A night with Elvis

So this book release party was for a book about the story of a very special theater group that started here in Hudiksvall, called Glada Hudik-Teatern. What makes this group so special is that all the actors are mentally handicapped, most with Down Syndrome. They are playing a musical called Elvis and it's a great hit. Ever since their first performance, all their shows have been sold out! The audience loves them because they always do something random and unexpected on stage and it's hilarious! On the left is a picture of me and Per Sonerud who is the music manager for many bands and he owns a record company. On the right is one of his musicians, Sigge Hill who plays old time Rock and Roll, and lives in Hong Kong half the year and is a great entertainer. Toralf Nilsson is the actor who plays Elvis and he is 42 but still acts like a kid, saying the most random and unexpected things whatever pops in to his mind. He really likes girls, and it was a good thing I was warned about this ahead of time because when he saw me... "Julia, you are beautiful. Your eyes, they are beautiful. I am crazy...to you!" And when his broken English failed him, he complimented my beauty in an endless stream of Swedish. All night he followed me around or pointed me out to groups of people saying "Det ar Julia, Hon ar snygg. (that's Julia, she's beuatiful.)" or peeking around people to wave at me and when I looked at him, he hid his face in his hands or under his shirt. His behaviour was so cute and rather embarassing but anyone who know him would know this was normal for him. He even acted this way for the Crown Princess of Sweden! Here's a picture of Toralf and I. Another actor I met is Theresia Widarsson who is a really nice person and an amazing singer but she developped scizoferenia after a hard childhood. She has the potential to be world famous singer and wish luck. It was a nice night with alot of famous Swedish people to meet, a live band playing, several speaches and praises for the accomplishments of the theater group and compliments about their new book. We each receive a book and i got mine signed by Toralf and Theresia. We went home around midnoght because Anna, Marita and I had to pack for a weekend in Stockholm then wake up early to catch a train at 7am!