I still like my LJ
So, how bout an update?
School is going well, as to be expected, Senior year should not be much more difficult, class wise anyway.
College apps are moving, slowly, but they move.
Stage crew goes well. We seem to be ahead of schedual. I'm pleased.
My relationship changed.'nuff said...
So, tonite I wrote a speech I'm giving tomorrow at the President's Advisor Board luncheon. (school president that is)
Here tis-
On behalf of the Harlequins, I would first like to say good after noon and welcome to Fr. Kaiser, the President’s Board of Advisors, Fellow Classmates, and anyone else joining us today. My name in Noah Greenia, a current senior here at U of D and a very active member of the Harlequins, U of D’s theatre group. Today I hope to give some insight on why I feel this group is important to the school, and how involvement in it has benefited my life.
The Harlequins are the oldest club in the school, with its founding coming just a few years after the school. While going through several transitions over the years, U of D Theatre stands today as a well developed, dedicated and hard working group of students and faculty. Students are invited to participate in a variety of ways, through acting in plays, performing in the musicals, or satisfying all the technical aspects on stage crew.
I see the Harlequins as beneficial to U of D for two main reasons. The primary reason being that Theatre allows students a chance to experience the Arts. In a world where it seems that schools are cutting Arts and Music right and left, I am proud that U of D has actively supported Theatre. It is hard to say if the students that work on and perform in the shows would have had any contact in the theatrical arts if not for the chance U of D provides. Our primary goal is not to train Broadways next top star. True, we do have a few members every year that go on to study theatre in college and have been quite successful, more on that later. Our goal, however, is to give our members the knowledge of being part of the theatrical experience. My favorite story on that point is every year we have about a dozen or more seniors, new members of the Harlequins for their senior year, who, after their final show, always say how impressed they were by the sense of community they experienced, and how they should have joined sooner.
Theatre also allows students a chance to become leaders, something that is really important at U of D. As students go through their high school experience, they have a chance to gain a larger role in theatre. That freshman in the chorus may one day be the lead. This provides a role model and inspiration to the new members. There is a very active leadership role that I am positive all of our upperclassmen realize and value. They know that have a duty to pass on the skills they have learned to help keep this group as successful as it is.
I too was once one of these lowly freshmen. While I have never been seen on stage in a U of D performance, my work has. Joining stage crew my freshman year, I did little but paint a few walls and get to know people. However, I didn’t let that freshman year stand in my way. I worked my way up in stage crew, and today I am a Crew Chief, assisting Mrs. Moeser, our Technical Director. I have the responsibility of overseeing set construction and, as Lighting Designer, the illumination aspects of our productions as well. I have really found my calling through my experience with the Harlequins, and am currently planning on majoring in Technical Theatre with an emphasis on lighting. While I know this is not the path for all our members, I believe it has been the quality of my time with U of D Theatre that has given me the opportunity and possibility to explore what I would like to do with my future. I think that this determination to achieve goals and gaining of life experience is all part of what we are about here at U of D. Indeed, just as our motto is “College isn’t easy, neither is life, we prepare you for both”, I truly believe my experience with the Harlequins has done just that.
Do it for the Fat Lady
Noah Greenia
School is going well, as to be expected, Senior year should not be much more difficult, class wise anyway.
College apps are moving, slowly, but they move.
Stage crew goes well. We seem to be ahead of schedual. I'm pleased.
My relationship changed.'nuff said...
So, tonite I wrote a speech I'm giving tomorrow at the President's Advisor Board luncheon. (school president that is)
Here tis-
On behalf of the Harlequins, I would first like to say good after noon and welcome to Fr. Kaiser, the President’s Board of Advisors, Fellow Classmates, and anyone else joining us today. My name in Noah Greenia, a current senior here at U of D and a very active member of the Harlequins, U of D’s theatre group. Today I hope to give some insight on why I feel this group is important to the school, and how involvement in it has benefited my life.
The Harlequins are the oldest club in the school, with its founding coming just a few years after the school. While going through several transitions over the years, U of D Theatre stands today as a well developed, dedicated and hard working group of students and faculty. Students are invited to participate in a variety of ways, through acting in plays, performing in the musicals, or satisfying all the technical aspects on stage crew.
I see the Harlequins as beneficial to U of D for two main reasons. The primary reason being that Theatre allows students a chance to experience the Arts. In a world where it seems that schools are cutting Arts and Music right and left, I am proud that U of D has actively supported Theatre. It is hard to say if the students that work on and perform in the shows would have had any contact in the theatrical arts if not for the chance U of D provides. Our primary goal is not to train Broadways next top star. True, we do have a few members every year that go on to study theatre in college and have been quite successful, more on that later. Our goal, however, is to give our members the knowledge of being part of the theatrical experience. My favorite story on that point is every year we have about a dozen or more seniors, new members of the Harlequins for their senior year, who, after their final show, always say how impressed they were by the sense of community they experienced, and how they should have joined sooner.
Theatre also allows students a chance to become leaders, something that is really important at U of D. As students go through their high school experience, they have a chance to gain a larger role in theatre. That freshman in the chorus may one day be the lead. This provides a role model and inspiration to the new members. There is a very active leadership role that I am positive all of our upperclassmen realize and value. They know that have a duty to pass on the skills they have learned to help keep this group as successful as it is.
I too was once one of these lowly freshmen. While I have never been seen on stage in a U of D performance, my work has. Joining stage crew my freshman year, I did little but paint a few walls and get to know people. However, I didn’t let that freshman year stand in my way. I worked my way up in stage crew, and today I am a Crew Chief, assisting Mrs. Moeser, our Technical Director. I have the responsibility of overseeing set construction and, as Lighting Designer, the illumination aspects of our productions as well. I have really found my calling through my experience with the Harlequins, and am currently planning on majoring in Technical Theatre with an emphasis on lighting. While I know this is not the path for all our members, I believe it has been the quality of my time with U of D Theatre that has given me the opportunity and possibility to explore what I would like to do with my future. I think that this determination to achieve goals and gaining of life experience is all part of what we are about here at U of D. Indeed, just as our motto is “College isn’t easy, neither is life, we prepare you for both”, I truly believe my experience with the Harlequins has done just that.
Do it for the Fat Lady
Noah Greenia