We All Like Sheep

I just finished the last performance of The Messiah tonight. All in all, the soloists were very good. Celena Shafer rocked the house, and so did the bass, Philip Cutlip. His voice is so warm and beautiful, and he did the runs impeccably, even at the hyper-caffeinated pace of Maestro McGegan's conducting.

Nicholas McGegan is so much fun to work with, even if he does take everything really fast. He's so happy up there on the podium, and he's always trying to make us smile, and he has all sorts of fun gestures for different parts of the piece. At one point it looked like he was going to fly away, Peter Pan style. He made me giggle. The best part was when we had to stop after "And the Glory of the Lord" to let the latecomers be seated. He kind of did this little mime where he would tap his feet and glare at the latecomers, making the whole audience chuckle. It was so fun!