Mamma Mia! with my Mamma
This past Sunday night, my mom and I had a date to go see the broadway musical, Mamma Mia! I happened to get the tickets for free through the Capstone Scholars program (one of the many perks). I knew my mom would love it, so being the good daughter that I am, I surprised her by asking her to go with me at the last minute. Now, I enjoy music and all, but I'm not really 'up' on my musicals, and to be honest, when Sunday rolled around, I really wasn't even looking forward to going. I tried to put that behind me though as my mom and I headed to the the Koger Center.
I won't go into too many details besides saying that if you've never seen Mamma Mia!.....GO. It was SO cute and funny and entertaining. We had the best time. Our seats were on the last row, but I wasn't complaining. One: the tickets were free - a word that automatically gets all college students' attention. And two: we could be our own little "Dancing Queen"s up there since no one sat behind us!
Columbia is a great place for the arts. The Colonial Center frequently has concerts for big recording artists....most recently: John Mayer and Rascal Flatts. The Koger Center welcomes smaller artists, musicals, plays, as well as orchestra and ballet performances. Then there are countless other places around town to hear local artists. So, if you're ever craving some live music, a play, or even Mamma Mia!, Columbia's a great place to be.
On a side note....the only negative aspect of the musical is that all week I've been going around singing: Mamma Mia, here I go again. My my, how can I resist you.....