Raggs and Dumpster, Here We Come! Paaaws Up!
As you’re reading this my seven year old daughter and I are on a plane (her FIRST plane ride,) heading for North Carolina to tape the Raggs PBS show and get interviewed by Dumpster the Cat.
Life has been so crazy I can’t believe I haven’t blogged about this yet, but here it goes…
Mid summer I came across a contest for 4- 7 year olds to win a chance to appear on the Raggs PBS show. Since we don’t watch a lot fo TV, she didn’t know who Raggs was, but was excited about the possiblity of her first plane ride! I vaguely remember a Dog band coming to our State Fair and playing a small concert, and thought that was who it was. So we decided to enter!
I didn’t have much time to get my entry in so after carefully reading the directions on how to enter, I got out my Flip camera and started shooting. Needless to say, my sassy, funny daughter froze up when I was taping her. We tried over and over again, each time she loosened up a bit. Then when I finally thought I had a decent audition tape, I noticed there was a logo on the box behind her head. YIKES! The rules said no ad logos, so we moved to the hallway and did one last take. By now, she was getting really sassy and her full personality came out. I downloaded the tape (thank you internet submissions!) and that was that. I didn’t think much about it.
Weeks later we auditioned for the Wizard of Oz and got in. I noticed there might be a conflict with the Raggs taping. But winning was such a long shot. I didn’t think much more of it until I got an email from Raggs with a BIG congratulations at the top. At first, I thought she was 1 of 100 chosen to go on a second interview. But Cameron, the very helpful Raggs assistant set me straight. My daughter was a winner and would be taped. Later Raggs would decide which segments to use, but we were on our way!
So we’re on our way. We fly back tomorrow, and then the next day we have our first performance of the Wizard of Oz! (Yes, we have special permission to miss two days of tech week!) I’ve already seen photos of other kids on the Raggs adventure and it looks fabulous! And we hope to meet up with some families at the hotel later. So if you’re reading this, say a prayer for us and our adventure, for save and easy travel on this wonderful, whirlwind of a tour! And my daughter’s true personality to shine!
