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Shelbie is the last minute third guest blogger

 So this week has been full of the spookiness of Halloween and Nostell. On Monday and Tuesday we were all working hard on trying to get every scene as perfect as we could without having the actual gardens but by Wednesday we were on our way to Nostell. We started off by setting where each scene would take place with in the gardens which was quite fun, once that was done we were able to start putting the scenes into their location. 

 The next 2 days were tiring as some of us did a 11 hour day but all is well as we got spend time with the rest of our Yew Tree family. While we were waiting for our first show of Ghosts In the Gardens, me, Tom, Amy, Rhiannon and Abbie - Leigh were well ahead on getting our Remembrance play sorted. Meanwhile the rest of the cast were to busy creating a game called Yew Tree Hunger Games which me and Tom joined in the next day. 

 On the Friday it was much the same as the previous day. After having the weekdays at Nostell we were granted a day off on Saturday which was lovely but for me, Amy, Tom, Abbie-Leigh and Rhiannon we were only to return to Nostell on Sunday to perform the Remembrance piece. The fact that we only put it together in 2 days was amazing and it was a pleasure to perform it. All in all it has been a very busy week but It has been fun, exciting and not to mention that I got to spend it with some of the most loveliest people in the world! Well done team!

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