"Bye Bye, Birdie" (October 27, 2017)

Papa Tom, Fox, and I drove to Waco after school on Friday, October 27, to see the Horns and Emma's performance in "Bye Bye, Birdie."  She was hilarious as Mama Mae Peterson, the overbearing mother of the main character, straight from Brooklyn.  For all these years, I thought rock-and-roll heartthrob Conrad Birdie had been played by Elvis in the 1963 film.  Not so.  But the story is based on the effect Elvis's induction in the U.S. Army had on teen-aged girls.

After the play, we had dinner at Cheddar's.

Emma transformed into herself after the play, thank goodness.  Dinner with Mama Mae Peterson would have been . . . interesting.  Next year, Emma will be at Centenary College in Shreveport as a pre-law and voice major.