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Katharine got a great crowd response and she's getting more mobile with the cast. Her limp isn't as noticeable although her set felt way too short.
I had a poster for her so the first two pics were her coming over to squint at it and read it! Between her songs she explained about her foot and showed off her cast and there was an audible gasp in the audience, I couldn't have made that up. I got the impression that most people didn't know about it (and I don't know how that's possible, it seems like it was all over the news). But maybe they were just saying "awww". She talked some more about how she loves Tampa because she went to a camp here with a lot of Broadway stars and she felt like Tampa was where she really nurtured her craft and developed as a performer. After "Rainbow" she got a standing ovation (she didn't do the false ending) and it was over way too soon for me.
Nothing special to report from the encore except Kat walked up to Ace and they hugged and bumped butts.
The after party: As soon as I saw Kat come in I made a beeline for her because I'd heard they don't let her stay very long at the after parties. I had her sign some things for people we'd met before the concert that wouldn't get to meet her. It was all kind of a blur but I asked if she'd gotten the CD I'd given to Elliott earlier for her and she looked confused at first until I described it and she said she'd seen it on the bus but didn't know it was for her. She laughed and said Elliott was the worst person to give things to because he always forgot or they got lost. Then I mentioned the little dry erase board and pack of colored markers I'd bought for Kellie and Kat lit up and said "That was from you?! We love it! We've already been drawing on it and using it!" Then we talked about the third song and the connection to her broken foot. Her third song was supposed to be "Think" but since it was so upbeat, she couldn't move around the stage with her clunky boot and sing it at the same time. She was SO bubbly and sweet but there were a lot of other people there who wanted to talk to her so I said we didn't want to hog her anymore. But I know she would've kept talking to us if we hadn't let her go.
Hehe, caught her mid sentence.
Her face is so expressive and I could've taken a million more pics like this.
It was such an incredible night and I still can't believe it happened! Thank you again, Kim, for helping me out. And hey to everyone else I met last night! You guys were too cool.
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