This summer, I had the privilege of spending a month
in England with a group of 15 students from Oklahoma Baptist University. Dr. Lindsey Panxhi (an English faculty
colleague) and myself, along with our respective spouses, conducted a
faculty-led Study Abroad that spent four weeks on the ground in London teaching
OBU courses to OBU students while being immersed in the culture and history of
Great Britain. These are our stories!
Saturday, August
11 – Phantom of the Opera
Good sleep last night – woke up pretty refreshed this
morning. Class at 10am, then lunch. It was a free afternoon for our crew. I spent almost all of the afternoon getting
the budget updated. Had enough time to
go shopping with Vanessa. We went to the
corner stall guy and bought matching London zip-up jackets for me and Vanessa,
T-shirts for Elaina, Mandy, Emma and Maddie.
I also bought a cool British hat.
I think it looks quite spiffy.
After supper, twelve of us went to the optional
showing of Phantom of the Opera at Her Majesty’s Theatre. I’ve never seen the musical or the movie –
and I thoroughly LOVED the show! Very
incredible voices among the lead roles – the Phantom in particular. I recognized (and loved) a lot of the
songs. The theme, obviously, but also
Masquerade, and It’s All I Ask. It was a
pretty cool opportunity to attend a classic like Phantom in London!
The Theater had some sightline issues for us, but it
was an amazing experience.
Unfortunately, on the way back to Pickwick, Emma realized that she had
lost her wallet at the show. I walked
back to the Theatre with Emma – but they were shut down, and wouldn’t check the
seats for us. They did encourage us to
come back first thing in the morning and have someone check for us.
It was quite late by the time we got back to the
hostel – and Emma was obviously quite upset about losing her wallet. She’s a very level-headed kid, not prone to
these kinds of things happening to her. We’ll
hope the morning turns out well.
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