Music Man is Hot!

Here's a lovely review about my current production, "The Music Man." It's playing at the Egyptian Theatre in Park City. COME SEE IT! :-)

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Review: Egyptian Theatre's 'Music Man' is hotIowa in July in Park City in December? You bet!

By Robert Coleman

Special To The Tribune

Salt Lake TribuneUpdated:

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Park City » Going from fresh snow on Park City's December streets to Iowa in July seemed quite unusual. Why would a theater in this winter sports hot spot present Meredith Willson's "The Music Man" this time of year?

But the Egyptian Theatre Company's lively production had the audience quickly shedding coats and longing for ice-cold lemonade.

The musical's story of con man Harold Hill (Mark R. Gollaher) selling band instruments and uniforms to the parents of River City's youth, and skeptical librarian/piano teacher Marian Paroo (Carianne H. Jones), unfolded enthusiastically. The rapid-paced production benefited from Gollaher's fast-talking, relentless performance and director Terrence Goodman's judicious score cuts.

Gollaher's transformation from an oily salesman to love-smitten penitent is remarkable. His slightly raspy voice had trouble reaching low notes during "Seventy-Six Trombones" but achieved clearer focus on songs with Jones, including "Till There Was You." Her buttery voice had operatic heft in "My White Knight" (a tune replaced by "Being in Love" for the movie), but took on a tender shade for "Goodnight My Someone." Vocally and physically, she was Gollaher's opposite, but they quickly developed an appealing chemistry.

The solid cast had many other standouts. Mason Johnson stole the show as Winthrop. There may not have been a more endearing version of this character since Ronnie Howard played the lisping child on the big screen. His priceless expressions and fearless rendition of "Gary Indiana" are worth the price of a ticket.

Charleton W. Bluford as Hill's friend Marcellus Washburn is another total-package performer. "Shipoopi" highlighted his appealing voice, effortless dancing and considerable acting chops.

Kinetic energy and bluster infused Bob Longoria's depiction of anvil salesman Charlie Cowell. Expressive eyes and feigned pomposity made Dee Macaluso's portrait of the mayor's wife, Eulalie Mackechnie Shinn, less forbidding but she sustained a scene-stealing presence throughout.

Veteran actor Fredric Cook as Mayor Shinn suffered from some comedic timing misfires that robbed some of the intended bufoonery from his character's lines. But his jowl-wobbling line "Where's the band?" was a unique touch.

The school board-turned-barbershop quartet -- Aaron Spencer, W. Derek Hendricks, Tyson Richard Baker and Rick LaPointe -- delivered tight harmony and animated performances.

The rest of the cast delivered polished performances and maximized the small capacity of the stage thanks to Goodman's purposeful direction and Janet Muse Gray's compelling choreography.

Anne Benson's beautifully detailed, efficient sets allowed scenes to flow seamlessly. Nancy Hill's turn-of-the-century costumes, Jesse Portillo's lighting and Eric Robinette's sound design kept eyes and ears focused on Iowa's small-town citizenry. And a seven-piece band led by keyboardist Trevor Jerome accomplished the yeoman's task of distilling a full orchestral score into a tight combo chart. Trumpet player Reed LeCheminant's endurance was particularly amazing.

As Professor Hill told Marian, "Pile up enough tomorrows, and you'll find you have nothing but a bunch of empty yesterdays." Don't miss an opportunity to spend a bit of your holiday in Iowa.

 

Trouble comes to Park City

What » "The Music Man"

Where » Egyptian Theatre, 328 S. Main St., Park City

When » Reviewed Dec. 4; continues at 7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, with 2 p.m. matinees on Saturdays and Sundays through Dec. 28. Additional shows Dec. 11 and 18 at 7 p.m.

Tickets » $16-$30, at 435-649-9371 or www.ParkCityShows.com.

Running time » Two hours and 20 minutes, with one intermission.

Bottom line » An energetic "Music Man" has marched into Park City for the holiday season.

  

212º - The Extra Degree

Ok, so I was at a meeting this morning, and I came back to my office to find a book sitting on my desk. The book was entitled 212º the extra degree.

So I opened it up and the preface reads:

ONE DEGREE
"Applying one extra degree of temperature to water means the difference between something that is simply very hot and something that generates enough force to power a machine - a beautifully uncomplicated metaphor that ideally should feed our every endeavor - consistently pushing us to make the extra effort in every task, action and effort we undertake...."

I started reading all of the simple suggestions that help in general life...or even as specifically as if you were a Baseball Coach. It's amazing the little things you can do...the extra degree that you add...and how that truly can affect things. My favorite one so far (there is much more to read) is:

212 commitment
Put a smile in the path of complain...once daily.
Cease to complain.

I work in an environment where there is always just so much negativity and it is exhausting. I work with some people who tend to complain about EVERYTHING...but if I help set the standard and not complain at least once a day, that is 365 seeds of negativity that I eliminate :) Here's to hoping it works.

It's Beginning to Look a Lot like Christmas!

This week, while I am off from the show for a few days, I decided to get my Christmas Lights and Decorations up. It's been fun especially being in the new house and wanting it to look all pretty and festive. So as I decorated outside, Bailey watched me from behind the glass door. I tried letting her stay outside with me but she kept chasing after anyone who walked by. She gets sooo excited when she sees people. :) 

           

I still want to add more to what I've done. It's funny, you think you are done and then once you see it you want to add more garland "here" or some lights "there"...it's  a work in progress. But considering that I didn't decorate an OUNCE last year at my old house, I wanted to be sure to get more in the spirit this year. I also want to go see and do more festive activities like going to see Holiday Concerts or Shows, Christmas Lights, Christmas Caroling/Parties, etc. Today I downloaded 3 Christmas Albums to add to my iTunes library. This is going to be the best Christmas ever!!

T

Thankful for my Family!

So i absolutely LOVE getting together with my family. There has not been one time when we get together and we don't laugh so hard that our abs hurt.

My Mom made the most delicious dinner ever complete with, Stuffing, Collared Greens, and of course the infamous Turkey. The first huge laugh of the evening came from this story:

We ALWAYS have either a Lemon Merenge Pie or at least a Lemon Cake for our major family holiday functions, usually all those gatherings in between as well. Well, my brother Chad and I discovered that there was NO LEMON PIE!! Now, I don't like pie, but he craves for that pie. My dad's excuse was that mom had gotten up too early to start the Turkey and it was in the oven all day so there was no time. I thought, "Well, at least there is a Lemon cake!" We got to joking about there not being any Lemon Pie and how Thanksgiving was ruined, and my niece Kaley revealed accidentally that the cake that was sitting downstairs was NOT a Lemon Cake. My mom immediately made the face at her like "NO!! Don't tell!" We FREAKED OUT!!!! NO LEMON CAKE!?!?!? WHAT!??!? And Mom tried to hide it...she thought she could hold it off until we went to go cut the cake. WTF!?! haha My dad was so shocked too...he had the most disgusted face ever and all the sudden he yells out "WHAT THE HELL DID YOU MAKE!?" haha Funniest thing ever.

Naomi was out at the store getting some last minute items, so Chad immediately called her and told her to get all the ingredients to make a Cake and Pie! She saved Thanksgiving because he and I almost left.

Anyway, we finalized all the dinner items and began to eat together downstairs. We started talking about the movie "Twilight" and how they all wanted to go see it (again!) Yeah, with the exception of my mother the girls of the family had all seen it at least 2 times already. I was strongly AGAINST going to see it after all I've heard of it's cheesiness. I tried getting them to go see the new 007 movie, but to no avail. So we didn't end up going to see a movie at all. Instead we ended up watching a bunch of movie trailers online haha then we played games.

This year we decided to draw names for Christmas presents. I think it will be fun and different, and EASIER on each of us. Especially with the tough times lately. We decided to not discuss who we drew and keep it a surprise. We'll create a master Christmas Wish list so people can find out what others want for Christmas.

Hope everyone had a tasty and fun Thanksgiving!!

-T

MTV Cribs: Rose Park Edition

Ok, so I realized that I've been living in my new house in Rose Park and have not even shared pics and details about it with you. So here you are. It's an awesome house in a cute neighborhood. I have an awesome roommate, Ashley, and Bailey is absolutely in love with the house AND Ashley. We have two sets of families that we are already good friends with that lived there before we moved in, so it's been nice knowing people in the neighborhood and having decent neighbors, unlike having Madge as a neighbor.

This is the Outside of the house!

Here is Bailey posing outside the new house...her right side is apparently the better side.

I'm in love with the nice open Kitchen...and the recessed lighting hehe. 

Kitchen view - Part 2 (Behind where I'm standing is the Living Room. I didn't get a picture for some reason, but I will...trust me it's nice)

Here is my nice Bathroom...I found that super cool shower curtain at...WAL MART! Crazy huh?

 

My Room with a nice big Walk in Closet. I went from having like 3' closet space, to pretty much a second bedroom haha.

76 Trombones!

Oh wow, gee golly, it has apparently been too log since my last post. I apologize to you all for the suspense on what has been happening in my life. It's been a busy few months for me.

As you were aware from my last post, I played Dracula in Lagoon's Live Entertainment this year. It was a fun month. I was definitely so happy and excited to not have to wash make up off of my face and out of my hair each night.

At the conclusion of Frightmares, I jumped right into rehearsals for "The Music Man" that is now playing at the Egyptian Theatre in Park City. I'm the Music Director and Conducting the orchestra for the show. It's fun times. We had our opening night last Friday, the 21st. It was a good opening weekend. Please come see it and tell others to as well. It's a cute family show. We play Thursday - Sunday (except Thanksgiving and Christmas).

Speaking of Thanksgiving, we had our 2nd Annual Thanksigiving at Sunset yesterday. SOO fun! (Seth and Aaron's house is on Sunset). It was fun to hang out with all our very dear friends and eat really yummy food and drink 40 bottles of wine...seriously! It was fun to go around the table, read the quote that was under each of our plates, and say what we are thankful for. I was thankful that God has given me yet another year to live and be with the people I love so much.

Until we meet again...

T

A Conspiracy Theory on Rush Hour!

I've come to the conclusion that rush hour is a nightmare and a total conspiracy! Seriously, when you think about it....where does Rush Hour start?! It's probably someone's job twice a day to go out and and put some congestion on the free way, and then when they play it on the news, it's totally entertaining seeing people parked on the freeway stuck in the heat on their motorcycles....DUMB!

Well, today I was stuck in Rush Hour on my way to complete my 5th year of lame, boring, and useless orientation at Lagoon. That's right, it's time for another exciting performing season at Lagoon for this years' Frightmares season. I am returning as Dracula...excuse me "BLACKula!" Should be pretty fun and my cast is amazing. But then there are days like today when you have to sit through and hour and a half of Orientation on Sexual Harassment and Work Safety. The videos are completely outdated and from...what the 60's? And of course the acting is cheesy! In one sexual harassment scene, Bobby is wiping down the picnic tables and his supervisor sally comes up and says, "Hey! You should wipe me down next!" LAME! haha I keep hoping that every year when I return it will be a new and exciting video...nope...same old boring video.

But be sure to come see my show, especially if you are Lagoon this fall. I'm in the MONSTER CLASSICS show and it's a good one.

Pei Wei vs. PF Changs

So my assistant and I have pretty much a daily tradition of going somewhere to eat for lunch. We are deathly afraid of the food in the hotel cafeteria (a.k.a. the Salt Cellar) so we find ourselves becoming poor by eating out. Today I was pretty set on grabbing a good old fashioned hot dog at the corner hot dog stand. I love it seriously...it's so yummy and costs like $3 for a couple hot dogs, chips and a soda. PERFECT! Well, of course Jessica had to come up with a better plan of going to Pei Wei for lunch.

The plan was, she was going to go cut our co-worker Scott's hair during lunch at his place and then bring Pei Wei back to the office for us. I couldn't wait. I tried to think of a way to justify still going over to the corner stand and having a couple of hot dogs before she got back, but then I'd just be a pig.

It seemed like she was gone FOREVER!!! Oh wait...she was. My stomach was gurgling. What's even worse was when she finally got back, I was stuck on the phone with a client for 30 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I could smell the food from my own office and I was dying. In my head I was thinking. "What is the easiest way of ending this conversation so I can go eat...." I hung up the phone and went into the conference room to eat...I noticed they had brought back literally like 40 fortune cookies and left me 2 soy sauce packets...real nice!

Jessica seems to think that Pei Wei is better than PF Changs. I can't help but completely disagree!! Pei Wei is great, but there is soemthing so tastefully special about PF Changs. Maybe it's the fact that I eat there EVERY year on my birthday. DUH...it's just soooooo good. Jessica doesn't know what she is talking about....Hmmm....what do you think?

Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus....WTF?!

Good news...I tested positive for MRSA...in English it means I had a Staph. infection. I don't know how the heck I got even got it. The Doctor says most people walk around with a staph bacteria and it sometimes just so happens to find it's way into your body through dry and cracked skin or an open wound or something. Sounds so fun!!

So how do you get rid of the infection?? Well, it's the most painful process in the entire freaking world...seriously...on Friday he had to cut me open. So first he numbed me...stuck a freaking needle right into the infection. I cried because it hurt SOOO bad. Then he took a knife and cut open the top of the infection to drain the puss out (I hope you aren't eating lunch or dinner right now, while reading this). And now the Dr. has me on anti-biotics and I swear it's making me have really bad dreams. The other day I took nap and had a collage of bad dreams in during one nap....my dog turned rabid and attacked me....I witnessed the worst motorcycle accident....I discovered Santa wasn't real! It was a crazy dream.

Anyway...these pills I have to take are HUGE. I get anxiety everytime I have to take them, wondering how that pill can possibly be swallowed without choking. CRAZY! So now you all know to NOT get MRSA. Save yourself the pain! :-)

T

Game Night Extravaganza! What's your Sign?

8/24/2008

Last night my very good group of friends (I've had since Highschool or earlier) got together for our new monthly tradition of...well, getting together. We had Game Night Extravaganza hosted at Brody's mansion in Layton. It was a great turn out yet again, and so fun to see everyone and laugh really hard all night. I had a headache and it really hurt to laugh, but it was soooo fun!

The night started off playing Mario Beijing Olympic Games on the Wii. Let's just say I was NOT meant to compete in the Hammer Throw. 2 out of 3 tries, I hit the Fence after spinning around and getting extremely dizzy. But the 3rd try was the charm, and I threw that freaking hammer (or whatever you would call it...I assume it's a hammer since it's called the "hammer throw" even though it doesn't even look like a freaking hammer) 62.8m. Rock On!!!

On that note of the Olympics...it's been interesting to see the various games that people can compete in. One very odd sport is that of Horse Jumping. Why is this a sport in the Olympics. The humans don't do anything right!? It's all the work of the Horse. If the Horse got the Gold, then THEY should be the one on the Wheaties Box right!? Maybe next time we have the Summer Games, we'll see the Olympic Wii Competition!

After that game, we busted out the Eye Touch Groove Game on the Playstation. This game is sorta like Dance Dance Revolution with a twist. Instead of hitting the appropriate mark in rhythm with your feet, there is a camera on you and you use your arms/hands to hit the spot on the screen. Clearly, the developers of this game were not Black. haha The camera couldn't pick up my hands (because they are so dark) so I was not able to compete....Until I busted out the white Wii Tennis Rackets!!! I was unstopable! haha

The last game we played was a very popular one amongst us in high school...Signs. It's the game where each person has a sign. They are trying to pass it around the circle without getting caught by the person in the middle. It's really awkward being the person in the middle...I know...I was that person a whopping 14 times last night haha. Everyone is laughing because you turn around and barely miss the sign being passed...it's like a huge inside joke and you are just dying to know what everyone is laughing about. But seriously, I have never laughed so hard. It was great times.

Night Games Extravaganza!!

On Friday, my best friend Brody and I organized a Night Games Extravaganza. We got all of our old High School friends (and their spouses) back together for a fun time of hanging out and Night Game action. It was such a fun night. It was really cool to reconnect with everyone after not seeing each other for a long time. Camille has a 7 month year old baby (Riley) and she is just so adorable, but it's so crazy to see your good friends with families now.



A few of us brought some treats to share. I had to bring something that didn't melt in my backpack on my way to Layton (I was on my motorcycle), so I brought Sweedish Fish (surprise surprise) and Starburst. Camille brought some really tasty cookies
Then there was Steve's treat....haha...it was pretty random if you ask me. He brought French Bread from Harmon's your neighborhood grocer, with Honey Butter to spread on top of it. He also brought Tomato & Basil Wheat Thins with Roasted Garlic Cheddar Cheese-Wiz to spray on top of it. It created some kind of interesting Speghetti dinner on a cracker....sick! haha

After hanging out at Brody's while we waited for it to get darker, we headed over to the Layton Park to get started playing. We decided to play Capture the Flag. It was fun times. There were a few other random people in the park as we were playing so it got a little confusing at times trying to know who was really from the other team, or just some random couple making out on the park bench. Haha unfortunately, that park bench was our teams "Prison" and Steve thought the two people making out on the bench were people captured from his team. So I ended up catching him when he tried to "save them."

We really only played one round of Capture the Flag (it lasted a while), and then some sprinklers turned on, so some smart person decided we should play "Shark" and run across a field back and forth as if we were in P.E. Class getting tested haha. We were all completely exhausted by the end of it haha. So we decided to head over to Denny's to get some food/beverages. That was fun.






We had a blast together. We decided to try to get together again monthly. So we'll get together around the same time in August for some Board Games and such at Brody's house :) Can't wait!!

A Moment of Silence for Estelle Getty: Thank you for Being a Friend!

Please take a moment of silence (maybe by eating some cheesecake while reminiscing about Sicily) for the passing of Ms. Sophia Patrillo.


Most of us grew up with the Golden Girls and were drawn in by Sophias razor-sharp wit, particularly when trading insults with her daughter Dorothy. I also remember her in great classics such as TOOTSIE and MANNEQUIN. She'll truly be missed and I'll always be a long time fan!

TREVOR'S PERSONAL ROAD TO AMERICAN IDOL
So once again, I've decided to compete in the Salt Lake Idol 08 sponsored by Fox 13 and 97.1 ZHT. Last year I competed, and made it to the Semi-Finals (Top 20). This year, I feel even better...more prepared and more on my game. This could be the year.

The process goes like this: You record a video of yourself singing about 1 minute of a song, and drop that off at Fox 13 Studios. Today a panel of Fox Employees watched all the videos and selected a Semi Final group of 13 people. They'll call the 13 people (including me hopefully) to let them know they have to compete in the Semi Finals on Saturday Morning at 8am! SUPER EARLY for singing...PERFECT.

So on Saturday the 13 people will compete for a spot in the Top 5 finals. Out of the top 5, TWO (2)Grand Prize winners will be selected. The Grand Prize is a guaranteed audition for the Producers of American Idol. That=no waiting in the long cattle call line that everyone else has to wait in. How great would that be to just surpass that?!

So now we wait....and hope they call tomorrow. If they don't call by Thursday night then I am not a finalist. I feel pretty great about my audition video though. I sang Stevie Wonder's "For Once in my Life!" It's powerful, upbeat, shows energy and range. I am still trying to come up with a group of additional songs to have ready to sing at any moment, just in case.



Only 5 More Days until the loss of another Hudson Roommate
Only 5 days remain until one other original Hudson roommate leaves us. Brooke will be leaving to perform on Holland America Cruise Lines for 6 months. It's sad to see all of her things packed and her room so empty. We've been through so much fun and good times together in the good old Hudson House. Our annual Hudson Family Vacations...random roadtrips...Sunday Guitar Sing-a-Longs in the living room...Christmas Caroling at christmas. The list goes on. Seth, another original Hudson roommate moved out last August, so only two original roommates remain (Andrew and Myself). I suppose I will be here for a while, but who knows how long Andrew will last. He has so many good things going for him, he could be gone really soon.

Anyway, i suppose that's enough for now. Time to sleep. More tomorrow!

T

Trevor's Really Big Vacation - Chapter 2

Ok, so first of all...can I just say that traveling back in time 4 hours, really messes up one's sleep. There are times I keep waking up at like 7am Utah time, which is only 3am in Hawaii. Luckily I've been able to fall back asleep for another hour or so before I finally just wake up and get my day started. But it's cool...I'm on vacation!

THE AMAZING SHOWER
The Hilton has amazing guestrooms. I took THE best shower. It's so crazy how amazing a shower can be. But the showerhead distributed such an even flow of water. The temperature was so perfect. The shampoo had this amazing aroma to it. Then when I got out to dry off, the fresh, nicely folded towel did me so much justice. It was amazing soft....*sigh*. Haha ok, enough of the shower, but it was great!

BREAKFAST AT THE PALM TERRACE
The Waikoloa Village Resort is split into like 3 or 4 different lodging Towers. I am in the Lagoon Tower which is the furthest West. I decided to have breakfast at the Palm Terrace which is in the Ocean Towerw (complete opposite side). So I walk down to catch the Tram ride over. Of course it is BARELY leaving as I walk up. So I decided it would be nice to just walk down and catch it at another stop. Well, apparently I was barely walking too slow. I kept missing it by a tiny bit. So I ended up walking the entire way down there. But it was a nice walk. Took pictures of things on my way down.

So I get there. I check in and get my name on the list. It was a crazy 30 minute wait, even for just myself. So I sat down and watched people for a bit until they were able to seat me. I ran into the family I sat next to on the Airplane ride here, so I said hi to them for a bit.

It was finally my turn to be seated (after only about 15 minutes). They sat me RIGHT infront of the buffet, which was perfect. The buffet wasn't anything too special. Just your typical Hilton Breakfast Buffet. My property offers the same style, but it was definitely good. The annoying part of breakfast was the crazy birds that were EVERYWHERE. These little...sparrow's? were just begging for food and flying all over the place. It was funny...the table next to me had their coffee served and then got up to get food from the buffet. While they were gone, a sparrow? decided to bathe in his coffee haha. Another lady sitting across from where I was really froke out (there's that froke word again) and she froke out loud when a sparrow? frightened her. haha

The Buffet was so good, I decided to get up for seconds. I made my rounds and then I stopped by the omlette station to get some Maple Syrup for my French Toast. While I was doing so, the chef attendant there looked at me and said "Sir, here is the omlette you ordered." I had a very confused look on my face.

"Um, I didn't order an omlette."
"You didn't?" She replied
I quickly responded sarcasticly, "I think you have me confused with the OTHER black guy getting breakfast."

The OTHER black guy happened to be like 50 years old and balding and had some greyish hair...another account of how some people think we black folk look alike haha.

THE DAY'S OUTDOOR ADVENTURES!
After breakfast, I thought it would be good to walk off all of that food, so I went on a little hike for a bit. It was a nice hike along the shore line. The waves were great! I got pictures of some fun little creatures and the beautiful water. It was nice and soothing.

My friend Kristine called (she took the day off to spend time with me! How nice of her!!!) and we arranged to meet at 11:30am to head over to the beach together. I was excited. So I made my way back to the hotel, took a little nap (because I was already a little tired haha). And then made my way downstairs to the lobby to meet her. We stopped by Angie's office (Angie is the hotel's director of Events and Catering) so Kristine could get her bonus check. While in Angie's office, I met Jeanette - The Healthy Non-Religious Female who's main excuse for not being mormon is because she wouldn't be able to drink wine!!! She has this great Brittish accent, and the personality to go with it. She is HILARIOUS!!! I think we are planning to meet up with her on the 4th of July (but while we are with her, we won't be celebrating the 4th of July because she is from Brittain) haha.

We said our good-byes and headed up to the beach. It was Spencer Beach and it was about 15-20 minutes up the road. By the time we got there it was a little overcast and not so sunny....dang it!! But that's ok. We set up camp on the beach. We had our little beach chairs, and our cooler full of snacks. We must have stayed at the beach for like 4 hours. Played in the water....I played in the Sand a little bit. We sat and just talked. It was nice and laid back. My favorite thing about this whole trip.

After the beach, we headed up north some more and went to Parker Ranch in Waimea (Parker Ranch is more "Cowboy" country of the island.) They had a few little shops that we went into. Then we stopped by this little restaurant that Kristine had read about. It's called "Pau" which means "Finished...or over". So almost like it was place for people to go when the day was done and work was finished or something. Anyway, I had this amazing pizza and salad. It was sooooo yummy. I really want to go back there once more before I'm gone.

After dinner, it was finally about 7:30 pm and Kristine drove me back down to the Hotel and dropped me off. I came back and got in the Hot Tub down by the pool and sat there for about 45 minutes. Made friends with this couple (Tyson and Sarah) they just got married and are on their honeymoon. They are from Arizona. Very fun. Then I went back up to my room and just lounged around. With it being after 8pm in Hawaii it was after 12am in Utah. So my body had began to shut down. I lounged around on the Balcony for a little bit with a glass of wine, watched the dolphins play. They are cute. I came inside got in bed and started watching some TV and was out within probably 5 minutes haha. SUCH A NICE DAY!!

NEXT ON TREVOR'S REALLY BIG VACATION: Trevor heads to Honolulu to meet up with THE Jennifer Stapley, and his roommate Andrew. Stay tuned for all the juicy details of this crazy adventure! :)

Trevor's Really Big Vacation - Chapter 1

That's right folks, I'm on VACATION!!!!! This will be the daily blog about my adventure to the crazy big island of Hawaii. I know most of you are having a hard time continuing on with your daily life in the lovely career/school world, while I enjoy mai tai's and get my tan on while sitting on the beach. Hard life :)

My trip began on Monday morning. Amazingly the packing went very well...TOO well. I managed to fit everything into one suit case (for 7 days). I'm just waiting for the moment to discover that I forgot something. I loaded the car and was on the way to the airport...called my mom to let her know I was leaving ok and to say aloha for the week. I parked in the economy parking lot and hopped on the shuttle to the Delta Terminal (time now is about 10:25).

I had the instinct to pull out my flight itinerary just to double check. In my head I'm thinking, "I'm fine. I have over an hour until my flight. I'm making great time." Then I look at the itinerary..."DEP: 1100am." AHHHHHHHHHHHH! haha I froke out big time (and yes I said FROKE!) I rushed to the Delta desk to check in...they lectured me about being late (I hate when they do that) and checked my bag. I am totally great at getting through security really fast...usually...I totally picked the slow line, and then I forgot to take my laptop out of the bag so that slowed me down a bit too...LAME! *sigh* oh well. I got to the gate, and people were still in line waiting to get on so I made it *phew*

My first flight was to L.A. where I would connect to my flight to Kona. The flight to Hawaii is so long!!! UGH!! haha Thank goodness for first class and In Flight movies...not to mention alcohol! The movie the plane played was Fools Gold with Matthew McConaughey!!! OMG!! Why!? Why must he have such a good body. One day Trev. One day. Then on my laptop, I watched August Rush!!! WHY!? Why must someone be soooo genius with music. One day Trev. One day! haha so my flight there turned into this crazy time of jealousy haha. But I am going to Hawaii and many people are jealous of me. All better.

I landed...FINALLY about (8:30pm Utah time). I have never been on a flight where you exit off of the plane on to the tarmac. It was kind of fun...definitely and indication of SMALL airport. I walked towards the baggage claim. There were some people waiting for family with their cameras ready, and I finally found my two friends who came to pick me up. Angie and Kristine. They greeted me with a fresh, and real Hawaian lei! It was so awesome....I got "leied" We got onto the "freeway" which was really just a bigger version of 7th South haha (Definitely indication of Small town). As we drove towards the resort, the landscape is pretty much lava rock on the right, and ocean on the left. No trees...wait...there was one random tree that I remember seeing. Still pretty.

We finally arrived to the resort and it is SOOOO beautiful. I went to the front desk and checked in, and was just so ecstatic to be here. After checking in we walked down to where my room was: The Lagoon Tower. We took the elevator up the 5th Floor and came into a room that Angie told me she had upgraded for me. She opened the curtain to show me the AMAZING OCEAN VIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was in complete heaven!! I could also look down from my Balcony to see the cool Dolphin show that takes place at the resort. ANGIE IS THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) I also found a lovely welcome amenity of Fruit and Water prepared for me. I have great friends.

Kristine and I then proceeded to go to dinner. The resort is so large you can either get around by a little boat, or the tram. So we took the boat to dinner, and road the tram back. It was fun. It was such a long day for me. It gets dark here about 8pm. So my body shifted back to Utah time at that point (which was about 12pm Utah time) and I started getting really sleepy haha. Sat on the balcony and listend to the waves a little bit, called my mom to let her know I got here safe, and put on some TV and fell asleep.) Good day it was.

NEXT ON TREVOR'S REALLY BIG VACATION: Trevor and Kristine take a trip to the beach. Will Trevor overcome his ancestors struggle of not knowing how to swim? Will he brave the huge waves and the scary sharks? Tune in to tomorrow's blog!!!

I'm Feelin' Groovy!

Hi!

Sorry I don't blog very frequently. It's only because I am constantly occupying my time with one adventure or another.

After a few months of just absolute stress and madness, my recent directing project, "Feelin' Groovy" will be opening. The show is opening this Friday night at Rodgers Memorial Theatre. The production is a Music Review with a fun, progressive look at the music from 60s era. It's something that I've been working on for almost a year now, and just a little crazy that it's ALREADY here. I have such an amazing and patient cast that I just love, and they really are going to shine in the production.




It's been a crazy week this past week. My roommate Andrew lost his job on Friday. He had been with his company for 11 years. I think it was a good time to leave, and move onto a new adventure.

Major changes have been happening at my place of employment as well. My boss was fired over a week ago, and on top of that, the greatest Assistant I have EVER had is leaving me to go work in another deparmtent of the hotel. It really makes me so depressed. She has been my assistant for 1 1/2 years :( :( What is the world coming to?

Anyway, I'm running out of things to say. Come see Feelin' Groovy!!

T-Bone

Sunday Brunch: The Cheesecake Experience!

Who ever thought this Sunday tradition would be so fun. Seth, Aaron, Scott and myself have been going to Sunday brunch each week. It's turned into a great tradition that I look forward to every Sunday. Today we decided to have our brunch at the new Cheesecake Factory at the Fashion Place Mall.

I was running a little late this morning...for some reason Seth and Aaron like to schedule brunch at the butt-crack of dawn, and this morning I just didn't wake up in time. Today we were "popping the brunch cherry" for Chase. I picked him up and we headed down the restaurant. When we arrived, we were greeted by some pretty heavy doors. They looked cool though. Everyone was already seated, and as we approached our table, we noticed Ryan Bott sitting there too. I guess we "popped his brunch cherry" as well. Very exciting.

As we sat down we were greeted by our waiter...dressed in all white attire. One could think we were at the temple or something...it was an interesting choice of uniform.

As usual, I ordered the French Toast with scrambled eggs, and a side of bacon. haha My favorite brunch meal. Ryan had this really gross looking Hash something-or-other.

After Brunch was over, we said our good-byes to Seth and Aaron. The rest of us went over to the mall for a bit. I had to buy some more lotion and new Wall Flowers, to help our house not smell like crap. It's been really bad lately.

It was a great brunch today (even though the weather was not fun).

And We're Back!

So here we are, over a month later, and I have not written one thing. Please accept my sincerest apologies. So much has been happening, that I simply didn't find time to remember to post.

I am still in amongst the run of my show "The Civil War." We close next Saturday. I can't believe it's already time to close. It's crazy how fast time flies by. On top of Civil War performances, I started rehearsals for the show I'm directing called, "Feelin' Groovy-A 60s Concert." That is going pretty good so far. We open May 9th so that is slowly creeping up on me too.

Now, on top of "Feelin' Groovy" I've been in pre-production mode for the next show I'm directing, "Ragtime: In Concert" for the Sandy Arts Guild. It's going to be such a fun, unique production and I can't wait. We audition for that in one week (April 7th).

My roommate Brooke just got word that she will be cast on a Cruise Ship starting in July. That means she will be leaving me for 6 MONTHS!!! I don't know how I will handle that. It's sooo exciting for her, yet, sad for me. *sigh*

Anyway, more updates to come, and I won't delay as long as I did this last time. Thanks for reading!

T

T-Bone Announces the New Blog!

Welcome to the new blog! I'd like to thank Stef Dean for her support in getting this blog started. If it weren't for her I wouldn't be here or at the Hilton today-Love you Stef!


Today is President's Day and of course no day off from work...dumb! Stefanie, Garrick, and I went to Litza's Pizza for lunch today. It is quite the yummy restaurant. The only sad part about our dining experience was the lack of Fruit Punch. They had none, and it was seriuosly the most disappointing thing for me. *sigh*


Tonight is the final dress rehearsal for the new show I'm in...The Civil War at Hale Centre Theatre. Below is our cast picture.

I play in both casts. Frederick Douglass in the Monday, Wednesday, Friday cast and Clayton Toler in the Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday cast. Both casts are so strong so come see it:

The Civil War
Hale Centre Theatre (West Valley City)
February 19 - April 5
(801)-984-9000
www.halecentretheatre.org

Ok, well I suppose that is enough for now. This will get more exciting as we go along, so stay tuned. Until next time...

T-Bone