Our anniversary gift



Here we are with "Lilly"

 Rissy, Neil, Amy, Bean, Diz and the Tiny Tiger treated us to a live show with the Rockettes for our 25th wedding anniversary which was Christmas.  We had tickets for the following day! 


The show was nothing short of spectacular! Jeff and I were treated to ideal seats. Believe it or not we had the entire row virtually to ourselves; what more could you ask?!? But more than that we were touched by the generosity of our family given the financial challenges they have faced recently. How could we be so deserving? We are honored not only by the kid words, but the thoughtfulness of the gift. They knew that I have always liked watching the Rockettes on television every year during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, and even stop in the middle of meal preparations to watch them. To think that I would get to see them in person was more that I would have given myself. I saw the signs up all over town as there were in town for three days only. I just would not have treated us to a show that was so costly. How very nice that they would think enough of us to treat us.


Jeff and I dressed up and went to the show Sunday morning.  The air was abuzz with excitement as were we:-)  The man who took our tickets asked if I had planned on dressing like the Rockette's.  I replied that I had in fact done so.  He then asked if I would be dancing.  I held my finger to my mouth to indicate that he was not to breath a word, but that I was the secret guest dancer.  Ahh such fun.  The ticket taker did say that they were dressed quite like me for the majority of the show.  This was not our experience as the costume changes were frequent, leaving us wondering how they can even have time for some of their quick changes.  All I can say was that I marvelled at the precision of not only the dancers but the backstage hands, the dressers, the property master/mistresses...phenomenal!

Jeff and I spent time oohing and ahhing, time just for us, and were whisked away to the Christmas story as told only as the Rockettes can do.  We loved the show so much, we even bought a video of the show to savor our memories for years to come and to hopefully share SOME of the experience we enjoyed.  Below is just a picture to give you some idea of the elaborate set design that was ours to behold.  In this fuzzy picture you will see the moon, some lighted trees etc., but what you can't see is that the LED screen moved in a way that suggested to your senses that the reindeer and the sleigh were raising up from the ground (which you see here) and flying into the night, through the clouds.  Just fantastic!