Day 10: Journey to Scotland: Sterling and Trossachs

The rain greeted us once again this morning as we prepared for our sightseeing tour of Sterling Castle and the Trossachs.


It was a long ride on the charter bus to Sterling but once we arrived all thoughts were on exploring the castle.  Although the rain hindered some of places and photos we could take we were all impressed with beautiful tapestries and the architecture of the castle.


After we had lunch at a small town, we then went to the Trossachs and saw Hamish the long haired cow/bull?  We then stopped at the Scottish Wool Factory outlet  and did some shopping.


We returned to the dorm to get ready to see Leader of the Pack presented by Palmetto Center of the Arts of South Carolina.  It was a high energy show presented by a cast of 7 . . . wonderful vocals and great characterization.


We are back in dorms to rest up for our 3rd performance of Under the Influence tomorrow.

Day 9: Journey to Scotland

Today was our 2nd performance of Under the Influence.  At least our curtain was a little later in the morning at 11:25 am.  We were worried about the cast being able to call up the emotion and characterization needed to portray their roles, but as usual, the cast went to their rituals and stayed in their zone from the dorms to the Spaces@Surgeons Hall.

We had about 40 people in the audience today with the majority coming from El Camino High School in San Diego.  We also had a former resident of Hawaii, Nalani Olds Simpson, attend the show.  Nalani has been living in Scotland for quite some time and was also classmates with Christian's stepmom and we were honored to have Nalani and her family attend our show.

As for the performance, again, some amazing work by the students.  Some of the cast members actually gave their best performance to date.  Some very positive comments again from audience members.

We then went back to dorm for lunch and then attended a production of Nunsense by Nipomo High School.  What a performance!  The comedic timing, the vocals, and the improvisation by the cast was superb.  We had a great time.

We returned back to the dorms for dinner and much needed rest.

 Cast staying in their "zone" waiting to enter the theatre to perform.