The Gransnet Panto

Can I wear my Pudsey Bear outfit, and dance anyway?

Can I be the front end of the pantomime horse? Please? There has to be a horse somewhere in Cinderella. Perhaps pulling the coach, perhaps the prince's horse? I have my own coconut shells (from a Monty Python Event) for the clip clopping, sturdy legs in brown tights and a donkey brown chenille table cover. I would need someone I could TRUST for the back end. So can I? PLease! Do I hear Yea or Neigh?

I'm not volunteering for the back end granny23. After all those sprouts it could be very nasty. . . .

Maybe I won't be the pumpkin/coach behind you either....

Have we got a cast list yet?

No Oxon70, if you are going to be in the chorus line you can't wear a Pudsey Bear costume (sighs - there's always one..)
Just had a very good workout on my Christmas Wii. I am sure flying a plane round an island will help my cartwheels...

I don't mind what part I have, as long as I can be a size 10 in thigh high boots with no knickers! (Always been my fantasy!) .....(evil)

Ok, Pudsey is out. (sigh).....How about I find a cat costume, and be Cinders' cat in the kitchen?

Cast list? How many characters should there be, anyway - when I google it I can't get away from Disney, which isn't my idea of the story.

Nanachrissy I think we have cast Prince Charming (the principal boy who wears the thigh high boots. However you can be in the chorus, dancing Mamie's cancan moves in tight bodice, frilly skirt and (whisper it) no knickers if you so choose. Please check out the choreography and practise faithfully in front of full-length mirror. (I just made -and corrected- a fab freudian slip by typing knockers instead of knickers !!!!)

Hey, I found a list - do we want all of these?

Cinderella
Her Stepmother
Her Fairy godmother
Her 2 stepsisters
Her father
Buttons
A charming young prince
His royal steward
His mother
His father
A cat who will become a Coachman
4 white mice -Who will become Horses
A Dove (? don't remember this!) - Who will become a Footman
Villagers, Merchants, Maidens and Palace Guests
Dancers

Now Christmas Day is over
We have to set our minds
To solving Panto problems
Of various different kinds.

Oxon's found the cast list
Some casting we have done
Let's get our acts together now
And really have some fun.

Mamie's choreography
Will surely get us fit
So jump to it and practise
At least a little bit?

The band's coming together
Percussion toots and drums
The chorus line is forming
And some with naked 'inclinations'

Is a narrator to be
One of our choices
Or a story line told
With various voices?

I'll volunteer as a dancer. I used to be very good. Can still do virtual very well! I might do well as a general disrupter as well, should one be required and I can do tea any colour you like.

That is great bagitha and all the other dancers. Watch out for the chorus line rehearsal tomorrow.

Shall do!

Meanwhile, why do I keep reading the thread title as Gransnet Piano?

Oh, you do that too, Bagitha! It always says piano first for me.

Susiecb, did you say you were going to keep the story on track a bit? I can't find it now!

I think it's Gransnet Pants/no....for some of us anyway!

I would like to be the dove...... as it is a sign of peace and that is what I am looking for .......I can alsol play a good footman

Seems we have a
www.amazon.com/Prince-Charming-Adam-Ant/dp/B0000025OL
- who's our Prince ?Adam/Adamanta ?

We have several of these
www.quickfancydress.com/costumes/adultcancansaloongirlcostume.htm

and two of these:
www.mikescivilwar.com/ugly%20sistersl.htm

but where's our
sherrirodell.blogspot.com/2011/03/wheres-my-fairy-godmother.html ?

What/who have I missed?
I thought we might change the pumpkin into one of these
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- that's if the horse can't get itself together.......

I would love to drive it - but help! I haven't finished my cat costume yet

Rehearsal Call for the Chorus Line:
Rehearsal Call for the Chorus Line:

Right Chorus Line let's warm up - a -five, six, seven, eight. Swing those arms and kick those legs, burn those carbs, push harder, harder, harder..

Good - now let's try our routine - ta tata tata ta ta tata..
Oh well done, I can see you have all worked hard over christmas ... No, no, stop, stop STOP. Now I know some of you have practised in front of the mirror, but we must all try and stay on the same leg. Try again... Cartwheel - no to the right now altogether. NO! TO THE RIGHT!
Oh dear, nobody hurt?
Pick yourselves up and let's try again.
Ah that's much better, legs up past the ears please and leap and splits. Tada.
Well done all of you, please be dressed and ready for your cue in the ballroom scene tomorrow.

That was soooo fun.... as the Young Things say.

Actually I did cop out of this. I cantcant cancan....

.............Meeeeow!
Cat ready with driving goggles if needed.

Wow - that chorusline rehearsal was impressive. I think, as Wicked Stepmother I do have to remain rather aloof and threatening, but I want you to know that I COULD have kicked as high as you all did and that my splits are memorable!!

I have my costume organised - none of your frilly stuff for me! I'll be rake-thin, in clinging metallic silver lame if that's ok. Have we cast my daughters yet?
Rubella, Salmonella and I think we also have Chlamydia (if you'll pardon the expression!)

In my black satin gymslip
And black satin thong
I'll just sneak in stage left
It won't take me long

My long fishnet stockings
And spiky heeled shoes
Will scare all the dancers
To flee to the loos

St Trinians girls
Are as bad as can be
So watch out young Cinders
Just watch out for me

I'll seduce your Prince Charming
He won't stand a chance
Forget your glass slipper
Watch out for his pants

I'll shake in his wine glass
My love potion drink
He'll swoon in my arms
When I give him a wink

Then I'll show him the things
That can happen at night
Oh watch out Prince Charming
You're in for a fright.

Fabulous Joan

Ooo-er!

Hey, Horse, I was thinking - you can of course be both ends at once...should make for coordination....and you won't mind being behind yourself.....
- Maybe we don't need this new technology?

(Anyone see the recent QI with the pantomime horse walking like a giraffe?!)