As the World Turns

This week my life with my daughter Alyssa has been fast paced and exciting again. Alyssa is 15, is a musician, an actress and a singer. She was in a local play; she played the clown with the tear away face for the Nightmare before Christmas. I worked on costumes for Oogie boogie and the Mayor and of course Alyssa’s costume. The Oogie Boogie costume was a challenge, I thought it would be simple but it was quite difficult. The director wanted the costume in one piece but yet wanted the actress to be able to move about freely and wanted her in a fat suit. Tough to do, but in the end, I decided to leave the bottom open as otherwise it simple did not work. It turned out really good, the play went well, and I also helped with makeup but made the mistake of helping with the elves backstage. Never again. Alyssa keeps me busy with all her performing arts events, but I would not have it any other way.