I've been worrying more about school, finals, friends, etc than my blog. FORGIVE ME for having a life.
I got the DVD from the Miss Dixie Pageant (finally) from last October. I'll post a few clips. I refuse to post the onstage interview clip though. It was really embarrassing.
This was my talent. below is my bathing suit.
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I wanted to post the video from my Musical Theatre Final, but Blogger is giving me grief. Click here to watch it on facebook... The song is called "The Fire Within Me" from the hit Broadway musical, Little Women. It's this lovely song that I really connected with. You'll notice... my voice isn't really at it's peak condition because, well, I was holding back tears through the entire song. At the rehearsal a few hours before, I ended up BAWLING my way through the second half of the song. Like, almost uncontrollably. All I could think about was my roommates. My closest friends at Dixie... they were my sisters. Them, and Evie and Grant. All I could think about was leaving them behind and setting off on my great adventure through life. I saw Lauren for the last time for, well, who knows how long, right before the final performance.
Some interesting background info about my blocking for this song:
The teddy bear is my dearest and closest friend, Ophelia. Yes, I took her to college with me. She listens to all of my secrets, she's taken my beatings when I've been frustrated or angry, she helps me through the longest nights... She's the best listener I have in my life. She's also really good at just sitting in silence with me and being a comfort when I need one.
The picture frame I use in this song is a picture of Francini, Ariel and I on a night I will never forget. Our "triple date," where we basically told our roommates we had three boys to meet up with and go on dates with, but all we wanted was a night on the town. I'm not sure why we didn't just tell them that; it must've been what made the night so great.
The dried roses on the table are from some of my favorite memories at Dixie. The Miss Dixie State pageant, my infatuation with Frank, and Miss Saigon.
Wow... yeah... I cried a lot this past week. ...A lot.
I love Dixie. I mean, I've thought about transferring to other schools to be closer to friends and family, but Dixie is just, magical. It's where I need to be.
Hah, I'm tearing up now just thinking about it.
same deal with the video of Christhian performing his song at our Musical Theatre final as well, with me as his partner. Click here to watch this video as well. It's adorable.
"I Chose Right" from Baby.
I adore this boy. A lot. He is my life saver. See, I was screwed over recently. In my Acting II class, we were told to make a list of the five people in the class you would most like to work with for your final scene. The majority of the class picked this guy Mark Walker as their top choice. He didn't even make my list, but he was chosen by Varlo to be my scene partner. Go figure. I tried getting in touch with him about finding a scene, setting up rehearsals, etc... but I never got any response. until three days before the final I get a text from him saying "I have to take a zero on the final we had to move it's a crazy story but I am not even in st george anymore." So, GREAT! I immediately sent out a mass SOS text to everyone I could think of to find a replacement scene partner. Christhian immediately responded with an "I can and would like to help!!" text. We picked a scene on Monday, memorized it on Tuesday and Wednesday, blocked it Thursday morning and performed it for a final grade at 9:30 AM the same day. Bless his heart. We did a scene from the play Dinner With Friends, in which the woman and the man have been having marital issues- see, he's been sleeping with a flight stewardess. They end up fighting and getting violent, and the scene ends with them making out.
Man, I think I could date that boy. I don't care if he's a bit shorter than I am. Too bad I am realizing this now while I'm in the process of making arrangements to move to FLORIDA.
You know what I realized today? My youth is running away from me like a cheetah after an antelope. Where did my freshman year of college go? Is it seriously over? Seriously? Soon I'll be twenty years old. TWENTY. My teenage years will be over. How did that happen so fast? Every year seems to go by more and more quickly... I feel like I hardly have a chance to catch my breath...
Here's the plan for the next couple of weeks. As you'll notice, I'm going to Florida, VERY SOON. Oh my gosh. This is all so surreal. I'm taking the first step towards following my dreams... First Disneyworld, then a degree... then Broadway? Who knows...
Here I go,
And there's no turning back.
My great adventure has begun.
I may be small,
But I've got giant plans
to shine as brightly as the sun...
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