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| I got nominated for an award; BRAGGING | |
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| DivaDeb | Apr 30 2008, 02:37 PM Post #1 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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There's a big theatre in KC called Starlight. They have program for Kansas and Missouri high schools called "Blue Star" that is an Academy Awards style thing for high school musicals. Our show had five nominations, one for Best Musical Direction. That's me. :-) I won't win it because we didn't have a live orchestra. But the adjudicator's comments make me pretty happy. There were anonymous committee members in attendance at different times to assess our show. Some of their comments follow:
My leading and supporting players got raves for their singing and acting. The chorus was lauded for their sound and their dramatic intensity. I DID A GOOD JOB
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| Mikhailoh | Apr 30 2008, 02:42 PM Post #2 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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Dang! That is fan-tastic!!!!! Take it home, girl. And make your acceptance speech long and memorable. Make 'em remember you. |
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Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball | |
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| DivaDeb | Apr 30 2008, 02:51 PM Post #3 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Several of them mentioned the Bedlam scene in a fashion that makes it clear they didn't see it coming. It's very often done at the very back of the stage, with silhouetted pantomime behind a scrim. In our show, it was at the very front of the stage with the lunatics inside the 'cages' of the scaffolding. When they broke out of the asylum, they ran amok, and when the cops came on, they ran into the orchestra pit (with ME) like scurrying bugs. Their last run was through the audience and out the back doors of the theatre. Suffice to say, they were SCARY CRAZY GIBBERING NUTS!!! :lol: I guess it worked! |
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| apple | Apr 30 2008, 03:12 PM Post #4 |
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one of the angels
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one came right at me.. scared me to death! |
| it behooves me to behold | |
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| DivaDeb | Apr 30 2008, 03:19 PM Post #5 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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hee hee!!!! :lol: |
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| kenny | Apr 30 2008, 03:24 PM Post #6 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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You da Bomb, Girl!
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| DivaDeb | Apr 30 2008, 03:29 PM Post #7 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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well...at least I'm nominated to be da bomb. :lol: As I say, I won't (and shouldn't) win, because we didn't have a live pit. What's really cool is that my kids will get to sing at the Award's program. That's a big danged deal and I'm most tickled about that. |
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| RosemaryTwo | Apr 30 2008, 03:39 PM Post #8 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Congratulations, Deb. Just like PJ's award recently for his paper -- you worked hard and others noticed. That's a great feeling. Well deserved. |
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| Luke's Dad | Apr 30 2008, 04:48 PM Post #9 |
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Emperor Pengin
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BRAVISSIMO!!!! |
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| George K | Apr 30 2008, 04:52 PM Post #10 |
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Finally
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Wonderful! You have every reason to be proud. You deserved it! Congratulations, Diva! |
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| schindler | Apr 30 2008, 05:10 PM Post #11 |
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Fulla-Carp
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Rah, rah, Deborah!
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| Horace | Apr 30 2008, 05:41 PM Post #12 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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That's awesome. Well done Deb!! Those kids are very lucky. |
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| Axtremus | Apr 30 2008, 05:46 PM Post #13 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Congratulations!
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| Free Rider | Apr 30 2008, 05:50 PM Post #14 |
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Fulla-Carp
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Awesome Deb! You earned this praise. Enjoy it...savor the moment. I am impressed by the challenges you must have faced with a production of this scope, (what were you thinking? ) :lol: I would be proud, too, if I were you. There's a big difference between bragging and being proud of yourself. Good for you!
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| CTPianotech | Apr 30 2008, 05:52 PM Post #15 |
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Fulla-Carp
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| sue | Apr 30 2008, 06:20 PM Post #16 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Wowsers! Congrats, Deb! Boy, that's quite the feather in the ol' cap, eh?!
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| DivaDeb | Apr 30 2008, 06:30 PM Post #17 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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It happened like this...the fall musical at this school was Guys and Dolls. (I am not involved in the fall production) I went to the fall auditions to see what I'd have to work with come springtime. I heard one guy sing and thought...holy cow...that one could sing freakin' Sweeney Todd. And then there was this girl, and I immediately heard her as Lovett. And then I had four legitimate tenors....Anthony, Tobias, Pirelli, and the Beadle. And a lovely angel voiced soprano, Johanna. And the chorus voices...so many outstanding voices. By the end of the Guys and Dolls auditions, I had cast the Sondheim, then had to wait several months while we argued with MTI about whether we could have the performance rights (the tour came through KC in January, and we almost didn't get to do the show because of that). As one of our adjudicators implied...I couldn't see having a cast for this show and not doing it. My goodness, the *talent* I had to work with this year was nothing short of spectacular. Freakish even, given that this is just your basic B-flat public high school, not an Arts magnet or anything like that. I am not interested in doing easy shows. I'm not actually very interested in doing reasonably difficult shows. I prefer to do things people say are impossible and I'm kind of a pain about it. If they can't do a tough show, I make them get someone else. Last year, they had a no-budget, last minute kind of year and decided to do (barf) Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. I told them I loved them and would see them next year. I'd rather stick toothpicks in my eardrums than spend weeks on something they could probably direct themselves and do just as well. I like setting the barre over the kid's heads by about a foot and a half. I like challenging them to do something they really aren't sure they can do (but I am). Then they have to jump to reach it and hang on for dear life. They have to learn and improve to do a good show...instead of just trot out and do something they can already do the day the show is cast. I think that's the way you get stuff out of teenagers that they don't know they can do, and no one else believes they can do. You just...give them a very good opportunity, teach them quality skills, and convince them they are capable. It works every time. I love it. It wears me out, but I love it so much. There is nothing more satisfying to me than seeing their pride in their accomplishment. It's YUMMY |
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