If you've been reading my blog, you know the girls and I have been preparing for the opening night of "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" at the Waterloo Community Playhouse. Specifically, we were preparing our "Putnam Art Club" booth for display in the lobby to help make money for the theatre. We displayed a lot of artwork by both Angelle and KD, Shelby Davis (a cast member), and also by a couple of Angelle's friends. This art work is also for sale during performances. We are also selling raffle tickets for a Buddha Board mini, acrylic painting kit, and a couple of the larger pieces of art. Opening night was a great success and KD sold her first work of art ever. As it sold, I thought to myself that I should get a photo of it since it was her first ever art sale.
Here is the very sweet lady who purchased it, and KD holding "Seaside Dream", KD's first art sale. The nice lady asked KD to sign it on the back as well and was so happy to be able to meet the artist.
KD's first art sale was quickly followed by a second as anotherpatron purchased "Mystical Christmas" and also had her sign the back of it.
And of course, this was quickly followed by a 3rd sale. I enjoyed watching this sale. The lady looked at all of our artwork for awhile, then stopped and really looked at this one and then kind of giggled. She picked it up and said she loved "Bird Forest" and just had to buy it. She said she loved birds and loved the pink and green bird in this painting. She also said she loved that KD had titled it "Bird Forest". KD had already signed this one when she painted it (the signature is in the middle, kind of hidden, just KD), so she didn't have to sign this one!
We couldn't staff our booth ourselves Saturday and Sunday as we were off doing a "Bill Riley" mini tour so Angelle could get some practice performing. I've heard that two more of KD's paintings sold; "Neon Dragon" and "Centerpiece". She is very proud of being able to sell her art work and I am incredibly proud of her. At age 11, she is constantly discovering who she is. KD the actress? KD the singer? KD the musician? KD the coder? KD the artist? Right now she is all those things and more. And no matter where her interests take her, I will be here for her and am so proud of that girl.
I am equally proud of our oldest daughter, too. Angelle has this beautiful voice and sings like an angel. She is beautiful both inside and out, but what usually gets me with her is how kindhearted and humble she is. She has an incredible act this summer for the Bill Riley talent shows. She is singing "Diva Dance" from the movie "Fifth Element". Very difficult to sing! And she's knocking it out of the ballpark.
Saturday night she performed in Marengo for the Iowa County Fair. There were several technical difficulties throughout the show and when her mic pulled out from the cord they had to start her song over. There is a 3 minute time limit for Bill Riley show acts. We have hers at 3 minutes exactly. However, when they started her song over, the judge who was timing didn't re-start the stop-watch. She also apparently didn't realize she didn't re-start the stop-watch, so Angelle's song came in at 4 minutes. Angelle got 2nd place and the judge pulled her aside and told her she would have had first place, but her song was 4 minutes long and she needed to cut it to 3 minutes. Angelle very politely said that her song was indeed just 3 minutes long, but the judge was insistent that it was 4 minutes. We could have been really angry about that, but I just very nicely thanked the coordinator for putting on the show (they don't get enough respect....it's a lot of work to put one of those together), informed her that Angelle's song was 3 minutes long but that it wasn't a big deal and she was fine with 2nd place. I again thanked her for all her hard work in putting on the show. Plus, the girl who won 1st place (also a beautiful singer) had not yet qualified for the State Fair so this was her qualifying show. We were extremely happy for her, too.
Besides, the human experience of this particular show is what made it all worthwhile. It was nearly 100 degrees in that shelter. Everyone was hot and uncomfortable. A very nice 83 year old man asked if the seat next to Angelle was taken and she said no so he sat by her. The next thing I know, the two of them are deep in conversation. Both were enjoying each other's company and laughing. The man was there to see his granddaughter dance in the sprout division. He had fought in the Navy in the Korean war and been to Japan and Hawaii. He loved fishing. Angelle enjoyed talking with him so much. The really weird thing is that I just happened to have some fishing lures in our talent show bag because one of the girls had recently gotten them in a grab bag. Once I learned that he enjoyed fishing, I got the lures out and gave them to him (we don't fish). He was surprised and happy especially because it was a type of lure he likes to use.
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