I got fairly actively involved with FaceBook during the Fiddler run. As a result, I ended up with a lot of teen-aged "friends" as there were a number of them in the show. One of them is Westley. Westley (and that's really the way he spells his name) is a seventh grader. He played The Fiddler and moved in and out of scenes throughout the show, occasionally appearing "on the roof." He never spoke. He only fiddled. I thought he was quite effective.
Last night he put two neat quotes on FaceBook. One was from Rita Mae Brown. I'd never heard of her. She's an author of books for kids. Westley quoted her as saying, "The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you. " Pretty cute.
The other quote was from Dorothy Parker. "Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song, A medley of extemporanea; And love is a thing that can never go wrong; And I am Marie of Romania." Also pretty cute.
It's been fun following these youngsters through their FaceBook posts. It keeps one young.
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