Start Spreadin' The News...

Well, I think I'll talk about my choir trip, which my dad says he will do his best to ensure I partake in. It's this March, and it's to two places: Boston and New York.

Boston only for one night or so. We get to see a rehearsal (with talk from the conductor!) of the Boston Pops, and take a tour of Berklee School of Music.

In NYC there will be, of course, a show (I'm attempting to push the committee into deciding in favour of Gypsy or WSS. We'll see how that fares). There will also be a tour of Juillard, a master class for singing actors (also, potentially, at Juillard), and the chance to sing at Carnegie hall.

Oh, and, like, four hours in the Met, which is also pretty nifty. I haven't been there for years upon years.

Needless to say, I'm terribly, abominably excited. Now I just need my passport...

It's the Little Things...

Not much of note to report, but some tidbits.

-Started vocal lessons! My teacher is fabulous. Her name is Susan Dworkin [any relation to Andrea? I do not yet know)

-Saw two things in my school's performance centre this week. One was an environmentalist piece of theatre, sort of an audience-interaction thing, by a group named Otesha. It was a train wreck, but they had a good message, and obviously for the most part weren't theatre people, so I forgive them.

-The other was a presentation by our local electoral candidates for Canada's four parties (Conservative, Liberal, New Democratic Party, and Green). It was very interesting. I'll write more on that soon, but right now I haven't the time. Suffice to say, if I could vote, it would be for Carol Harris, the NDP candidate.

-My drama class has broken into small groups to create "mini-musicals". Again, think train wrecks, but this one should be fabulously entertaining. I've convinced my group to give my character "Gimme Love" from Kiss of the Spider Woman to sing. I'm going to rock it. I've also sort of ended up our de facto director/stage manager, which is interesting and kind of fun.