Have you ever had the feeling when you starting to write a paper and it's going pretty well and you think 'This time it's going to be better'. You have a passable thesis, you've got what your going to do mostly thought out. Then you start writing, and your thinking 'well this isn't what I pictured, but oh well'. Then you finish the paper and it hurts just to look at it. Well I just had that happen today, so I'm going to try to think of better things.
I really like reading, which I mentioned in an earlier post. And today I just finished again Beauty: a Retelling of the Story of Beauty & the Beast. As you can see I like this book. I must admit that isn't just because I like the book, I like most versions of Beauty and the Beast. Belle is my favorite Disney princess. So I was really excited that I go to be involved in the play Beauty and the Beast this last summer.
I've never been in a play before, but I wasn't too nervous. I was helping make up the dances with the director and some of my friends even before the auditions, so I knew I would be some random person at least. I wasn't real nervous going to auditions. I sang "There Was a Melody" from Rigoletto, and felt pretty good about it. I didn't even think of who I was going to be, and after awhile I couldn't think of someone I could be who I didn't want to be, if that makes any sense. So one day I looked on facebook and saw the cast page, I looked through everything and didn't see my name. I was kinda confused, I had been looking through all the townspeople and dishes, but couldn't find my name. Then I looked at the top and got super excited. I was going to be the Old woman/Enchantress. I had forgotten that character entirely.
I was going to get to wear an awesome cloak, an awesome dress, and it turns out since I could dance I got to be a spoon, and a villager as well. I was, again, super excited. We practiced for three months almost four days a week, but I didn't mind. I was having fun, learning the dances, singing the songs. And casting spells on whole castles. Our director was pretty cool too, instead of just using the Enchantress at the beginning like they did in most plays I got to sing the beginning of Beauty and the Beast, and I came back in the end to change the Beast back into a prince. It was so fun. The funny thing is other than the songs I didn't say a word, some people may feel sad they didn't have lines, or maybe even like they weren't good enough, I didn't care, still don't. I don't remember anyone regretting doing Beauty and the Beast, we all had fun. And I made new friends.
A.M.D
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