Friendly fun

I've always thought it was important for wives and moms to spend time with their friends without their husbands and kids.

The latest of these times for me was when I met two of my friends (one of whom happens to also be my boss) at a local part for a singalong movie.

If you've never been to one of these, they are a lot of fun.

They show musical movies, and when the songs come on, the words are printed across the bottom of the screen. And you just sing out — whether you can carry a tune or not. Nobody cares what you sound like.

People also dress up in costumes and bring props.

My boss friend and I went to a local theater to the "Sound of Music" singalong. We had assorted props including stems of white flowers to wave around during "Edelweiss" and flashlights to shine around when the bad guys are looking for the family in and around the tombstones. Everybody got the biggest kick out of those flashlights.

So when my boss friend found out they would be showing the "Grease" singalong at a park downtown, she decided we had to go.

She made herself a costume and was ready to go for the July date. But the movie got rained out.

They rescheduled it for early August. But it got rained out.

They rescheduled it for late August, and the weather was great! It was unusually cool with just the slightest breeze.

And the best part was that since she ended up with more time, my boss friend made two more of the costumes so all three of us could be dressed alike.

She used cardboard, plastic water bottles, aluminum foil and silver paint, along with a shiny silver tablecloth and made us into "beauty school dropouts."

Here's the scene from the movie:

And here's us:

The picture above was taken by a photographer friend of ours while we were doing the "Hand Jive" during the costume contest. If you look between us, you can see that there was a pretty good crowd there. And we were really happy to win the contest.

And here's a selfie from the front.

It was a really fun night, and I would encourage everyone to get out with their friends every once in a while.

The big pink net thing is a sculpture. The poles on either side have purple lights that shine on it. It's really pretty, especially at night.