Pippin and a little bit of life too
Pippin. What an experience. About 3 weeks on the tech crew, and it felt almost like a lifetime. I managed to get a taste of the magic that is Wilde Lake Drama. And what a weird feeling that is. I got very close to tech crew, and quite decently close to the cast and the pit as well. I mean it's not all that difficult when most are your friends anyways, but still.
All of that building the set, spotlighting, hanging lights, painting; everything I was involved in, felt important. It felt amazing to be a part of something like that. I've been on running all four years, but this was the first time I was a part of the creation of a work of art. This was the first time I was minutely involved in something beautiful. Sports are fun, winning a state championship is an amazing experience, but the plays are something else.
Ever since Gorey Stories, I have watched all the Wilde Lake plays at least twice, most of the time all three shows. The performances have blown me away, and helped me appreciate life to the fullest. Actually being involved, if only in the minutest and most indirect sense, as a spotlight, was amazing.
This moment, this experience, this mini-lifetime, was bittersweet. The moments on Saturday when people were looking back on the past, it really felt weird. I was the only one who hadn't been there throughout, minus Tarik. I had never been involved in Wilde Lake Drama before, I had never really been involved in drama at all before. My small taste of the community was great. I wish I had been involved before. I wish I could have been a part of this family throughout my high school career. I wish I could have realized this at some time other than 3 months before I graduate.
I have had an amazing experience with everyone involved, and I am eternally thankful to Danny for thinking to me when filling Davian Stuckey's spot. It was an experience, one I don't know if I'll ever have anything like it again. And for me it was only really 3 weeks. Some people have spent years in this, and I can know, at least to a point, how amazing the experience must have been. And in ways, I cannot. You all have had something special, and I thank you all for letting me be involved, for these few weeks.
All of that building the set, spotlighting, hanging lights, painting; everything I was involved in, felt important. It felt amazing to be a part of something like that. I've been on running all four years, but this was the first time I was a part of the creation of a work of art. This was the first time I was minutely involved in something beautiful. Sports are fun, winning a state championship is an amazing experience, but the plays are something else.
Ever since Gorey Stories, I have watched all the Wilde Lake plays at least twice, most of the time all three shows. The performances have blown me away, and helped me appreciate life to the fullest. Actually being involved, if only in the minutest and most indirect sense, as a spotlight, was amazing.
This moment, this experience, this mini-lifetime, was bittersweet. The moments on Saturday when people were looking back on the past, it really felt weird. I was the only one who hadn't been there throughout, minus Tarik. I had never been involved in Wilde Lake Drama before, I had never really been involved in drama at all before. My small taste of the community was great. I wish I had been involved before. I wish I could have been a part of this family throughout my high school career. I wish I could have realized this at some time other than 3 months before I graduate.
I have had an amazing experience with everyone involved, and I am eternally thankful to Danny for thinking to me when filling Davian Stuckey's spot. It was an experience, one I don't know if I'll ever have anything like it again. And for me it was only really 3 weeks. Some people have spent years in this, and I can know, at least to a point, how amazing the experience must have been. And in ways, I cannot. You all have had something special, and I thank you all for letting me be involved, for these few weeks.