More Beauty and the Beast

 I am still singing songs from the show last night, though I have transposed them to English in my mind.  We are both still commenting on how much we enjoyed the show.
  Ann-Marie, Thomas wife, and their son Connor had come to see the show with some friends from the states.  It is only the second time Ann-Marie has seen it.  She has to pay full price every time she comes.  There are no price breaks for anyone.  No last minute deals, etc.
   Here is the playlist for the night.  Chip was played by Thomas and Ann-Marie's 8 year old daughter.  She did a great job and actually has quite a few lines.  Check out her multiple names.  This is quite common in Denmark

 We met Thomas and Laura right after and he had permission to take us up on the stage.  It was an amazing small stage for such a grand production.  All of the scenery is pulled up above the stage and stored.
 

This is the rotating  "home" of the beast on stage.

 The rose and petals are radio controlled to fall as needed.  They are each hooked to fish line.

Thomas is so gracious and really kind.  You could actually feel it in the play.

The costumes were fabulous and just keep coming.  They had a whole new set for the final scene and so elegant.  The jewels on this outfit were all hand sewn or glued on.  Thomas took us to the "green" room where many of the other costumes were stored.

 The wolves

 Mrs. Potts

 Silverware head pieces plus Conner, Ann-Marie and friend. Thomas met them when he was an exchange student at Bingham High School in Salt Lake as a teenager.

Look at the elegance: lace, ruffles,hoops, feathers and bling.  So fun!

Beauty and the Beast

After much debate we went to see Beauty and the Beast tonight starring Thomas Kofod.  The debate came because it is all in Danish.  We saw it when we were here before and I didn't get a lot of it.  But this time I watched a video of it on You Tube to get familiar with the music and the details of the story again and it made all the difference.  We loved it!

It was at The Nye Theater downtown and following the majority of the people here, we rode the bus.

 The theater had seating for 1,000 on four levels so it actually felt pretty intimate. We sat in the last 4 rows and could see the faces well.

I will make an additional post on this tomorrow.  It was such a great night.

Sweet Story

Today this darling couple came for her to receive her own endowment.  Jennifer  is from Ottawa Canada. Marius was a missionary in the Montreal Mission that included her little town.  She helped the sister missionaries and he met her.  After he returned to Norway, a common friend connected them.  She is a nurse and worked nights and he was the only one close to her time zone to talk to during the middle of the night.  She came to visit as part of her graduation trip through Europe, then came back this summer and now they are engaged.

    She was baptized 4 years ago.  A boy she was dating, who was a member, introduced her to the church.  She went several times, they broke up, but she decided to look the church up again and was baptized. She is the only member in here family. Marius was born in the church but none of his family is now active.  So these two have pulled it together all on their own and will be coming in March to be married.
      Once again it verifies that God is in our lives and manages them according to his great plan.

Little Miracles

We had a little miracle at the temple today. Sis. S was scheduled to receive her own endowment and was to be in the temple at 4 pm. Her mother called a couple of hours ahead and said she was so sick to her stomach, but hey were still planning to come to the temple and, if needs be, get a blessing.  They finally arrived at 4.25 and the girl was feeling fine,  She recognized to all of us that it was a miracle and she was able to enjoy the experience and left still feeling fine.

Sis Buur told us another story about a man from Esberg who was here last week and stopped them at church Sunday to tell them about his experience in the temple.  She said he is a pretty down to earth sort and was amazed at the experience.  He was being sealed for his great great grandparents and he saw his great great grandmother and heard her say, "I have been waiting so long for this."

From The Other Side of the Street

We were coming home from Family Night at the Hansens who live on the other side of the temple last week and I caught this shot of our building.  I am always taking pictures looking out so this was a fun new perspective.

We live on the fourth floor, far right apartment.  It is a good spot as we only hear our neighbors upstairs at midnight when they roll something across the floor.  We have decided it is their bed they are pulling out.

Fall

I have watched the leaves fall off the trees by the temple as Fall has progressed.  Today I biked out to the Rødovre Mall along the Damsø and through a green parkway.  I enjoyed the last color of Fall and all the leaves on the ground.

I'm glad I don't have to rake them.  My house in Holladay unfortunately, has about as many and they do need to be raked up.  Thanks to whomever does it!

 When I stopped to take a picture,  these fellows came looking for a handout.  There are so many ducks and swans in the city area.

Holiday Birds

In my shopping today I was looking for turkey for Thanksgiving.  This is what fills the meat counters here: and or duck.  There is whole duck, duck breast and everything in - between.

  I found these few little turkeys at Fotex (blue rapper)  They are all 4800 grams and cost 205 Kroner, about $35.00 for a 9 pound turkey!  I wonder how they get them all the  exact same size....

They even have duck bullion to go along with it.