~Melodrama at Mogo......I'm Dreamin' of a Lone Christmas~

Well haven't I been having a ball lately playing a Wench at the latest Melodrama at Mogo entitled 

I'm Dreaming of a Lone Christmas

Written by Joe Quigley

Directed by Barbara Gellatly

Musical Director Jimmy Roe

Held at the The Digger's Rest Hotel at the Original Gold Rush Colony at Mogo

I just love the setting here

one of the early Settler's Huts on the site

inside the Tavern where the Melodrama is set with Big Dan being Centre Stage

The multi talented Jimmy Roe being Felix Mendelsohn

Florrie.......er, Florence and Annabelle the Bar Girl

Hamming it up with Florence

and Annabelle

Introducing Hans (Walter) our Barman

James Walker (aka Whistler) and Mary-Anne

Big Dan Murphy (Brian aka Cowboy) and Smithy (Greg)

Last Rehearsal before showtime

Annabelle, Sebastian Bumstead (aka Foxlow, Devious Devil)

Molly (Mary'Anne's Mum.....Barbara)

Mary Anne (Janet)

Smithy and Hans

Posing in front of the roaring fire yesterday just before showtime

a moment with Jimmy

Gularbone (Colin) singing Holy Night

I even made some little wristy-cuffs

and a little choker round my neck topped off with an old ear ring

Wonder if these will qualify for OPAM (One Project A Month) Lol!!!!

To read about the previous Melodrama 'The Wake of Joe Flanagan' go over here

Next Matinee Show plus lunch Saturday 19th July 2014 at 

Tickets available at 4474 2123

~Melodrama at Mogo......Reprise~

Today I'm off to do the Melodrama Joe Flanagan's Wake which we did last year!

It's a  Fund Raiser and I'm so looking forward to it......FUN, FUN, FUN

Good old-fashioned entertainment with sing-alongs, handsome bushrangers and I even get to do a duet at the end!!!

To read more on the melodrama go over here

Happy Weekend everyone

Love Dzintra xo

~Melodrama at Mogo~

I'm currently in a Melodrama ... a Melodrama exaggerates the plot and characters in order to appeal to the emotions......typically there is a Hero......Heroine.....and a Villain

This is currently playing at The Gold Rush Colony at Mogo to a sell out house

It's title is 'The Wake of Joseph Flanagan' and done in good ol' Irish style

along with lots of Singalongs!!!

Written by Jopeph Quigley and directed by Barb Gellatly

And I am having soooooo much fun as a Waitress......Singalongs with the Audience  Mourners and a little fun duet with Maddie and I singing 'Daddy Wouldn't Buy Me a Bow Wow'

Daddy Wouldn’t Buy Me a Bow Wow" is a song written in 1892 by prolific English songwriter 

Joseph Tabrar.  It was written for, and first performed in 1892 by, Vesta Victoria at the South London Palace, holding a kitten.

 In 1895 Toulouse-Lautrec painted May Belfort singing it. 

Some of the costumes of the Bushrangers above

Barb brought in some pics of dress at the time

The setting.......Diggers Rest Tavern at the Gold Rush Colony

Chris aka Bushranger singing "The Gypsy Rover'

Florence aka Flo played by Robbie

Me and Maddie rehearsing Bow Wow

We actually pretend to hold a kitten and pat it whilst singing

We play nervous, twitty, shy girls running up to the stage and only do the first verse speaking style and then lead the Audience Mourners into the main chorus

F U N   F U N   F U N

'The stage area known as 'The Snug'

And I couldn't resist a pic by the fire

Dressed all ready to serve......in green of course!!!

Colin aka Gular......

All the towns mentioned in the Melodrama are real places on the South Coast

Final scene of main cast at the end of the Melodrama

Jeremy aka Captain Foxlow (Villain.....hissssss)

and Steph aka Mrs Malone

Greg aka Smithy (hero!!!)

Brian (Cowboy) aka Dan Murphy......me and fellow Waitress Monica

All set in the Theme Park of The Gold Rush Colony which has buildings portraying life in Australia in the Gold Rush Days

Even the Chinese were involved

A Church also

And The Tavern just before the first show

I'm having an absolute ball doing this and 3 years ago would never dreamt of having so much fun doing something I had not done before!!!

~OPAM...One Project A Month......and Mogo Melodrama~

Just a little item this month for OPAM

Above are fabrics JoJo chose together with a Santa button to make the pattern below

'The Christmas Goose' by Anni Downs of Hatched and Patched

She specified just the Santa......no ric rac but Christmas ribbon was okay and the lining the same as the outside

All filled with treats for our Christmas in July dinner that we had last weekend in June!!!

And the reason not much stitching happening and the Christmas in June dinner

I'm involved in a Melodrama at Gold Rush Colony in Mogo

The Gold Rush Colony is a fabulous 1850's  Theme Park depicting life as it was in the early Australian Gold Rush Days and I just love going there!!!

Here I am above warming up by the huge open fireplace there

Flyer for the Melodrama

Did Joe Flanagan hit the jackpot?

Lots of Sing-a-longs......and it's all so much fun!!!

The Melodrama opens this Saturday and for the next 2 Saturdays for a matinee and then a final performance on Saturday 27th July in the evening

All held in the Digger's Rest Tavern

I'd swear you were back in the Wild West