It's October!

Yay! It's October, the best month of the year!! The leaves are turning to all shades of oranges and reds here in Connecticut and its so pretty! To celebrate the 1st of October yesterday, the girl's and I went to Starbucks after rehearsal to get our pumpkin flavored thing of choice! It was yummy! The last two days of rehearsal have been devoted to the Rag Doll dance. The Arena '08 version is sooo different then any other version yet, so of course it's totally different then the NY one I've done.....for me, I had to reverse the entire dance onto my left foot because each side of the stage is in opposition. Also, I get to do the entire dance on the runway, along with 5 other Rockettes...so we have to be "on" every show! No lazy Rag Dolls! The dance looks really cute. Before we start the dance, we climb out of every part of the stage to get on; I enter from one of the top towers near the orchestra, others come out of secret staircases and trap doors in the floor! Today was also the day of the dreaded jump split!! (At the end, we all do a right leg jump split...yes, that's right...we jump into a split in the air and in one fast gravitational pull we smash to the ground in the splits!) So it's safe to say my hamstrings are going to need a nice hot tub to relax tonight. I've included some pics of other fun events today....a Santa beard wig fitting and flu shots! Here I am with Tony, our wig guy, as he fits me in my Santa beard and hat! My wig wasn't actually curled yet so I look like hippie Santa! Next you can see I'm getting my flu shot. I had to have one of the other Rockettes distract me as I got the shot because I HATE to get shots! But, if this will keep me healthy during the season then it's worth it!