A challenge I face

If you have been reading my latest blogs you can see I love performing more then anything in the world. I just love all forms of the arts, it just I don't know makes my heart sing haha. But there is a problem I face dealing with performing. I am dyslexic and it is a huge part of my life. I'm currently writing a report on it as well. Dyslexia is a reading disability when your own native language is difficult for you to read, spell and write. Also when words move all around the page which make you get very dizzy. I thought I should share this on my blog because dyslexia is also a huge part of my life.

Not only is it problem but a gift at the same time. Dyslexic people as myself seem to strive in things such as the arts, drama, etc. Which I found very interesting because that's what I do best. So not only does dyslexia effect my life in negative ways but also in positive ways as well. Did you know that famous actors such as Tom Cruise is dyslexic? As you can see in the picture below there are multiple famous actors that are dyslexic even scientists such as Albert Einstein.

Being dyslexic also has it's down falls as well, such as writing this posting. I must have used the spell check at least twenty times already. It's very frustrating but hey what am I going to do about it. I found out I was dyslexic just last year. So currently I am fighting for my rights as a dyslexic student. Hopefully the school board will give me the accommodations I need to succeed in both school and in theater. In theater because as an actor the theater has things called "cold readings" which mean you go up and read something you've never seen before and perform to the best of your level reading the script. As you can imagine I will be up there stumbling over every word. Which makes me feel very unintelligent. So hopefully the school board will agree to give me the help I need to succeed in school and what I love to do.

Lipsinc Show!

Come see the Lipsinc show tonight at Cypress Bay High school in the auditorium! Tickets are five dollars sold at the door. You can also pay an extra two dollars to make a shout-out to a friend! Don't miss this great opportunity to have a great time and to support your school's drama club! The acts this year are hysterical! You will be laughing the whole way threw! So don't miss this year's lipsinc show! Hope to see you all there! :)

Staying Healthy

As you all know the flu has been going around and  a lot of people in our school have been getting very sick.  As a performer you always have to stay on top of your game and stay healthy. I constantly have to worry about my voice. It's a huge aspect of what I do as a performer. Doing something as simple as screaming at a football game can mess with your voice. I made a promise to my voice coach I will give up screaming, which is kinda hard because I'm easily frightened. But I commit to it.  I also have to be put on special vitamins and have to gargle all different types of disgusting mixtures that are good for your throat. Some of these mixtures would be such as, salt water, drinking Honey, gargling whisky, lemon juice, etc..  Those would be some of the tortuous things singing performers have to deal with to keep your voice healthy. Vitamin C is also a great way to keep your immunity up. Orange juice is delicious I drink it almost with every meal. It's sounds gross to some people but hey this helps keeps me healthy. 

 If you have read my last blog I mentioned how I haven't been sleeping much which is not too good.  At the moment I am sick right now and it's not too fun. I blame my sleeping patterns, and busy schedule. My immunity must have gone down and I must have caught something. I've been coughing non-stop for the last week. I'm sure if your in my second hour, you witnessed me having a cough attack of some kind. I feel like I'm dying right now, and I need to get better. I have an audition later this week! It's kinda important I don't cough the whole way threw. Hopefully I will recover before the audition!

To start off my blog...

The life of a student performer is definitely not an easy life. I'm 15 years old going on 16, and I already have a passion in life. Obviously, from the name of my blog title, you can see that I love performing. What I do specifically is musical theatre. Live theatre feels so real to me. I take singing lessons once or twice a week. I volunteer my hours over at FCMS (Falcon Cove Middle) and help out their drama club. I'm their singing/assistant director, which I love. Helping out the kids at FCMS brings a lot of joy to my life. Man, that sounds really corny, but hey it's true. Also I'm in the CBHS (Cypress Bay High) production of "Kiss me Kate"; I play, "Hattie." This is my first show with CBHS and I couldn't be more thrilled! Getting a part as a sophomore is a big deal people have told me, which is an amazing feeling. I feel like I'm in a dream!

Pretty much a student performers daily life style is an exciting one, but it's not always just fun and games. It takes a lot of work, time, and energy. I am rarely ever home. I feel as though I live at school, no joke. I at school from 7 in the morning to 7 at night. Not to mention, I take dance class a few days a week. I also had a singing and dancing recital recently, which means I don't even get home until 8-9 at night. Not to mention I'm exhausted, oh and that you have piles and piles of homework to do. As you can imagine, I don't sleep much. But these are the sacrifices a student performer has to make. In the long run, you do it for the love and passion.