my daughter, granddaughter and i received guests passes to see the dress rehearsal last night. it was absolutely wonderful.

we had front row seats and the dance floor was about 6 inches above my feet. Cheryl, Louis Ansell? (the choreographer) Drew Lachey, Joey McIntrye, Joey Fatone, Kym Johnson, Edyta and her fiance, the irrespressible blonde younger woman who won this season and some that i can't remember their names and some i had never seen before.

it was more fun than i've had in ages. they danced right up to us and grinned and waved. the crowd was about 150...halfway through, they played a really great song and invited the audience to dance also. and about 50 of us did!

the costumes were fabulous! they use 250K sequins for one show.....

Cheryl and Drew Lachey did "Save a Horse and Ride a Cowboy".....the number they won with the second season.

they gave us lots of history and talked alot and laughed and made mistakes. it was like a fabulous private party........

if it comes to your town, please try to go.......my SIL is the head light person at University of Texas events and they gave him our passes for the rehearsal....