So, my 1 month holiday hiatus rapidly turned into a two-month middle of nowhere and very little internet hiatus.
So here I am, four weeks into my Winter/Spring tour making my first post. Very bad.
I am now in the peculiarly named Anaconda, MT. I have not yet seen any giant snakes wandering around, but I guess you can't have everything. It's the biggest town I've been in yet, meaning it's big enough to support a coffee shop with a wireless internet connection. Amazing.
The vibe this time around is a lot different from fall tour. For one thing, I'm not in Canada. In addition to that, the company is much more established in these towns. In addition, it's a much bigger deal. In many of the towns from summer and fall tour, we never had to cut anyone. When 30 kids show up to the audition, you can't really pick and choose. For the last 4 weeks, each town has featured auditions in excess of 80. We have to go through the sometimes heartbreaking process of sending some kids home.
Montana has proved to be a bit more varied than I had given it credit for. I had sort of expected a mountainous frozen wasteland, however this is my first week with mountains, and only one of the weeks featured conditions that this comparative southerner found...ridiculous. (3 feet of snow in a day, a couple more feet over the course of the week, and average high of 2 degrees Fahrenheit, that was two weeks ago in Malta, MT).
So now I've settled into my groove, and seen several new things. Oddities like a combination laundromat/casino, and new sights, like a working coal mine. Pictures of both forthcoming. I hope.
This got pecked out in a hurry, and now I'd better go, took me forever to find this place, and now it's time for rehearsal. Adios.
