Tonight is our opening night. We did full dress rehearsal and we all cried when we finished the bows (I am in the wings - Dorothy has to take Toto on for her bow and everyone applauds both of them). It's really come together. Daisy did EXACTLY what she was supposed to do, even in light of the pyrotechnics going off on stage while she was there. Of course, as soon as they go off you hear "Run, Toto, Run" and she said - gotta go, mom is waiting to cuddle me in the wings, which is exactly where she does go. It helps that I have converted a tiny shoulder bag to a treat bag. How would like being carried around by a flying monkey who is "eeking" at you? or a Wicked Witch who puts you over a caulderon with Dry Ice that lookes like a boiling pot of water or in a big canvas bag (Daisy said no basket to Miss Gulch - we improvised - and her head pops up out of the bag)?

This was my very first foray into theater. I am so amazed at what it takes to make things happen on stage - the littest details. it's so intricate. Just the littlest change of a movement or a placement of a prop.

I'll have more to tell you later. I am so proud of that little dog.