Sam And Saundra's Second Time Around - Part 5

Sam And Saundra’s Second Time Around – Part 5

Nevada

10/19/10 - 10/22/10  -Las Vegas Showtime

We got there early. I was so excited. We had just walked through beautiful old world architecture, murals painted on walls and ceilings, excellent lighting and furniture.  Class dripping everywhere.  As we entered the main floor theater, Sam led me down the aisle on the left to a seat about three rows from the front. Perfect! I would be able to hear and see everything.  I was so excited! We sat and started our wait.  I softly and calmly asked Sam, about five times, how much this cost. From his first four answers, I deduced that we were lucky to get these perfect-for-me seats and we were not in the ‘spatter zone’ and that there were lots of seats behind, to the back of us and in the balconies and the lighting set-up looked so cool and then I decided I was so excited that I didn’t care.  Sam started smiling too.

Finally, the seats filled and the lights went out. Rhythmic, loud, wonderful music and … the lights go up on three tall, bald, shiny blue men. Sam said I did not stop clapping, laughing/smiling for the entire three non-stop hours of the show.  Gunk spraying out of their chests, paper streamers that we helped pass over our heads, audience members placed feet first in ropes, lifted, covered in paint, swung head down into canvas - to create art work, teaching the blue men how to eat giant twinkies and the music. A quick lesson on how to act at a rock concert and with my head bobbing – the show was over way too quick.  The music (the blue men on various fantastic drums and about eight other behind or above the scene band members) was fabulous.  Thank you Sam, I loved this show and love you too!

On the way home, Sam practiced his blue man ‘look’.  I like it!  Blue Man Group at the Venetian Casino.