"Sunny days, sweeping the clouds away..."

"Sunny days, sweeping the clouds away
On my way to where the air is sweet
Can you tell me how to get
How to get to Sesame Street"

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Eversince news came out about Sesame Street Live having a show in Manila (and having seen a live Sesame Street show when I was a kid), we decided to take Caitlin and watch it. We bought tickets for their July 21 show weeks before the show and we slowly prepared Caitlin for it since it will be her first "theater" experience.

We woke up really early last Saturday. We wanted to go to Aliw Theater real early since we didn't know how the traffic is going to be and where the parking lots are located. We arrived a little past 9am (and the show was not until 11am!). But we weren't the first ones there. We saw a few families walking outside the venue, their kids tugging their favorite sesame street character stuffed toy and/or wearing their favorite sesame street shirt (Caitlin included).

Fortunately, there were some restaurants in the area that were already open so we decided to have breakfast while waiting.

Then, a little past 10am, we went back to the theater to line up. Good thing they were already letting people in and we didn't have to wait long. Before we went in, I took some pictures.




There were still a few people when we got in the theater so I took the opportunity to take more pictures.







The show started at around 11:30am (30 mins later than what was indicated on the tickets). At first, Caitlin got scared when the lights were dimmed but she started clapping and and dancing as soon as she saw Elmo on stage!

We had really good seats (6th row, center aisle). Caitlin got a good view of the characters (Rosita and Cookie Monster (during the 1st half of the show); and Telly and Elmo(during the 2nd half of the show)) when they went off the stage to greet the audience. Rosita and Telly even shook her hand. Unfortunately, my camera won't cooperate when it was Telly's and Elmo's turn to greet the audience so I wasn't able to take some close up pictures of Elmo :(

Here are some pictures taken during the show.













Overall, it was a good 90-minute show.


I think I enjoyed it more than Caitlin did!