In the spring/summer of 1977, I had the opportunity to do something very unlikely for me. Skip Weeks (friend of my nephews from Utah) was directing our roadshow "What Do You Do When You're Lost at the Circus?' and I was asked to handle the costumes.
Since I had no clue I organized a committee and assigned out the costumes. We needed Lions, Fat Ladies, Clowns, Circus Performers, Lion Tamer, Ring Master, and Town People as well as just family. The costumes were so fantastic, we won First Place for Costumes and then First Place for the show. Skip was a very talented director.
It was a very satisfying experience and I learned how important it was to recognize people's talents and get them to share them for the good of everyone else. Instead of a few doing too much we had lots doing their very best and of course, excellence, was the result. I so appreciated the great talent and devotion that was shown.
This was one of the many times I was doing something "outside of my comfort zone" and it turned out good!
Skip, the director said I had established a standard of excellence for future productions to follow. But, the secret, of course, was getting everyone else to do "their thing" when I had no clue what to do at all.
