I can't believe how luck I was! I got to go to Stockholm with Marita to see Glada Hudik teatern's musical, Elvis!! Marita is friends with the theater group's administrative coordinator, Ewa, who got us two VIP tickets to the Monday night's show! So on Monday, I went to school for my piano lesson, Swedish class and lunch then caught the 1pm train. Marita got on the train at Gavle and together we arrived in Stockholm and checked into our hotel. Marita had a business meeting the next day so her company payed for the hotel. After a quick supper, we caught the bus to Stockholm's Cirkus, where Elvis was playing. We met up with Ewa and found our seats in the 6th row with other VIP guests! The play was fantastic!! It was about Elvis as a young man before he became famous, trying to fit in at school, keep his girlfriend and make his first recording. There was a lot of joke and funny parts that I missed because it was in Swedish but I could appreciate the acting and the music. They had a live band accompanying the singers and the trumpet player was amazing. I was very impressed with the play, especially since some of the actors have the mentality of 4 year olds, it was very professionally done! Toralf, playing Elvis, acted all cool and relaxed on stage, Teresia sang beautifully, the dancing girls were very talented in a variety of different dancing styles and the actor of "Joe the man", head of the Memphis Mafia, is an incredible actor even though he rarely speaks in his real life. We got a backstage pass with all the other VIPs, after the show, so I could compliment all the actors myself. When Toralf saw me, he stumbled over his words trying to decide which language to speak in. Finally he got a message out that he was sad that I wasn't his girlfriend. I said he was a good actor and it was a great show. Luckily, there were enough people there wanting to talk to him that i was able to slip away. I also met Teresia and she was ecstatic to see me, she missed since the last time we met at the book release party 2 week previous. It was great to see her so happy and excited after a successful performance. She is planning on recording her own album and I think it's a fantastic idea, she's so talented.
Here are some pictures of some of the other VIPs I met. During the intermission, we were invited for a snack and a drink with Per, the organiser and leader of the theater group. And I met Barbra who the Royal Governor of the aria and lives in a castle!
It was a fantastic night! Tuesday morning, Marita left for her meeting so I was left to wonder around Stockholm until I caught my train at 12:30. It was very nice to just walk around at leisure in the big beautiful city. I bought some clothes then caught my train home with no problem.
I can't believe how luck I was! I got to go to Stockholm with Marita to see Glada Hudik teatern's musical, Elvis!! Marita is friends with the theater group's administrative coordinator, Ewa, who got us two VIP tickets to the Monday night's show! So on Monday, I went to school for my piano lesson, Swedish class and lunch then caught the 1pm train. Marita got on the train at Gavle and together we arrived in Stockholm and checked into our hotel. Marita had a business meeting the next day so her company payed for the hotel. After a quick supper, we caught the bus to Stockholm's Cirkus, where Elvis was playing. We met up with Ewa and found our seats in the 6th row with other VIP guests! The play was fantastic!! It was about Elvis as a young man before he became famous, trying to fit in at school, keep his girlfriend and make his first recording. There was a lot of joke and funny parts that I missed because it was in Swedish but I could appreciate the acting and the music. They had a live band accompanying the singers and the trumpet player was amazing. I was very impressed with the play, especially since some of the actors have the mentality of 4 year olds, it was very professionally done! Toralf, playing Elvis, acted all cool and relaxed on stage, Teresia sang beautifully, the dancing girls were very talented in a variety of different dancing styles and the actor of "Joe the man", head of the Memphis Mafia, is an incredible actor even though he rarely speaks in his real life. We got a backstage pass with all the other VIPs, after the show, so I could compliment all the actors myself. When Toralf saw me, he stumbled over his words trying to decide which language to speak in. Finally he got a message out that he was sad that I wasn't his girlfriend. I said he was a good actor and it was a great show. Luckily, there were enough people there wanting to talk to him that i was able to slip away. I also met Teresia and she was ecstatic to see me, she missed since the last time we met at the book release party 2 week previous. It was great to see her so happy and excited after a successful performance. She is planning on recording her own album and I think it's a fantastic idea, she's so talented.
Here are some pictures of some of the other VIPs I met. During the intermission, we were invited for a snack and a drink with Per, the organiser and leader of the theater group. And I met Barbra who the Royal Governor of the aria and lives in a castle!
It was a fantastic night! Tuesday morning, Marita left for her meeting so I was left to wonder around Stockholm until I caught my train at 12:30. It was very nice to just walk around at leisure in the big beautiful city. I bought some clothes then caught my train home with no problem.
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