last night we were all filing off stage having done all our smiles and introductions, the cast was bustling around us in and out of the dressing rooms, false eyelashes being removed, gear being backed up, and suddenly \u2018Gale comes running back in from beyond the stage door.<\/p>\n

Guys! Guysguysguys! FIREWORKS OUTSIDE!!!<\/em><\/p>\n

And we all look at each other, blink, drop whatever we\u2019re doing, and scurry out onto the bow, which happened to be open because it was an absolutely, beautiful clear night\u2026and sure enough, the stars were exploding over the city skyline.<\/p>\n

Far enough away from the coast that I couldn\u2019t smell the gunpowder, but close enough that the sound still rattled my ribs, I stood alongside the rest of the entertainment department and just stared.<\/p>\n

Think that\u2019s the finale<\/em>?<\/p>\n

Nah, finale\u2019ll have way more shells than that.<\/em><\/p>\n

Hey everyone! It\u2019s V\u2019s birthday! Who arranged the surprise?<\/em><\/p>\n

Does anyone actually know what the occasion is?<\/em><\/p>\n

Does anyone care???<\/em><\/p>\n

We never did figure it out, but the show went on forever. Because we had to make the tide under the bridge at a very specific hour, the Captain couldn\u2019t stop, so we swung left and carried on, leaning on the horn to avoid the dozens of water bugs that were sitting staring with us. Despite the fact that it had threatened rain earlier, the sky remained perfectly clear and the night was so warm that even the dancers \u2013 who were still half in costume \u2013 didn\u2019t have to throw on a jacket. There was just enough breeze to ruffle your hair. It was the kind of night, the kind of moment, where the only thing that would make it more perfect would be someone you cared about coming up behind you and wrapping their arms around your waist and just saying\u2026nothing.<\/p>\n

There are days when I hate my job, there are weeks when the hours are hard and the days are long, and you simply cannot wait for the contract to be over\u2026<\/p>\n

And then there are the nights that remind me why it is I do this in the first place\u2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Seven day runs can get repetitive; they can fall into a routine that simply goes day in and day out without much real care for where you are. If it\u2019s Tuesday this must be Quebec etc etc. Embark day goes … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,77,15,75],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-below-the-waterline","category-east-coast-adventures-2014","category-performances","category-summer-contracts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3GtNE-QW","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3282"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3282\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3283,"href":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3282\/revisions\/3283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}