All My Activities

I’m not involved in any activities other than show choir right now, and I have to admit it’s boring. As much as I hate being stressed, I love being busy. And for me, with business comes stress. Oh well, that’s high school for you. Coming up in October, I have several things happening. I have All-State auditions, which are sung in a quartet, and in front of at least one professional judge. It’s very hard to make it in, and it’s a pretty big honor if you do. I’m in the process of learning seven different pieces of music for that. My quartet is made up of the “darkest singers”, meaning exactly what it’s named; a dark sound. I’m so glad I’m in that particular quartet; we can do so much with the dark sound that we have.

 In the middle of October, I have One-Act auditions. One-Act plays consist of three to ten characters, and a run time of twenty to thirty minutes. With that being said, by auditions, I don’t mean I’m auditioning for one. I’m directing one, along with my good friend Kendall. I’m in so many things that require me to be on the stage, I thought it’d be a fun experience to see it from a director’s point of view. Along with my co-director, I get to pick out a play, cast people in it, and be completely in charge of it. It’s a great learning opportunity.

            At the same time that people are auditioning for One-Acts, people are also auditioning for Play Time Poppy. I do plan to audition for it. Freshman year, I didn’t make Play Time Poppy at all. Sophomore year, I got a lead role; the Evil Step-Mother in the production of Cinderella. I was very proud of that improvement. I hope to get a part this year as well. I enjoy a lot because I love children, and the cast gets to perform and interact with the audience a lot, which consists of mainly children ten and under. As a thespian, it’s very rewarding for me to be able to bring the audience, especially children, the amount of joy that we bring them.

            After Play Time Poppy ends, Speech starts. There are auditions to get into speech, and many different categories you can audition for. Just a few of them are Improvisation, more commonly known as Improv, Musical Theatre, Reader’s Theatre, and many more. You’re allowed to be in two categories, but I choose just one: Musical Theatre. I chose not to do speech freshman year, but made it into Musical Theatre sophomore year. I absolutely loved it. It’s so much different from any other activities I do. It’s a smaller group, so there’s more focus on each person. There’s usually not spoken lines, but occasionally a spoken line will be critical to the story and must be done.

            I do like the free time I have now, and I’m trying not to take it for granted. Regardless, I can’t help but miss all the things I’m involved in, and can’t wait for them to come.