Pace on Earth

My Maria

When the CBC started it's reality show with the aim of filling a role in the upcoming Sound of Music musical that starts in the fall I had about as much chance of tuning in as I would of switching channels from a Dolphins game to the Von Trapp family history on a Sunday afternoon.

That fact changed somewhat in recent weeks as a girl with New Brunswick ties made it to the final four and on Monday night I found myself tuned into "How do you solve a problem like Maria". During the introductions they mentioned that one of the judges was not present for "personal reasons".

It turns out that those "personal reasons" was actually an arrest for assault and for forcible confinement. And the question becomes "How do you solve a problem like assault and forcible confinement?" for the judge, the humourously named Simon Lee. The news story is here but the full story is probably quite a sordid affair. Oh, those theater types.

As for Elicia, well she's a long way from Doaktown now, she won the competition and starts her run as Maria in the fall. Congratulations!

Pace out.

Labels: CBC

posted by Vitamin S @ 6:03 p.m.