January 26, 2006
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The Daily News
AMAZING!
1 Yesterday we had over FORTY people at auditions, and the Theatre rocked like we know it can!!! We started to have auditions, but before you knew it, we began singing, choreographing, laughing, and the place just jumped alive almost instantly!!!
2 I went in, set things up perhaps better than ever, giving each student folders with the songs in them as they entered.
3 And that was okay. I played Summer Nights from Grease as the kids came in. Last year, we had I think six kids in all show up for auditions for this same exact show.
4 And yesterday, I don' t know WHAT happened, but when the Theatre door opened for this miracle, they came in in bunches, and every time I looked back, I saw more kids flooding in! It was HUGE, and fun!!!
5 With a crowd THAT big, I painted my face and took charge immediately. I got everybody up, put the girls on stage and the guys in the seats, all standing and moving, the entire time. We did Summer Nights from Grease, and I used the microphone to prompt and keep people in character. They responded like pros!
6 This group just came in immediately as a team, and we just had a blast!!! The number we are doing above is Coffee Break, from How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.
7 And with FORTY cast members, we can now do songs we of which we previously could have only dreamed. Looks like we can get some larger numbers in now, such as Circle of Life from The Lion King, or There is Nothing Like a Dame from South Pacific!
8 The excitement went everywhere around the Theatre, flying past the spot booth, in and out the back doors, and finally, it came to full motion on the stage, where we staged not one, but TWO songs already. All we have to do now is learn the words!!! Haha!!
9 And the thing about it is that we have another day today. As I write this, I have the musical version of Can You Feel the Love Tonight playing in the background. It just is the perfect song right now. It's as though it's telling me that the miracle has finally arrived...
10 Auditions continue TODAY after school! I'm guessing that a LOT of kids are humming those songs from yesterday, and might even bring in still more!
11 I'm going to cut off the DN for the day then, not because I've nothing to say, but because I write it at night, and I really want to give like I gave yesterday every day!!! I need rest, because for the first time all year, I'm pumped up and ready for a LOT of fun and madness!!! And don't it feel GOOD!!!
12 This was THE most successful first day of auditions possibly in the history of the Workshop!!! And EVERYBODY cooperated, stayed, sang, got into character, and helped me stage things, all BEFORE we even gave out parts!
13 It's incredible, and it has SUCCESS written in huge letters all around it.
14 I hope everybody who was here yesterday is ready to go out there and take it home today!
15 I LOVED everything yesterday.
16 Haha!!! And right now, I Just Can't Wait to be King is bumping me along with the night as I compose these words, just SO awesome of a day!!!
17 We have arrived!!!!
18 There is a whole lot of warm, wonderful feelings going on around and through the Theatre these days!!!
19 Let's just fly into this and give it a bash!
20 It feels great to be laughing and singing again!
21 Enjoy your day; we have auditions after school today as well.
22 I'm on a field trip, and then I just can't wait to get back!!!
23 Peace, y'all!!!!
Cheshire moon...
ya gotta love it!
~H~
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