I leave on Sunday, and I have not started packing yet. I'm not really the type who packs this early anyway, in no small part because we don't have room for a giant suitcase sitting out for days on end in our little apartment. I am the type, however, who makes lists.
Why is it that big a deal? Well, besides regular clothes and things for eight weeks (yes, I'll have access to laundry - yay!), here are some items I can't forget:
1) One or two gowns for performance
2) Jewelry and shoes to accessorize those gowns
3) A cocktail dress or two (probably for donor events? That's my guess, anyway.) (Also, I don't think I own a cocktail dress, so I'm going to have to be creative.)
4) Stage makeup and stage shoes
5) Musical scores
6) Hot rollers! Curling irons! These are important beautification tools for sopranos!
7) An overnight bag for our education tour (besides the giant suitcase I'm packing with all of the above).
Okay, so technically I don't have to pack that last thing - I can pack more things in it.
Have I told you about this education tour yet? I don't know much about it yet, really, other than we will be singing for school children. I am actually kind of excited about this, because kids ask really funny questions. I still remember when some singers from Opera Iowa came to my school when I was in third or fourth grade: one of the kids asked the soprano how high she could sing, which I'm guessing is a pretty regular question. Frankly, most adults want to know that, too. What else will the kids want to know about opera, do you think?
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Hope you're getting settled in! And how high can you sing?????
HA! Well, if you really want to know (who is asking, by the way???), I warm up to an E or F above high C, but I sing up to just an E-flat in performance.
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