January 20, 2005
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The Daily News
1 So okay, I spent a good part of the evening two nights ago writing the DN, and forgot to send it off!! ARGH!!! Part of the challenge of directing the school play is that you have rehearsals all the way up to show night, and so you get SO busy that you literally forget to advertise.
2 Well, I do.
3 Forget to advertise.
4 So yesterday was a BIG news day. To begin with, Mr. Dan Moser, our principal for the past five years, is moving immediately over to Piedmont Hills, and Juan Cruz, a fantastic teacher and fine gentleman, will become our new principal, almost immediately.
5 Huh?
6 Yep. You heard it. They sent some suit, "Bob" from the district , into the Theatre yesterday on about a three-second notice to inform all of us of this little change in plans. He hemmed and hawwed when the faculty said they felt we had been sold down the river, the entire school. He claimed he had NO idea that the faculty would be THAT upset. Bob claims he's here all the time, and never saw it coming.
7 Okay, Bob, whatever you say.
8 Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da...
9 Moving on, we ALL were a litttle stunned that the same mentality was attempting to boot Sparky out of school for attendance reasons. Sunshine caught that one and nipped it in the bud, calling Mr. Foehr immediately, and getting the ball rolling on support for Sparky. Trami said we should call our movement S.O.S, for Save Our Sparky. That boy has done TONS for EVERYONE at the school, and is a big part of Y.B.'s personality, and a whole bunch of teachers have gone to the plate for Sparky. We'll keep you informed...
10 Then, at rehearsal for the play, the Cast was welcomed into the girls' dressing room with a few costumes that had been ripped up and possibly peed on, and a note of kindness that read, "Drama sucks the fat dick" on the wall. Karena took the liberty of painting the message out, and I removed the clothing, rolling my eyes that ANYONE would be THAT terribly insensitive. The kids blew it off, figuring whoever it is was raised by wolves, and we went on with another wonderful rehearsal.
11 To the idiot who did that: it only managed to bond all of us even stronger. That Cast is awesome, and has tremendous integrity and humor, and all we could do was to feel sorry for anyone THAT lonely and stupid. D00d, get help. Don't drift through life as the hopeless loser you have defined yourself as. Drama loves you.
12 Oh, there was the also the wonderfully eloquent emeror's-clothes-in-yo-face that Barbara Boxer delivered to Condy Rice. Way to dress her down, Babs! Girlfriend called it like it EEEEIZ!
13 Puh-LEEZ, Dept. Donald Trump's dream of turning The Apprentice into a Broadway musical. That's just about EVERYTHING that is wrong with modern times, right there.
14 Actually, I'm sort of tempted to write it...
15 Yeah, hey, howzbout something REAL?
16 You want REAL Theatre? So see A Love Letter tonight, tomorrow night, and Saturday night, 8 p.m. in the Theatre. It's a lovely show, and after today, these guys deserve it all more than ever.
17 A mysterious stranger whose handle was simply, The Graduate, wrote a letter yesterday to All Staff, talking about what YB means to us all, and how nobody went to the basketball game the other night, and how GREAT the play was, and yet nobody attended, and about how he wanted to see more involvement in the YB community.
18 Well, THIS director thanks you, O mysterious one! In one day, ALL this stuff went down.
19 THAT is an amazing day. Two entirely different strangers with two entirely different approaches to Drama. Losing Mr. Moser, our best principal since I've been there. The attempt to kick Sparky out of school, when those of us who know him KNOW partially WHY he used to cut a lot, and what a difference all of our love has meant to him. All that, all in a single day. A day in the life of YB.
20 Go see the Show. See it twice. See it three times.
21 Peace Bob, whoever you are.
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