In College Station we hung out at a few bars, jogged around town, and went to a St. Patrick's day festival near Texas A&M. We saw many interesting characters here (many men in kilts) and experienced a great Irish rock band. Our stay in College Station would end by going to the theater to perform and realizing they had someone else's set on our stage.
It was for Alice in Wonderland. So, while the theater had made certain to our office that the set would be taken down before we arrived, they did not follow through. Therefore we had to improvise and use their set along with a few of our set pieces in order to perform our show. It was frustrating. The theater was also attached to a high school, and our dressing rooms were the public school's bathrooms. We left our valuables in the van because any high school kid could have gone in and grabbed whatever they wanted while we were on stage.
After the show we headed to Tyler, TX and Denton, TX for shows. In Denton, I got to see a great friend from undergrad, Ian. We got dinner and caught up on our lives since we hadn't seen each other for three years. Hopefully I'll get to see him at my wedding in September as long as he can make it out. He is currently working for Fort Worth Opera as a young artist and just finished doing a similar tour throughout Texas of a children's opera. We had a lot of tour talk at dinner!
Now we are in Houston, TX. It is great here. I never knew that southern TX would have palm trees everywhere! Yesterday we went to Galvaston which is 45 minutes away to go to the gulf coast beaches. It was a fantastic time. I miss home, but I'm so excited to be seeing the country and having such a incredible experience.