So, I’m trying to get the family to Disney World this year. We’ve been in the past, but it’s a whole thing where my girls were old enough to remember it but the boy wasn’t, so we’d like to get back for a trip where it’s more about him and he’s not just the one being pushed around in a stroller.
But I digress. Helping us set up the trip is a travel agent who turns out to be a friend of my in-laws. In fact I may even have met her at a random gathering at one point or another, but it’s not like we see or speak regularly.
Anyway, the other day during the snow storm I’m working from home when my daughter comes into my office and says, “Did you know about a new teen Shakespeare program coming to town?”
“No,” I say, “And I’m surprised I didn’t hear about it sooner? Where did you hear this, what’s the details? Wait, are you talking about Rebel Shakespeare?”
“I think that was the name.”
“Honey you’ve been to a number of their shows. They’re not new.”
I’ve been writing about Rebel Shakespeare for years. They’re a children’s Shakespeare group from a couple of towns over that’s been running for something like thirty years. We try to get to their shows when we can, and I even helped organize getting them to do a show in my own town.
Unfortunately this year their founder had to retire, and for a little while we thought they were done. But a bunch of parents and former participants have taken it over, and Rebel Shakespeare lives again! So I figured that’s what my daughter was talking about, that one of their new marketing links.
Then she tells me that our new travel agent, who my wife is friends with on Facebook, posted it.
It just got interesting.
It turns out that her son has been part of that group for the last five years! I may even have seen him perform, we’d have to sit down and compare notes.
I told them all about us (“Next time you’re with them, if the name Shakespeare Geek comes up, they’re talking about me.”) and they seemed quite excited to join our little family. In fact, they may be reading right now. So, hi there 🙂 Welcome!
O small new world, that has such people in it!