"Just Another Openin' of Another Show"

UPDATES...

official show days for Kiss Me Kate are the following...

Middle school showing: December 8th at 9:30AM in second hour

4th hour showing: December 9th

December 9th-12th, 2009

~understudies night Friday the 11th wink wink (;

7PM in the auditorium

$5 PRESALE

$7 AT THE DOOR

Kiss Me Kate is actually very similar to the play were reading in class, Taming of the Shrew. The show is about people putting on the show, Taming of the Shrew. When watching you will hear all the Shakespeare lines from the actual play, I started noticing that today in class. For instance there is a song called, "I've come to wive it wealthily in Padua." Which I found very funny reading yesterday in class. If you see the show you'll be laughing along with me! Don't make me look like that crazy girl in the corner laughing to herself over Shakespeare stuff...

So come see Kiss Me Kate! Mark it in your calendars, Be there or be square! And trust me you won't look as cute as Sponge Bob. So see you there! :)

Troop 6510!

That would be Cypress Bay's troop number for district and state competitions. What districts and states you may be asking? Well it is a place where people in theater get to perform in front of a set of judges and the judges give them constructive criticism. Drama students from all over the county go and perform to represent their school. These type of students are called, "thespians." You would perform such things as a large group musical, small group, a duet, a solo, a monologue, or etc. Then you or your group will get a certain ranking.

Rankings

Poor :(

Fair :/

Good :}

Excellent :)

Superior :D

Then the top honor your troop can receive is a critics choice. That is when the judges compare all the very best performances and choose the most superior one at of them all. Hopefully troop 6510 gets some critics choices it would be truly an honor.

I'm personally performing in a large group and a duet musical and they both still need a bunch of work. Competitions are coming right after thanksgiving break! Ahhhhh!!!! But on a positive note go troop 6510!

What to blog about...

At the moment I don't know what to blog about. I feel like I'm having a brain fart, a writers block, you get what I'm saying, well hopefully. Anyways this week was tedious, and extremely stressful. I honestly don't think there was one day I had some down time to catch my breath. Monday, is just everyones favorite day of the week. Haha NO! I had homework that night like you couldn't even imagine oh and to top that I was volunteering at Falcon Cove till about 7 at night. Then Tuesday, I had club meetings at school, then right after that I had to go to band rehearsal from 4-7. Then soon after that the band and I went perform at this little music place which was really fun, but boy was I exhausted after! We all didn't get home until about 11:30 at night. Even though Cypress Bay had a day off on Wednesday, my chaotic lifestyle did not stop! I woke up exhausted from the night before with barley any sleep and BAM! There was my singing teacher waiting for me outside my door. Two hours after that I had a large group rehearsal for districts from 3-6:30 at night. Oh and my day still goes on! I went home to eat dinner for literally ten minutes and not a surprise I was out the door again! Off to math tutoring. Which is definitely a life savor for me, math really isn't my thing.

Then DING DING DING! We come to today which went on far too long. Oh wait hey it's still going on, you see what I mean! After school today I went to large group rehearsals once again which went very well today, so that made me happy. Then after that I went over to volunteer at Falcon Cove Middle School again which was fine. Now, here I am writing in this blog which I should have wrote yesterday or the day before that. As you can see my schedule is just overly crazy. Mrs. Stoklosa I apologize for writing all my blog responses today. Hopefully you will find somewhere in your kind, kind heart to forgive me. :)

And for those people who actually read this whole thing BRAVO! You have finally reached the end of this posting. :)

ASL and Drama Club Unite!

This year Cypress Bay's ASL club and Drama Club are coming together to put on an amazing show! The audience will consist of both hearing and deaf people, which I think is really awesome! The show will have singers, actors, dancers, signers, and so much more. The show is not until February 25 and 26, but auditions are next week starting on....

AUDITION DAYS

Thursday, November 19

Friday, November 20

Monday, November 23

Tuesday, November 24.

So if you want to audition too, go for it! :)

If you can't sign, their are signing clinics to help you learn how to sign a song you will audition with. These dates are as followed...

CLINICS

Monday, November 16

Wednesday, November 18

Thursday, November 19

Plus, you will get service hours which is always nice, and if you like performing it's a great way to get your service hours! So go audition you won't regret it! :)

"Kiss Me Kate" update....

As you all know this semester, AMT, (American Musical Theater) class is putting on the show "Kiss Me Kate." The show is really coming together and it's looking amazing! If you have never seen a Cypress Bay High School show, your truly missing out on some great work put on by your fellow students of Cypress Bay. This is just an early reminder, so mark your calendars! The show opens on December 9 and goes through the 12th. Lead cast performances are the 9th, 10th, and 12th, but don't forget about understudy cast on the 11th! I'm actually in understudy cast, so hint hint if you want to see me sing the 11th is the day to go! :)

Just go see both casts, it's a totally different show with either cast you go to. Their both definitely worth seeing, I give you my word. Prices go from $10-$20 I believe. So go support your school and bring friends, you'll all enjoy this one!

A Dog Eat Dog World

Rejection is not an easy thing to go through. In theater rejection is a very common thing. Actors have to go through this routine daily. It's either your too fat or too skinny, or too short or too tall. When auditioning you will get more no's than you will get yeses. Theater is a dog eat dog world. Everyone's always up against each other. This process is probably my least favorite of the theater.

Another difficult thing actors have to go through, is a little thing called "favoritism." This is very annoying when this happens. Sometimes your other fellow actors will just suck up to the directors until they get what they want. Or the director plays fault here too. At times, some directors have certain "favorites." By favorites I mean the director likes this certain person very much and likes giving them all the parts. Whether if they are talented or not. Also bribing is a big one as well, when somebody pays the director to give them the part they want. As you can see theater is not always fair. People will be people and bend and shape the rules in whichever way they want. Sometimes the most talented people don't get what they deserve.

I have personally gone through this and so have many of my close friends. You eventually learn how to deal with this nonsense and move on. The good part from this is that you build a stronger backbone and it makes it easier to take in rejection and yes favoritism too. Even though theater has it's ups and downs, if you really love it; it's worth all the pain and tears. And it definitely is. :)