Rehearsal

My heart is beating quickly, my mouth is dry, and as I look at the familiar faces in front of me, their judging eyes make them seem like strangers. I struggle to get them to quiet down and we begin our hour long sectional, which I have to lead. It was the first day of my third year in marching band and at the end of last year, with the graduation of the previous section leader, I was granted his important position. Being a competitive person, I was extremely self conscience of how my section…

over both my body and mind. I can now do things that I never would have imagined myself doing; I have gained so much resilience. Four years ago I would never have imagined myself doing three hours of dance class a day plus two to three hours of rehearsal a night. I have gained a love of pushing myself and my body to its limits everyday. Beginning this spring I will have the opportunity to choreograph my own piece on my junior class and I am looking forward to pushing my creative limits as well…

respect authority, whether it be other section leaders, drum majors, or the instructors. Responsibility is also important as anything else. I need to be responsible for music, scheduling sectionals, and keeping everyone on track during unsupervised rehearsals. Lastly, the ability to teach is essential. When people start out, they might not have any experience with the music. It is important not only to teach them the notes and rhythms, but also to teach the musicality of the music; the feelings…

.S. Northern Command (NORTHCOM) consistently exercises and tests for emergency preparedness to perform its homeland defense and civil support missions. The goal is to train as you fight to prepare for future wicked problems. NORTHCOM has an active exercise program, but the involvement of interagency partners and states require improvement according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office. Its exercise program is consistent with the requirements of DoD's Joint Training System, but…

had just finished had been a challenge for me. I felt like I was constantly being pulled different directions between rehearsal, school work, a pageant I was in, and writing for the school newspaper. By the end of the run of the show, I was glad to have it over with. I was exhausted and ready to go home and sleep. But, I went to Rupe’s anyway and I was so glad I did. Telling rehearsal horror stories, quoting our favorite lines of the play, and remembering the best parts of the show left me…

challenge for me because I dislike being touched but I know now, looking back on the experience, that me coming out of my comfort zone expanded my comfort zone and now I am more comfortable with touching and/or more physical blocking. Our first blocking rehearsal we scheduled a one-o-one “directing” session with Ms.Carpenter we were rudely interrupted by two fire drills but we managed to get about 20 minutes of coaching. With Ms.Carpenters’ help we blocked about the first five lines of the…

showed visually. The Circles Curriculum is presented through video clips and activities done with a color-coded map. The Circles Curriculum is a simple concept. There are basic guidelines to the concentric circles. The color-coded map is used for rehearsal/role playing activities. The video clips that are used in this curriculum are high intensity and low complexity to get messages across. The videos help explain examples and spark discussion for students (Walker-Hirsch, L., & Champagne, M. P.) …

For our last play reflection we watched Noises Off by Michael Frayn. It was first performed in 1982, but the idea for this show came to him 1970, while he was watching a play called The Two of Us. It was a continuation of the one-act play he wrote called Exits, I found this quite interesting. The movie was directed by Peter Bogdanovich, which of course got some mixed reviews, I for one found it quite hard to follow, or to even write down key plot notes. It was humor at times, but there was just…

“I had always been proud of my body—its strength and grace enabled me to pursue my passions. But now it had become the enemy” (Bried). This is ballet, a wonderful but exhausting, beautiful but horrible art form and sport, and the ones who make the magic happen are the ballerinas. Onstage, they look stunning, all lean muscles and long lines and lovely faces, but backstage and beyond, it’s a different, gruesome story. The ballerina’s body takes a regular beating, every day, and though dancers…

was me and this sophomore performing it for about fifteen minutes. On the second performance of the show I somehow skipped an entire page and a half of lines but kept going and nobody noticed. therefore This show taught me a lot about managing rehearsal time and making commitments and getting through mistakes no matter what happens. After that show I am now currently getting ready to perform in my second production at GBS which is the fall play based on the classic movie Miracle On 34th Street.…