Sunday, March 28, 2010

Congratulations !!


Gail and I wanted to say congrats to the Chelmsford and Westford Theater Arts programs!

Westford and Chelmsford finished in the top 3 in the Mass High School Drama Guild State Finals this past weekend in Boston.
Luckily Gail and I were able to get back in on Saturday without “incident” (or without stitches shall we say) and catch one of the performances.




Chlemsford will now move onto the New England regional’s.

Gail and I will be cheering for you all from a far.

If we traveled any further to watch you preform, who know what trouble our boys would get into!

Friday, March 26, 2010

From Drama to Trauma!

So the trips to the hospital for stitches now stands at 3-0.

3 for Steven and 0 for Matthew.

The boy is talented, what can I say!

So…. I took a half day so Gail and I could take a trip into Boston so we could go to the Mass High School Drama fest competitions. Two of the schools we photograph made it to finals this year so we went in to cheer them both on.

We parked the car and walked around Copley place slowly working our way over to the Hancock Center to watch the performance.

We hit the Mac store…(hey, who's that on the left?)


















Then the public library. It is so rare that Mom and Dad get some time to just be together.












So we were having a GREAT date.

We made it over to the Theater, tickets in hand literally ready to walk into the show when the phone rings and I catch something to the affect of ….”they were jumping on the bed and….”

This picture shows up next on Gail’s phone….




It took me all of about 1 second looking at it…”Lets go” I said. I turned around and pushed the tickets back over the counter (for my first loss of $30).

5 blocks walk to the parking garage springing the car out for another $20.

Now it is 5 PM on a Friday and we need to drive back up to Billerica (passing the same hospital we are going back to on the way) pick-up the boys and head back to Winchester Hospital.

So on the way in we start hearing details of the incident. Somewhere in the rough housing, Matthew was pushing Steven thinking he would land on the bed and…well… missed. He went over the edge of the bed and slammed into an AC unit or something. We could tell he was feeling bad about it already. He knew we were going to the hospital.

2 hours in the waiting area and another $100 later they let all of us go into the room together which was nice. We hung in there with the TV on until the nurse came in and flushed it.

















The Doctor finally came in and confirmed it would need 5-6 stitches. Poor Steven knew what he was in for.

When the doctor started using the needle to administer the numbing medication, Steven was feeling it! Poor Matthew had his head buried into the foot of Steven's bed. Though sad…it was...well...just. He was now truly understanding the consequence of his actions.

Once the numbing/needling was done the stitches were a little touch and go. Gail was right there for Steven and I had Matthew in my arms showing him the craft of skin sewing. He handled it well though watching his brother go through this was hard for him.

















Before..............................................................After



When it was finally all done, Steven was VERY happy to be off the gurney. Just then Matthew started pulling on my shirt. He looked up at me, white as a ghost, and says “Daddy..I think I am going to throw up!” I grabbed him, the closets trash barrel, and took off running for the closest bathroom.

He ALMOST honked, but cooled him down just in time. Gail and I were chuckling with the nurses when I said “this was the best punishment we could have implemented". It took a while the color to return to Matthews face.

11PM and we are home finally. Both boys asleep finally.

Saturday, March 20, 2010

Server is down...

Hey all,
we just learned that our server "experienced difficulites" last night and is being "repaired."

Please check back shortly...

Dan Doke at ASA Photographic Studios

We are excited about this training "Dynamic Lighting for Weddings and Portraits"--Dan's work is outstanding and we are looking forward to training with him. We will be meeting with Dan early this week to firm up details and will get word out by Wednesday. But, for now, the date is April 25, 9am-4pm.

I am posting this info here because we just learned our server had a "problem" last night and is still being "repaired." UGH! So, if you have landed here after not being able to access our site, rest assured, we'll be back on line...shortly...isn't that what they always say?

LOL
Gail

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Tyngsboro's Cave Dream ...




You guys ROCK!!




This was a cool play entered into the Mass High School Drama Guild competition by the Tyngsboro High School.

A group of climbers find themselves trapped in a cave of riddling rocks that push them to the brink of madness!




The killer for Tyngsboro is that a school that they already beat in the quarter finals moved on at the semi's and Tyngsboro didn't. That is just luck of the draw for the performance venues.


I don't care. You guys kicked butt anyway! The costumes were soooo cool. All the rock characters had special eye contacts just to push that edge of creepiness.









Check this out in the foreground! Members of the cast contorted and rolled themselves up into different shapes and they appeared as if they were rocks, yet living parts of this nightmarish cave.



They picked up several awards for set and costume design to mention the few I did see in their display case.












To Laurie, set crew, make-up, set design and construction....GREAT JOB EVERYONE!!

Monday, March 15, 2010

Hey Billerica!


Okay all you Billerica Theatre People out there!!!! Congratulations on a great performance this past weekend! You had some tough competition but you did a GREAT job and you should be proud of yourselves!!! We are proud of you! Just wanted to let you know that your images are up!!! Follow this link and pass it on!  http://www.asaphotographic.com/store/gallery.php?gid=53

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Look what I found on Utube...


So the MGM Grand at Foxwoods has asked to use some of our images from Steve and Carissa's wedding...I was looking to see if they were up yet and came across this link. I couldn't help but share!
Click here (or on image) to watch the video

Since you can see George, I thought you might want to see the corresponding photos: