So as you all learned from my last post, I was in a play that was competing in the High School Drama Guild Festival. Last week was tech week and yesterday was the actual competition. Before I went all the actors/techies who'd gone before told me that this would be one of the best days of my life. And despite how much fun I'd been having I really didn't believe them. I was so wrong. From when we got on the bus at six-thirty yesterday morning to when I finally arrived home at ten-thirty, it was one of the best craziest most exciting days of my life. We competed against seven other schools, and while it was a competition there was so much camaraderie between schools. We all decided to be super friendly and ended up challenging another school is a dance off! It was an amazing mix of Irish step, backstreet boys, flamenco and hip-hop! It was the best performance we've ever had! Plus, the techies managed to set up the entire set (which is huge complex and breathtaking) in under the required five minutes- cutting about 45 seconds off there time!
Then came the awards ceremony which was an hour long affair with lots of screaming, clapping standing and jumping up and down. I've never been so proud of so many people in my life. We won multiple acting awards and awards of set, makeup and music and (a huge honor) the stage managers! It was absolutely incredible because we all had this shared joy! The judge couldn't say the name of our play which is Sakuntala and the Ring of Recollection, it was great! (Interesting play by the way check it out) And yes, we did move on! (One of only three schools to do so!).
What does this all mean? Why is this post called "Sweet Sixteen"? Well what this means is that we move on the to semi-final round. Which happens to be March 14. Which happens to be pi day (3.14). And Albert Einstein's birthday. And my sixteenth birthday.
Before going to festival, I really wanted to move on. But I won't lie, I wasn't amped about spending my sixteenth birthday in this competition. Now, I've done a complete three-sixty! I am incredibly glad that we have an opportunity to compete again - a chance at John Hancock! And it's a pretty amazing way to spend your sixteenth birthday, with people you love, watching good theater, doing something you love!
Happy sweet sixteen, Marlees! It's cool that you get to spend it in such an awesome way!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday, Marlees!!! Congratulations on the Festival/Competition. It sounds like so much fun.
ReplyDelete(Just a little comment, at the end of the first paragraph, there is a grammatical mistake with 'their'. For some reason, I find it really hard to find my own mistakes, but always find other peoples'!)