FRIDAY, SUNDAY, AND MONDAY!

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I've just about had the busiest weekend EVER. First of all, it was my birthday weekend, so many celebratory events were taking place that took up my time. Second of all, I am still in rehearsals for Hello, Dolly! at the 5th Ave Theatre in Seattle (of course :P), which are going quite well, and FINALLY I have gotten sick which is probably the best thing that could happen to me at this moment...not. :S Therefore I have not been able to fill you in every single night, but I've now found a few moments to catch y'all up on what my life as a performance intern has been like.

On Friday, we staged MY SCENE!!!!, also known as Before the Parade Passes By. I don't want to BRAG or anything, but I'm a pretty good parade watcher if I don't say so myself... But seriously, check it out, we have such a strong ensemble and everything about this production is just GLORIOUSLY AWESOME!!! After we staged the song, I went to learn the music to Parade, since I wasn't called the day before when everybody else learned it =)

Saturday was our day off, as well as my birthday!!! Shout-out to everybody on Facebook that posted their greetings on my wall!! :D

I was called all day on Sunday, except for a few hours for a delicious lunch at Taste with the mother, and 'twas a very busy day! In the morning the interns had a music rehearsal, in which we reviewed/learned some new parts for Before the Parade Passes By, learned It Takes a Moment (part 2, of course), and reviewed a bit of Put on Your Sunday Clothes! However, this was the day when I started to really feel the cold... Not so great when Joel asked us to individually sing our part... Yay for cracking!! :D After lunch, the company sang Happy Birthday to me and Thaddeus (another intern, SHOUT-OUT! ;D), which was pretty craaaaamazing. There were two cakes, which was also very enjoyable. Then, we added some details to Parade (MY scene!!! MY scene!!!!!!), and then had a full company (sans the quartet) music rehearsal [by now my voice is pretty much gone]. These are my favorite because you really get a sense of what the show sounds like, since everyone's there!

Monday, I had to stay home from school because I couldn't exactly breathe through my nose anymore. Hm. However, I still had to suck it up and go to rehearsal, which wasn't very hard because it's my favorite place to be!! Starting at 3, we had a "piece together" of act one, which I watched the whole time. This is such an AMAZING show, and singing it "come together" was pretty much fantastical!!

So... to sum it up? I had an amazing birthday weekend because I got to spend so much time doing what I love at the 5th Ave Theatre with a super cool cast. And by doing what I love, of course I mean eating leftover cake. ;)

FOR TICKETS: Visit this website, call (206) 625.1900, or go to the Box Office at the theatre between Union and University...on 5th Ave. =D

TOTAL (goal=150): 24 HOURS
By Myrna Conn on February 24, 2009 3:45 PM | | Comments (0)


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