CATS

There's a whisper down the line at 11:39
When the Night Mail's ready to depart,
Saying "Skimble where is Skimble has he gone to hunt the thimble?
We must find him or the train can't start."

At 11:42 when the signal's nearly due
And the passengers are frantic to a man—
Then Skimble will appear and he'll saunter to the rear:
He's been busy in the luggage van!

You may say that by and large it is Skimble who's in charge
Of the Sleeping Car Express.
From the driver and the guards to the bagmen playing cards
He will supervise them all, more or less.

He’ll watch you without winking and he sees what you are thinking
And it's certain that he doesn't approve
Of hilarity and riot, so the folk are very quiet
When Skimble is about and on the move.

You can play no pranks with Skimbleshanks!
He's a Cat that cannot be ignored;
So nothing goes wrong on the Northern Mail
When Skimbleshanks is aboard.

When you get to Gallowgate
there you do not have to wait—
For Skimbleshanks will help you to get out!

He gives you a wave of his long brown tail
Which says: "I'll see you again!
You'll meet without fail on the Midnight Mail
The Cat of the Railway Train."


Tomorrow we go to see the Broadway production of CATS!!!!! Whoopeeee! We have tickets for the front row of the very top balcony (there's the floor level and then three balconies above) and we go opera glass-less. Perhaps we should take a pair of small binoculars? :-) I have seen the video by the West End Cast, but I'm told the Broadway Stage version is quite different. Wheeeee!

This is a video of the Lindy Hop Finals at a west coast swing competition in Minneapolis, the Liberation Round. That means fast, and boy is it fast. They're not in costume but oh my goodness they are good - you need to watch this! :-)



And this one is slower, but I'm way more impressed. The lady spins like she's a top - and you people who have never tried that ought to appreciate the difficulty, speaking as a person who has no training in the lindy hop. :-)