Malice in the Palace was one of the best middle school performances I have ever been to. Besides, I was in it!!! Although the cast had a few mess- ups throughout the performance, we did exceptionally well considering all the lines and blocking we had to memorize. Also, all the props we went through. It was kind of an inside joke with the cast because of all the props we broke. We went through at least one thing breaking each rehearsal. We went through about 5 king umbrellas and broke the crowns at least twice, also the feathers for the guard hats were torn off twice and Mrs. Koth had to glue them back on. Behind the scenes was the most fun. When we were at dress rehearsal we goofed around with our lines but had a serious time after the dress rehearsal to have a prayer time and to talk with our amazing musical theater teachers Mrs. Debbie Koth and Mrs. Lauren Hammond. As a cast, we got to sit down and talk about our achievements and things that we can work on for our next performance. Because we were on a large stage with many spot lights shining down on us, we had to wear foundation, lipstick, and eye liner - even the guys (who were not very happy about this idea). But in the end, Malice in the Palace was one of the best performances I have ever been to or in.
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on Monday December 15, 2008 at 07:37AM
This past weekend I had the privilege of being in Chorus's Lessons and Carols service and Drama's Blank Stage Showcase. The chorus one is a Christmas service taken from an old Anglican tradition consisting of nine lessons and nine carols that tell the whole story of Jesus starting in Genesis. I thought we did really well this year, and I was bummed that not as many people came as usual. Then the next day I had three hours of dress rehearsal followed by 3 hours of performance. We do a blank stage showcase every year- we don't use costumes or props and the whole troupe is divided up into groups to do monologues or skits or a piece from a musical. This is my first year in drama and I thought the showcase went great! And our director Miss Davis is totally amazing. Needless to say I had to work like crazy to get all my work done that weekend, but it was definitely worth it! The workload is a little crazy right now since it's the end of the trimester and exams are coming up. It's one of those times when I don't know how we all manage to finish our assignments, but somehow we do, and then we get a satisfying period of relief J
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on Tuesday December 9, 2008 at 11:01AM
