Chapter 12: Slice of Heaven By the Sea/Ladies Gents.../Bathing Beauty

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"Here tonight –" Squelch sang

"Ringing in the season's end –" Gangle said

"Mr and Mrs. Y's surprise." Fleck sang

"Starting soon upon our stage,the performance of the age!" The trio sang

"Wonders and astonishment for your delectation!" Squelch sang

"Marvelous automatons of his own creation!" Ganle sang

"Plus a finale to sweep you away..!" Squelch sang

"Brought from Paree to perform just one day..!" Squelch and Gangle sang

"Come see the breathtaking Christine Daaé!​​​​​​" The trio sang

The beach goers gather their things and hurry off the beach, to the theater.The TRIO steps forward. The perspective shifts, and we are looking at the stage inside the theater at Phantasma. 

Meg~

I was waiting backstage. I was getting to perform for Angelique, Victor and Erik

​​​​​​"Ladies and gentlemen... Mr and Mrs. Y are pleased to present to you his final surprise of the season..." I heard Squeltch say

"A command performance by Christine Daaé, the most heavenly Diva of this or any age..." Gangle said

"But first, for those of you whose taste is a little more earthbound..." Fleck said.

"The Sweetheart of the Midway..." Squelch said

"The ooh La La Girl..." Gangle saif

"The incomparable..." Fleck said

"Meg Giry!" The trio

A galley painted vaudeville olio flies down: a stylizes "vaudeville" version of the beach. Bathing-suited chorus girls run on and take their places. I took my place on stage as the curtain raised up.

"I took a little trip to Coney Island,to get away from all the city sprawl.I couldn't bear to choosewhich bating suit to use,so goodness me, I guess I brough 'em all!But when at last I got to Coney Islandand found myself a spot upon the sand,I noticed something strange –There was no place to change –" I sang

"Uh oh!" The girls sang

"And so I asked my friends to lend a hand." I sang. "Girls?"

The girls strategically hold up towels, so that only my head, shoulders and legs are exposed.

"Ahhh!" The girls sang. I tossed away my blouse. "Ooooh!" I tossed away my skirt. "Bathing beauty,take a look at you!" They drop the towels, revealing me in a bathing costume. They go into a dance, with me at the center.

"Bathing beauty,on the beach,bathing beauty,say hell!What a cutie!What a peach!Bathing beauty!Watch her go!Posing under her parasol,she is whatcha calla real spectacle.Prim and proper, with class and poise,but she's got the boys apoplectic! Bathing beauty on the beach,see her practic'ly glow!Wearing a smile andgiving Coney Islanda bathing beaut of a show!" I sang with the girls.

The towels go up.

"Bathing beauty,on the beach!" The girls sang

"Stripes!" Meg said

The towels drop, revealing me in a striped suit.

"What a cutie,what a peach!" The girls sang

The towels go up.

"Spots!" I said

The towels drop revealing me in a polka-dotted suit.)

"Bathing beauty!Bathing beauty!" The girls sang

The towels go up.

"Checks!" I said

"Checks? Checks? Checks? Checks? Checks?" The girls sang going down the line puzzled

"Oops!" I said smiling sweetly

The girls pop out round parasols and open them.

"'​​​​​​Bathing beauty on the beach,see her practic'ly glow!Takin' the sun in'till all the boys are runnin'!Rollin' in clover,and gettin' tan all over!Wearing a smile and giving Coney Island a bathing beaut of a show!Bathing beauty, say..." The girls sang and then I sang. "Hello!" Applause as I waved at the audience and ran off.

"Ladies and Gentlemen, Miss Meg Giry, the Ooh La La Girl! In just a few moments, Christine Daaé, the world's most celebrated songbird, will be making her American debut here at Phantasma... But first, performing feats of miraculous muscular strength... The Mighty Squelch!" Gangle said as I went off stage to mother smiling. Hopefully Victor was watching.

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