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Sam
and Sarah stopped for this photo op sitting on the steps in front
of the last home Sarah lived in in Balboa, 718 El Prado. |
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Sam
looks awfully tiny and alone standing in the middle of The Prado.
The Administration Building appears off in the distance, and
in the back, directly behind Sam, is the large timer showing
the time left until the Canal is turned over to Panama. |
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Sam
and Steven stroll through the parking lot on Amador Causeway.
There are two restaurants here now on this bit of land. The ride
down the Causeway to this point didn't look anything like Sarah
remembered. It was undergoing major construction by resort developers. |
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We
stopped in an old haunt, the Napoli Restaurant in Panama City.
It hasn't seemed to have changed at all. Sam and Steven hold
a menu. |
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Sam
explores Panama Viejo (Old Panama). |
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On
an afternoon off, the director, Bruce Quinn invited us to visit
his home in El Valle. Here Sarah and Sam visit El Valle's well
known market. |
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Sarah
jots down some notes as the massive set of the Gala is constructed
behind her. In the distance, behind the "locks," is
the Goethels Memorial. |
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Backstage
during a performance, Sam (in costume) stops to chat with one
of the dancers (also in costume). The building Sarah remembers
as the Balboa Grade School was put into service as our dressing
rooms/green room. (What a hoot it was for Sarah, all these years
later, to be dressing in her first grade classroom!) |
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Sam
poses with several dancers. |
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Sarah
performs "Never Been Gone" at the Gala. |
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Sarah
sings "Always Summer" dressed in a costume based on
a dress worn by Mrs. Gaillard, wife of a supervisor of
construction of the Canal . |
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The
company takes a bow at the end of the performance. |
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Sarah
in conversation with the director of the gala, Bruce Quinn, and
Ruben Blades. |