Artsy-fartsy
Feb. 8th, 2002 09:46 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dancerjodiI was so proud last night.
I stood in the back of the auditorium and watched the first half of the show near the choreographers and in front of the light booth room. It hasn't changed a bit - similar music, similar dancing, similar smiles and laughter and sweat and tears and bonding. The only thing that's different are the bodies. I was chatting with an old friend outside of one of the music rooms (which has been converted to a dressing room for this show, the current dressing rooms can't accommodate the 100+ cast). I heard Deb's popular cry of "GO GET THEM" as the kids started to chant "GO GO GO GO!" and ended it all with cheering (heh, you would think that you were at that silly Patriot's parade in Boston). They burst out of the doors and headed to the wings, most with huge smiles on their faces.
That's the thing that I miss about performing, the camaraderie and the passion. I hope once school is done and life is more settled I can get involved with a group again for regular lessons and shows (and not just join in with random things here and there). I miss when the curtain comes down at the end, the lights come up and everyone cheers and runs around hugging each other. As my friend Tina and I discussed last night its not HIGH SCHOOL we miss per say but the experiences that we all had at that auditorium . . .
My city has always been really big on the arts and I'm fortunate to have grown up here. Oh of course they have the requisite Metrowest sports fanaticism (I think our football team was one of the better ones in the state and played in the most skilled High School division, not that I really cared about those kinds of things). But there were also wonderful opportunities for musicians, singers, dancers and actresses/actors. You had your choice between Stage & Body, Stagecraft & Design, the orchestra, the jazz band and 5 different singing groups. Each year there was one play, one musical, one dance show (Dance Theater) and Senior Review (variety show for the seniors) in addition to outside-school activities like 5-6 dance studios to choose from, lots of musicians offering lessons and many theater groups giving opportunity to perform.
And there was not only opportunity but the kids are GOOD too! I've dragged B to more than one production (be it dance, music or musical comedy) and he's still amazed each time (in fact I think he actually may want to stick around and see the rest of my show tonight after I'm all done dancing). Unfortunately not much of its on-line but a few good products of the city include:
http://www.reagleplayers.org/
http://www.thebestintown.com/WHS/showchoir.html
http://www.walthamtheband.com/
http://www.psychoticlarry.com/
http://noelletheband.com/
*****
So that's it, just rambling sentimental :)
I stood in the back of the auditorium and watched the first half of the show near the choreographers and in front of the light booth room. It hasn't changed a bit - similar music, similar dancing, similar smiles and laughter and sweat and tears and bonding. The only thing that's different are the bodies. I was chatting with an old friend outside of one of the music rooms (which has been converted to a dressing room for this show, the current dressing rooms can't accommodate the 100+ cast). I heard Deb's popular cry of "GO GET THEM" as the kids started to chant "GO GO GO GO!" and ended it all with cheering (heh, you would think that you were at that silly Patriot's parade in Boston). They burst out of the doors and headed to the wings, most with huge smiles on their faces.
That's the thing that I miss about performing, the camaraderie and the passion. I hope once school is done and life is more settled I can get involved with a group again for regular lessons and shows (and not just join in with random things here and there). I miss when the curtain comes down at the end, the lights come up and everyone cheers and runs around hugging each other. As my friend Tina and I discussed last night its not HIGH SCHOOL we miss per say but the experiences that we all had at that auditorium . . .
My city has always been really big on the arts and I'm fortunate to have grown up here. Oh of course they have the requisite Metrowest sports fanaticism (I think our football team was one of the better ones in the state and played in the most skilled High School division, not that I really cared about those kinds of things). But there were also wonderful opportunities for musicians, singers, dancers and actresses/actors. You had your choice between Stage & Body, Stagecraft & Design, the orchestra, the jazz band and 5 different singing groups. Each year there was one play, one musical, one dance show (Dance Theater) and Senior Review (variety show for the seniors) in addition to outside-school activities like 5-6 dance studios to choose from, lots of musicians offering lessons and many theater groups giving opportunity to perform.
And there was not only opportunity but the kids are GOOD too! I've dragged B to more than one production (be it dance, music or musical comedy) and he's still amazed each time (in fact I think he actually may want to stick around and see the rest of my show tonight after I'm all done dancing). Unfortunately not much of its on-line but a few good products of the city include:
http://www.reagleplayers.org/
http://www.thebestintown.com/WHS/showchoir.html
http://www.walthamtheband.com/
http://www.psychoticlarry.com/
http://noelletheband.com/
*****
So that's it, just rambling sentimental :)
