My Fair Lady - Pioneer Memorial Theatre

Me and Clarissa, before we left!

Synopsis of My Fair Lady

"A misogynistic and snobbish phonetics professor agrees to a wager that he can take a flower girl and make her presentable in high society." (IMBd)

Ironically, My Fair Lady was about everything

that we had talked about earlier in the day with the kids.

It is about our humanistic way of classifying ourselves,

and judging others, as below our status.

Because of Eliza Doolittles "Cockney" accent,

arrogent Henry Higgins believes he is so much better than her.

He makes a bet that he can pass her off as a lady,

after some speech lessons by yours truely.

Higgins takes her on her first public appearance to Ascot Racecourse,

where she makes a good impression with her stilted, but genteel manners, only to shock everyone by a sudden and vulgar lapse into Cockney;

"C'mon Dover, move your bloomin' arse!".

Higgins, who dislikes the pretentiousness of the upper class,

partly conceals a grin behind his hand,

as if to say "I wish I had said that!"

She becomes a Fair Lady, passing herself off as a noble

during an appearance at an embassy ball.

As Higgins makes his way home, stubbornly predicting

that Eliza will be ruined without him and come crawling back.

However, his bravado collapses and he is reduced to

playing old phonograph recordings of her voice lessons.

To Higgins' great delight, Eliza chooses that moment to return to him.

Ah, the beauty in life when the values you are trying to instill

in your children are placed before them in such an artistic and beautiful presentation.

To be a snot, or not, that is the question!

My favorite pictures of the event:

Sam and Daddy!

Gavin, Jeremy Mel, and Clarissa, on the way to the play.

Brian, Jeremy, Stacie, Clarissa, George, Gavin, Maureen,Colleen, Sam, Mel
In our seats, waiting. (We got in a bit of trouble for taking the picture!)

Colleen, Sam, Mel, Maureen, Brian, Clarissa, George, Jeremy, and Gavin.

Standing in front of Pioneer Memorial Theatre, before the play.

Jeremy didn't make it through the last couple of scenes.

You should have heard him snore. What a trooper!

Sam and Mel, on the way home,

notice the water bottles in Sam's pockets,

making his pants high water! These kids grow toooooo fast!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GAVIN!

As you can see, even at 11 pm, Gavin is thinking about what tomorrow will bring.

WATERMELON. A BBQ and all the good FOOD that Gavin enjoys!

Want to challenge a almost 14 year old boy?

Celebrate his birthday on Fast Sunday!!!