Last night I transformed into a moustachioed dandy.A few months ago I was told to grow a mustache for my role in the opera Postcard from Morocco. I thought that I would look pretty creepy walking around with a mustache for a couple of months, so I grew out a full beard instead. A few years ago I did the same thing when I was in Amelia Goes to the Ball, but that was different because we only did one performance, so I shaved my beard down to a mustache the afternoon of the performance and then shaved it completely off immediately after the show. This time I'm not so lucky. Last night was our first dress rehearsal so I had to unveil the mustache and since the show doesn't close until next Sunday I'm stuck with Mr. Mustache for a whole week.
The mustache looks okay when I'm wearing my bowler hat and detachable shirt collar (I feel like an extra in The Sting), but I don't have much stuff like that in my real-life wardrobe. Today is the first day when I've had to venture out into the world with the 'stache, and I've felt like a complete goober the whole time. I've turned a lot of heads at school today, eliciting responses ranging from "That's an interesting look for you" to "You look like you're from a cheesy '80s movie." Thanks, guys.I taught four voice lessons this afternoon and all of my students got a big kick out of seeing me all 'stached up, so I decided to make the best of the situation and assigned them all the Stephen Foster song "If You've Only Got a Moustache," a #1 smash hit back in 1864. I'll close with the lyrics:
Oh! all of you poor single men,
Don’t ever give up in despair,
For there’s always a chance while there’s life
To capture the hearts of the fair,
No matter what may be your age,
You always may cut a fine dash,
You will suit all the girls to a hair
If you’ve only got a moustache,
A moustache, a moustache,
If you’ve only got a moustache.
5 comments:
You're hilarious! Wish I could make fun of it in person.
You made me laugh out loud! In all the "re-creations" of Brian over the years, with this one, I hardly recognized you as the dandy. As Amy said, it's hilarious! Loved your assignment for your vocal students. Maybe someone will grow a moustache to sing the "role," as you probably would.
Hi Hitler, I heard about this moustache but did not want to believe it.
There aren't a whole lot of people who do look good in a moustache are there? Sorry you have to go out in public like that.
My BYU-student sister posted this on her blog a couple months ago and it made me laugh. After reading your blog post, I thought I'd pass it along.
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