Tinkerbell flies.

After much talk and speculation about whether it would ever eventually happen...it did! Tinkerbell flew along with Peter Pan and the 3 Darling children...yes all 5 at once. Well actually, to be completely honest, only 4 tonight as the harness for Findlay, who plays Michael, the youngest just isn't fitting confortably so John, the director is going back to the drawing board on that one. But the rest of us did fly. Last week we tried one by one with the only winch that we had, to be elevated into a comfortable position. Wearing abseiling harnesses on backwards is not the perfect solution but that was what we had. After various adjustments we got reasonable comfort combined with a few feet of elevation. That was relatively easy. Since then John and his team have created 4 more holes in the ceiling for 4 more winches to come down, and in the blackout, to be attached to harnesses we are wearing under our costumes...not easy for Tinks whose costume is little more than a tutu. Peter Pan, flies out further and higher and stays up longer(3 songs)than the rest of us but then again she is 19, and some of us are old enough to be her Grandma. Once airborne it is fun and not too uncomfortable, but getting up and down again are the difficult bits to make look convincing to the audience. I guess it is just practice, and we have 3 more chances before opening night!
Our novel of PP in the 21st century is making progress although I have not added anything now for 48 hours. Must try to write some tomorrow.
I said I would let you know about the WRI monthly competition. You may be pleased to hear that my wreath made of plastic bags came first in the serious competition! That is 3 firsts in a row. I should mention that all competitions are entered anonymously and the judges are completely different every month. My decoration from a cone was not placed!!! Ah well you cannot win them all. Next month is designing a birthday card as it is the 85th birthday of Braemar's WRI. All suggestions gratefully received. More soon.