Opening night, Sacramento

Yesterday was the first day for the show in Sacramento. The rehearsal was five hours instead of the usual three or four, and we used every minute of it without even a lunch break. Keith was there to help us learn to set up the keyboards, which we needed, because Keyboard 2's computer was acting up. Keyboard 2 was played by Julie Homi, who I know from Cats in summer 2003. Keith was running around like a maniac trying to make everything work, when he wasn't on his cell phone.
Cellist Lena bragged that her daughter was playing with Cathy Rigby's granddaughter. (Rigby is not that much older than Lena!)
I finally met the company manager in person. He asked me, "Do you know how they do contracts?" I thought that was a wierd question for him to be asking me! We asked the assistant conductor, who didn't know either.
I sat next to Beverly, a harpist that I know from Producers this spring. At first I had thought her a little stuck-up, but we hit it off this time. Opening night went fine. Bob and Alison were in the audience with their two adopted Chinese daughters, and came up to the pit to say hello. I ran into them again in the parking lot.