Friday, June 25, 2010

From Chic Silber #2


SWING3, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.


Hi there keeper of the flame

Just returned home from New York and the show was amazing

Here are a few photos just in case

The 2 girls on the swing (that I built & rigged) are

Vanessa Williams currently in "Sondheim On Sondheim"

and Kristen Chenoweth currently in "Promises Promises"

She was our original Glinda in Wicked

A good time was had by all

Chic

10 comments:

Jack Ryan said...

Chic,

Great job! And, swinging a beautiful pair of ladies like Ms. Williams and Ms. Chenoweth -- wow, nice work if you can get it!

Jack

Crystal said...

Very cool!

Might I add that I am quit the fan of Kristin Chenoweth! I am going to see the traveling Wicked next weekend in Houston and only wish that she and Idina Menzel were in it! Great pictures and thank you for sharing Sir.

Chic Silber said...

Our First National Company of

"Wicked" will play Houston in the

Hobby Center from 30 June through

25 July with Chandra Lee Schwartz

as Glinda and Donna Vivino as

Elphaba both doing terrific

performances (you'll see)

You could see Kristen currently

at The Broadway Theater in the

revival of "Promises Promises"

Jim Z said...

Forget the Gals..
NICE Bowline!!....

GaryHill said...

Crystal, you will love these ladies in "Wicked"! My wife and I saw the show in Dallas about 3 weeks ago and it was Great! I really got a kick out of Chandra Lee Schwartz's performance as GAALinda! Donna Vivino was Great also! The role of Madame Morrible was played in Dallas by Jayne Houdyshell and it was also a Great performance...hell the whole show was Great!

Chic Silber said...

Actualy Jim there were bowlines

in the black braid lines but the

more visible knots in the blue

bridles are bight overhands

Anonymous said...

Chic
Nice...
Folks always asked Smokey to sign a Elephant Book...I had him sign my copy of Ashley's book of Knots..
Fellow Knot Bro...
Jim Z

Chic Silber said...

The 2 absolutely essential knots

are the bowline & the clove hitch

As the saying goes "Tie A Knot

Or Tie A Lot" Bro

Buckles said...

The "bolin" knot (BowLine) and half hitch were the only knots I ever mastered since they were essential.
Both Shannon and Dalilah can tie most anything having attended numerous Smokey Jones knot tying seminars.
They even remember the bolin knot instructions about the bunny rabbit jumping in and out of the hole.
Followed by, "Do you want to see a spinning bolin?" and after being coaxed, he would raise the rope off the ground and slowly spin the knot.
"How about a dragon bolin?"
Of course he would lay it flat on the ground and drag it a short distance.

Chic Silber said...

My early knotsmanship was during

my preteen years in the Boy Scouts

in order to earn one of the merit

badges so I could move up a grade

That training has served me well

during my apprenticeship to the

stagehands as well as in the US

Coast Guard and most certainly

in circus rigging over the years

I am also fairly accomplished

at splicing various lines but

I could never hold a candle to

John Schweitzer who could splice

cable bare handed