We have had such a great week, full of our vacation adventures . . . and today we carried on our tradition of seeing a play at Bard on the Beach in Vancouver.
Several weeks ago we bought tickets for The Winter's Tale, not knowing if we would feel up to it after our journey. However, this turned out to be another amazing experience that seemed to complete our holiday.
This was Janae and Ben's third year at Bard, and Alaina's first (since she is finally old enough to attend!).
It was also the first time we were almost LATE for the performance. I'd forgotten my purse (with the play tickets) at home and realized this when we were almost out of town. Going back to get it added at least 20 minutes to our trip, and then the traffic was really slow. The play started at 2 p.m., and we arrived at 1:56. I wasn't sure if we could still be seated, but luckily it worked out okay.
We had seats in the third row, where we really felt part of the play's experience.
Afterwards, a woman who had been sitting behind us told me it was "an absolute delight" to watch my children enjoying the play, and then when we were meeting up with Jason and Eric outside, one of the actors came up to us and commented on how well our kids had done in the audience--he'd noticed them while on stage.
I felt so proud of my little Shakespeare enthusiasts!
The play was so well done, and I just loved being there. Alaina even asked if we could go back and see another performance before the season ends.
That most likely won't happen, but we will definitely be looking forward to seeing what the festival has to offer next summer!
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