I haven't talked much about this, but I have been in it for quite some time. Speech team has been going on for about a couple months now, and it is truly an experience. Its my first year and I am already loving the little musical that I'm in, called Spring Awakening.
So at the beginning of the year, there were auditions to be on the speech team and I didn't think anything of it. A lot of the people I knew were signing up and all excited about it, and I was just like... what. Then the leader of it all, the theater director, pulled me out of the hall and asked if I was going to try out for the team. I looked at him and answered no when he gave me the try out sheets and told me he wanted me to do musical theater. I walked out of his room and thought, maybe I should do this. So with that, I practiced and practiced my music, trying to learn all the notes and words in one day because, well, the try outs were that next day. I showed up to the try outs, did the little speaking skit, a skit between me and one of my friends, and then the song. I did alright for only practicing it a day, but I wasn't expecting to make it at all. The next day, we had a meeting for everyone who auditioned; I soon found out I made the musical! I was so happy!
Ever since then, we have been practicing our three songs and the main skit in between. Our first song is called, "I believe" and it sort of opens the show, which is about a sort of touchy subject. This teenage girl doesn't understand what sex is, and during the song her and her boyfriend are doing the confusing thing. The girl tries to talk to her mother about it, to learn, but her mother doesn't want to explain, and it is all just a confusing thing. That is the skit, between the mother and the daughter, but before the scene there is a song just with the main girl singing. Then, at the very end of the show, everyone comes together and sings "Mama who bore me". That song is more of a moody one, where we are suppose to be upset and angry at the mother who wouldn't "reach" to her daughter and help her through all her confusion. The little 10 minute show is actually pretty good, and we have our first performance this weekend at districts. I am, of course, really nervous because I have never done this before, but then again I am so excited! I can't wait to see what will happen.
Ever since then, we have been practicing our three songs and the main skit in between. Our first song is called, "I believe" and it sort of opens the show, which is about a sort of touchy subject. This teenage girl doesn't understand what sex is, and during the song her and her boyfriend are doing the confusing thing. The girl tries to talk to her mother about it, to learn, but her mother doesn't want to explain, and it is all just a confusing thing. That is the skit, between the mother and the daughter, but before the scene there is a song just with the main girl singing. Then, at the very end of the show, everyone comes together and sings "Mama who bore me". That song is more of a moody one, where we are suppose to be upset and angry at the mother who wouldn't "reach" to her daughter and help her through all her confusion. The little 10 minute show is actually pretty good, and we have our first performance this weekend at districts. I am, of course, really nervous because I have never done this before, but then again I am so excited! I can't wait to see what will happen.
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