There are four songs here. "Why Me?" is a song that the character of Mary sings. It deals with her coming to terms with her unexpected and unusual pregnancy. Then, the song "Just a Man" is one that the character Joseph sings. In it, he expresses the emotions that could have come to his mind when he learned of his future wife's situation. The song "Our Night" is actually a song I wrote with Andy Brown for another project when I was in college. I pulled it out, changed it a slight bit, and put it in this show- just so the musical would have a love theme. Lastly, the song "These Hands" is done by the Mary and Joseph characters at the manger.
The musical combined Easter and Christmas themes. It opened and closed at Golgatha just after the execution of Christ. The birth story was told in flashbacks and was staged in front of the Cross. It told the story of how faith can be a positive force and can change people for the better. I grown a lot since then, and might approach the story a bit differently now. However, I do believe that faith in something bigger than ourselves can be a powerful thing and is essential to being truly happy in this difficult world. But that's a subject for another blog.
I was only 22 at the time I started this project, and I was under the influence of the pop/rock Broadway shows I was listening to at the time. Since, my tastes have changed and there are many things I would now do differently. But it was a great learning experience. Steven Whiston, who played Joseph, was fantastic (and still is!). Mia Diamond as Mary did a wonderful job with my fledgling attempts at songwriting. The directing was done by Cara Ward. In any case, I thought I'd add some of these memories to my blog...
-if you want to listen to these videos, you'll need to pause the mp3 player that is providing the lovely opera music (Vide Cor Meum)- you can find it about halfway down the side-bar on your right :)
