Christmas Dance

Christmas Dance came around hot on the heels of West Side Story performances. So it makes sense that not only did Julianne ask Colin to go with her to the dance, but that the group she went with made up a who's who of the West Side cast.

Dinner was at our house and Bryan, sweet man that he is, took over the majority of menu planning and cooking.

We've got a pretty good mix of Sharks and Jets here...even Tony and Maria. Good to know that the rival gangs can dress up and make nice when the occasion calls for it, yes? ha!

You can't tell these two are theatre people, can you? What's somewhat humorous is that Julianne's hair is normally lighter but had been dyed dark to be Rosalie, a member of the Shark gang from Puerto Rico. And Colin's hair is normally brunette but he dyed it blonde to play Riff, a member of the Jets gang from America. They basically traded hair color.

Julianne was pretty thrilled with her dress. We planned on making the rounds of all our favorite dress shops but found this one at our first stop and rented it on the spot.

In lieu of flowers they donated money to a Christmas charity and got little pins to wear instead.