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"Oh what a Beautiful Morning, Oh what a Beautiful Day...."

"Oh what a Beautiful Morning, Oh what a Beautiful Day......"

Well actually its been a beautiful week! I did have the absolute privilege to play Laurey in Oklahoma! presented live on Four Oaks Farm in Littlehampton SA. It was such a beautiful setting to be in everyday, trees, fresh air, animals in the paddocks around and one rather show stealing peacock!!
The cast was fabulous, the orchestra amazing and the sound superb (Tim Freedman, Allpro Audio love your work!!). At the risk of sounding cheesy it was a magical experience.

From the moment that Curly rides along the ridge on his horse (an actual horse!) singing "Oh what a Beautiful Morning" people were captivated. It was such a labour of love for all of us, and to see the joy in people's faces was so wonderful.

This production was the idea of Emma Knights from Emma Knights Productions and along with some other wonderful people who captured the vision of it all as well, it actually happened! I am so happy for Emma that this was a success and I know there are some wonderful things to come in the future.

I have always loved Oklahoma! from the moment I saw the film with Gordon McCrae and Shirley Jones and so to get the chance to play Laurey in this way was so special. And all those apart of it really made it one of the best theatre experiences I've had. I've never been in a show that has received such overwhelming positive responses! I will treasure the memories forever.

I am so grateful.

Enjoy the pics taken my Michael Denholm http://www.mdimages.me/

Bec x










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