*SP4 spoiler! I had read online that Doug Sills somewhere in the second act comes running through the audience. So, since one of our seats was on the middle aisle, I took it, crossing my fingers. All through the second act I kept waiting for him to go by. However, after Percy was beheaded... well, I was a little more concerned on other things... like plotting Chauvie's demise! That's when he ran right by me. I just felt this wind upon my shoulders and looked up to realize that I had been INCHES away from Doug Sills... Needless to say, I never washed that shoulder again. *grin* ~Citoyenne Ainsley
*This one comes from Baroness Austen, but I'm transcribing it for her. When she went with her parents, her mom said something cute as well. During Intermission, her mom went up to her and quickly asked, "Percy and Margot patch it up, don't they?" ~ Baroness Austen
*For my birthday party, I invited a small gathering of close friends to come down to my cabin for a get-together. Among them was a fellow obsesse, someone who knew the musical, one who didn't know it, and one who really didn't care to know it. Fellow obsesse Baroness Austen brought the Anthony Andrews Pimpernel, as I had never seen it. While we were watching it, Seira (the not-caring-to one) looked up to us after Marguerite had her first encounter with her brother Armand. "Is that her boyfriend?" she asked. We laughed. "That's her brother!" Seira: "Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeuuuuuuuuuuu!!!!!! Gross!" ~ Citoyenne Ainsley
*For this same occasion, you see, Baroness Austen and I were the first ones down. We also picked up the friend who didn't know anything about it on the way. Somehow, Baroness Austen and I got into a hyper mood late at night. Come 2 in the morning, we were still away, giggling over Richard E. Grant's grins in the A&E Scarlet Pimpernel. While it may prejudice you against me, I admit it with all my heart: I love the A&E movies! Yes, I'm mad that they killed Tony, but I still love them! Anyway, at three in the morning, Stephanie turned to us and said, rather sleepily, "What are you guys talking about? Grins?" Three in the morning, and Baroness Austen and I dragged her out to the TV, fastforwarded the tape, and showed her the grin he gives the camera as he's breaking out of the prison. She rolled her eyes, and went back to sleep. ~ Citoyenne Ainsley
*Speaking of the prison scene, how's this for entertaining? One of the biggest parts of our Bible class grade in school is our semester project. You can write a huge long essay, memorize 50 verses in sucession, or you can do a project. Guess which one I usually choose? Anyway, this time I got a group of friends in the class together, and we decided to make a book out of the book of Luke. (Well, major stories in Luke) Anyway, we went over to Stephanie's house and had a great time filming this. One thing we were GOING to put in, but finally edited out for weirdness: When Judas betrays Jesus, we were going to have, out of nowhere, Doug sing his line from "Riddle". However, the creme de la creme of the movie was this: We knew we had to show the triumphal entry, however, we had a crowd of three people. Obviously, that wasn't all that special. So, when editing the tape, we threw in a scene from the A&E Pimpernel ~ When the French mob is storming the prison. So, our movie shows a lovely afternoon, Jesus riding into town on Stuart covered in brown towels. Three girls in bedsheets say "Yeah, it's Jesus!" all that. And, all of a sudden, it's night and a huge mob is there carrying torches and yelling. It's very bizarre. But we got a good grade! ~Citoyenne Ainsley
*My first dream about Doug. Now one thing you must realize that I rarely dream at all. If I do, I usually don't remember it. And, on the rare chance that I do remember, I usually have dreamt of someone or something I haven't thought about in years. But Doug is such a wonderful exception... *grin* Anyway, here was my dream. Somehow, I had gotten backstage to view one of the practices. Margot and Chauvie were not there, because it was Doug practicing his dances with the swings. (The background dancers) It was just this small little room, and I know that none of the dances they did were really in the musical, but that's okay. The really scary thing was that while I "knew" it was Doug the whole time, sometimes he looked like my old English teacher. Scary. Anyway, they did a lot of songs, one really similar to "Be Our Guest" from Beauty and the Beast. Then, they started the "The Scarlet Pimpernel" they sing at Lord Grenville's Ball. That is, I knew it was that song, but it sounded more like "The Phantom of the Opera". Also, the dancing was Doug dancing with all the swings, flirting with them and they flirting back. This seemed normal in my dream, though. Every time he finished dancing with one of the girls, he nearly kissed her. And yet, that's what was supposed to happen. Anyway, before they started "They Seek Him Here", they decided to take a quick break. You see, on all the edges of this room were chairs. I was sitting in one, watching. Anyway, the weird thing was this room was lit only by candles. And, as they sat down, the big candle in the middle of the room died out, leaving the room in this twilight haze of light. I and all the swings tried to relight it, but it wouldn't relight. We were most annoyed. I said, "Lord Grenville, you really should pay your light bill!" And Doug laughed! "I'll have to remember that, very funny!" Anyway, the candle wouldn't relight, so we all just sat down to take a break. I grabbed my notebook and started taking notes so I wouldn't forget a moment. Mostly the notes were about how cute Doug was. *grin* All of a sudden, I felt a hand trying to grab my notebook. When I saw it was Doug, I held onto it really tightly. "What are you writing?" "Just notes." He grinned. "So why won't you let me see it?" "Because..." He tried to take it again, so I yanked it back. He grabbed my hand and pulled me to my feet and started waltzing with me!!! Oh... I was in heaven... *grin* The funny thing was that I started to wake up, and I resisted it 'til the bitter end. NOOOO I WILL NOT WAKE UP NOW THAT I AM DANCING WITH DOUG SILLS... Reality continues to ruin my life. ~Citoyenne Ainsley
* For our final project in PNW (Pacific Northwest, a history class) we had to draw up plans for a trip around the PNW, seeing cities of various importances. Actually a rather fun project, probably to make up for the boringness of the rest of the class... Anyway, various Pimpernel stories came out of this. While scanning our maps, we discovered a Douglas County in Idaho. It instantly was put on our plans! Even better, we discovered a Douglas Museum! (Yes, I KNOW it probably doesn't have anything on Mr. Sills, but what the heck) This was a few steps after our stop in Riddle, Oregon. Stopping there only to sing "We all are caught in the middle". Oh admit it, you think it'd be fun too! We also made a stop in Seattle to visit the Paramount and see the Pimpernel. Even though it had already left. Sadness. Baroness Austen, also in my class, planned to entitle hers "Into the PNW We Go!" but ran out of space. She, however, composed a poem for the event. I was most amused. ~ Citoyenne Ainsley
* As can be expected, Baroness Austen and I quickly took up an aversion to people touching the backs of our necks. However, she let me tell this story. During the aforementioned time of PNW class, we had to read a book set in the PNW. However, this could also count as English reading, so we had book report slips set up in an envelope in both rooms. However, as the papers were long, they hung out of the envelope in a bent form. Baroness Austen, at the time, sat at the back of the room and, as she was leaning back during a lecture one day, the papers slashed at her neck. She screamed soooooooooo loud, frightening everyone in the room. It was most amusing. ~ Citoyenne Ainsley