Musical Day 1

Alright .. so I'll bring you the news. Most importantly, the next meeting for the musical is scheduled on the 28th of March. The teachers and trainers are planning for seperate practices. As in, main cast, chorus etc. will be trained in groups first, then brought together.

Their main concern was that people could be committed, otherwise the "jigsaw" of the production would be incomplete, as we all know isn't very nice to look at. Good news is: they have done some considerations and understanding of our positions, so they'd arrange something with the teachers to ensure that everyone can turn up. Of course they are duly prepared for any clashes already. Running-arounds and disappointments etc.

Today was just main cast around, with the exception of Anjelica (aww..). Yep and Nicole (dance) was there too. As for Sec 4s, either Nicole or Constance will do the chorus, and the other in the main cast. As of now, Nicole is fine with chorus... But that is still a vital portion of the musical, according to the trainer.

Supposedly commitment matters most. Oh um, Anjelica, you are off the hook. She understood your situation when I explained to her. But still a bit "arrrgh" disappointed cuz it'd be a little hard to work with since we did a lot today.

Yep, and the plot storyline was released to us. Too long to type here, but nothing too impressive really hmm.. I shan't say too much - wink wink - You guys know me well enough. Well, even if you don't know me that much, you should understand the school's - cough - ambitions. Not exactly minimalist and on a TIGHT budget.

The script will not have too many lines, but actions will do the speaking, which is in truth really tricky. It will involve different teams of people, and everyone is important ("can't have people running off").

- Sighs - At least there aren't a lot of Sec 4s. The commitment will be a confusing problem.

Also, in the actual thing, to save time, some parts will be filmed and projected a la Taman Jurong 2006. Very deja vu, horrible deja vu, for Constance. This is why I am a bit tired of the recycled-ness, except made bigger.

Main cast is going to be onstage most of the time, and Marlyna has had a fixed role already ;) just that we don't know what it is. The rest of the roles aren't released yet, but the script is getting finalising. That's a good thing. And yeah, since this is very JSS-history centred -winces- , they feel that "the best way to understand history is to go back to the root". Yep, this is the stuff of speeches we hear in the morning or when our bums go numb during assembly. Can feel my eyelids drooping, but that's just me. I can be critical and judgemental on the very occasional occasion.

Okays, so the starting of the play would be a calligraphy class, and everyone is doing well. Except for one unfortunate soul who doesn't get it. (Chinese teachers will be enlisted to teach us how to say the strokes in a proper way)
Then a lecture begins on the root of JSS, and poof! A time machine that goes back 60s, 70s, 80s, future. With sports and arts throughout, BUT WHY IS THERE NO MENTION OF ELDDS UNTIL I BROUGHT IT UP!! darn. We are so understated, and when I said that, people were so astonished to hear it! I wonder where the respect and even that teeny wink of knowledge of el went through the time machine, eh?

Yes, very very grotesque deja vu, for all the sec 3s and 4s who saw the 2006 national day performance. Till this day, I really think it was more of "forced" than "support for dear Constance who's dying up there".

Oh, and a very "cute" touch. Someone among us would be a prissy little missy, like ... "EW! NO FLUSHING SYSTEM?!" in the 60s scene or something. There really isn't going to be a lot fo words, so action
for example, pretending there is a huge crowd when there is only 3 people.

So, for future references, the instructor might take some getting used to. Wasn't too used to her loony-ness, but yeah she's still effective as a drama trainer. So this is just what the general pop. needs to know. But details on her teachings, which might help would surface soon.

This has been
CORNSTANCE (and her background Mexican Mariachi!)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Guadalajara_mariachis.jpg

(this is my mexican mariachi band) ^ ^