Beauty and the Beast: The Musical.
Thursday, July 20, 2006
It's over in that few hours. its a fantastic show, and i enjoyed every single moment of it. the feeling is just...fantastic. you feel as if you have brought joy, laughter and most importantly enjoyment to each and everyone sitting there at victoria theater. yes. beauty and the beasty: the musical was a success!!!
haha. let me start with the rehearsals.
mon. we went through everything once, and there was some glitches here and there. of cos, CO and its discipline problem (some of the girls actually used the cast's changing room and refused to open the door when they were asked to come out) and the poor quality of music it played. and choir with a little bit of pitching problem...but it was still fine. dinner sucked, but we still managed to eat it, and supper was McChicken. lol...got home with marcus at around 11, after packing we chatted for a while, and fell asleep.
tues. the worst day. the technical glitches were so bad that we couldn even finish rehearsing the first half. but CO improved, and so did choir. we left slightly later, and got back at around 11 plus. the food was still as bad, and supper was McChicken again. lol. had a lot of fun with my section, and we went crazy talking about stuff. got home at 11 plus, had another chat with marcus before falling asleep.
wed. the actual day. the first half of the day was spent rehearsing the finale. when we got there they were still trying to run the muscial once, so CO practised on their own. after which we practised the finale again. and then came the 3pm show. the children were so cute, and they actually had digital cameras with them!!! they are only 6 years old!!! and they took a picture of us without us knowing. our expression must have been very funny. and one of them called us uncle and aunties. haha. it ran on well, except that CO went late for the finale. haha.
the actual show. everyone was excited, nervous. before it started, my sect did the jia you thingy. haha. we were the most enthu of the lot. and the first song, Beauty and the Beast, went well. then was the muscial. it was well received. i must say that choir did very well, especially the guys, bcos some of the notes are really very high. haha. shld be sung by girls. the highest i heard was the last note they sung before the intermission. the song was be my guest. during CO's performance after the intermission, i was helping backstage, and i was so nervous, even more nervous when i was out there performing. gao suo almost made the whole CO go slow, thank goodness his part was about to end when he started to go slow...whew. that was colours of the wind, the most diff song...if we hold on together was fine. then the 2nd half of the show, they did equally as well, the fighting scene was cool. haha. and there's one part where the choir had to sing very fast, they did it well. and the finale!!! the main characters were running all over...haha. and when i got up on stage, it was such a fantastic feeling. i just felt great. and of course, we did the bp cheer.
and when we left to pack, i suddenly felt moved...by all the effort we had put in for this performance. we pulled it through!!! i also felt a bit sad, for this is the last time i'm in a big performance with my section...they rock!!! grace and peiyi gave me something..i was really touched. thanks a lot!!! and i will never forget my section, they really are the best! we were all so happy when the performance was over, i'm sure it was a great experience for everyone. haha. at least it was a memorable one for me. i got home at midnight (marcus didn tag along) and slept till 8.30. haha. reported to school at 9.30 to carry the instruments back to music room...and had CIP hours for that. lol.
i really felt very happy the last couple of days...staying together with marcus made me feel really belonged, even though he kept scaring me with those silly ghost stories on the 2nd night. so thanks a lot marcus...really. hz treated me well also, although he broke up with her...bcos he cannot treat her well always... i really don't know what to say, but i wish both of them all the best. so my life is so purposeful now, and i have no more regrets.
ok, i've written long enough. haha. have to get back to work...cya!