Community Theater Awards
I went and it was so funtastic! I did not go out and spend thousands on my dress. I was quite sensible after I got my first teaching job, I bought two nice formal dresses post prom season at quite a lovely discount. I only wear these dresses when I have too. Luckily, I bought them from when I was bigger so no problem fitting in them since I am now back to that size again. (yeah, not going there.)
There was a small gathering at a suite for the To Kill A Mockingbird cast and staff. We went from there to the awards show and just gabbed for a while! PCS boy came down from Bamberg so I got to chill with J and RJ. YAY! I realized I sat at the boy table, no surprise. And then, I fell in love. The opening act was FANTASTIC. No, they didn't all sing it well but they sang it well enough to be appreciated. They did a medley of Broadway's current show musicals. Hee, I really should list every song they sampled. It was delightful. And now, I want to do that too! I was told to talk to the guy running the show but I am just going to bug my director, R. The minute the first note was heard all I could think was I want to do that. I think I can do that...hell, I know I could do that. "Give me a chance, 'cause when I start to dance, I'm a movie star"...how apropos that they sang this song from Hairspray? They danced, they sang, they entered/exited and overall proved that community theater could look professional. hee. And I wasn't panicky.
They had finger foods and though I ate earlier, I ate some more. Still not enough. Honestly, I think I pieced together a full lunch from what I ate that night. Too much nerves. So the format was a full song from a current community theater production and an intro sampler for the next award. That got old by the end of the evening. I kept playing around with J and RJ and E (a guy at another theater near by...kid's theater) and writing down any nominations. Ocassionally I bounced around to other tables as someone was smart enough to keep us all in one area so that also decreased my anxiety. yay!
Our play was picked apart by the judges back in Feb but they never said anything of substance. With that said, whatever they thought equalled to "Best Dramatic Play" in all of Europe and I began the happy dance. The coolest moment was when our director stood to get the award and then turned back to us and signaled for us all to come up there. What?? Awesome, thy name is R. All of us rushed up there (we had to be up in 15 seconds). It was so amazing to be looking out at the audience as a member of a play I will always remember fondly. I miss everyone and I still wish the show was still going. I am definitely auditioning for a musical next year. I am in a drama (not for my theater) right now that will be showing July 5-6 (hopefully). I truly want to work on my voice this summer and I want to practice performing in front of people. Yep, I am going to victimize you all. mwahahahaha....
Today was just laxed and for those who don't realize, you just got three million LJ posts of my life because I now have time to write them.
There was a small gathering at a suite for the To Kill A Mockingbird cast and staff. We went from there to the awards show and just gabbed for a while! PCS boy came down from Bamberg so I got to chill with J and RJ. YAY! I realized I sat at the boy table, no surprise. And then, I fell in love. The opening act was FANTASTIC. No, they didn't all sing it well but they sang it well enough to be appreciated. They did a medley of Broadway's current show musicals. Hee, I really should list every song they sampled. It was delightful. And now, I want to do that too! I was told to talk to the guy running the show but I am just going to bug my director, R. The minute the first note was heard all I could think was I want to do that. I think I can do that...hell, I know I could do that. "Give me a chance, 'cause when I start to dance, I'm a movie star"...how apropos that they sang this song from Hairspray? They danced, they sang, they entered/exited and overall proved that community theater could look professional. hee. And I wasn't panicky.
They had finger foods and though I ate earlier, I ate some more. Still not enough. Honestly, I think I pieced together a full lunch from what I ate that night. Too much nerves. So the format was a full song from a current community theater production and an intro sampler for the next award. That got old by the end of the evening. I kept playing around with J and RJ and E (a guy at another theater near by...kid's theater) and writing down any nominations. Ocassionally I bounced around to other tables as someone was smart enough to keep us all in one area so that also decreased my anxiety. yay!
Our play was picked apart by the judges back in Feb but they never said anything of substance. With that said, whatever they thought equalled to "Best Dramatic Play" in all of Europe and I began the happy dance. The coolest moment was when our director stood to get the award and then turned back to us and signaled for us all to come up there. What?? Awesome, thy name is R. All of us rushed up there (we had to be up in 15 seconds). It was so amazing to be looking out at the audience as a member of a play I will always remember fondly. I miss everyone and I still wish the show was still going. I am definitely auditioning for a musical next year. I am in a drama (not for my theater) right now that will be showing July 5-6 (hopefully). I truly want to work on my voice this summer and I want to practice performing in front of people. Yep, I am going to victimize you all. mwahahahaha....
Today was just laxed and for those who don't realize, you just got three million LJ posts of my life because I now have time to write them.