We
all dragged ourselves out of bed today, so it took us a while to wake up. We did the usual range of stretches to
get our bodies warmed up, but no vocal exercises again. I kind of want to sing
again! We played big booty and I’m
pretty sure we only had one or two rounds of A--MEN, A--MEN, A---MEN, AMEN, AMEN, which means we’re getting
better! We played Captain on Deck and Jeremy decided to up the stakes by
giving whoever won the elimination round 5 extra marks on a test. (I think it was five…) I’m not sure if I’ve mentioned this before, but I SUCK AT THAT GAME! No, honestly. I’m eliminated in the first round almost every time! Even when I try to cheat and stay with
a person so we’ll be together at the end, I get ditched and end up all
alone. I’m not proud of trying to
cheat, but I mean, COME ON!!! We played a little bit of pass the
number, but Jeremy could tell that we were not into it.
We
were supposed to do some stage fighting, but the class just wanted to get the
quiz over with. We headed to Rm
1115 and did our “Actor” quiz. I did
really well on the quiz with a 29/30.
There was a lot of debate about a few of the questions and which answer
was right. It was a big downer and
I wish we wouldn’t have even discussed it. The question was either right or wrong. I wouldn’t have gotten the 29 if we
hadn’t discussed it, but I just didn’t like how some student’s opinions were taken
into account and others weren’t.
Fortunately, that class is gone and we can move on to a better one! Hopefully with stage
fighting! (wink, wink,
nudge, nudge)
Back
in the Black Box, we did a really, I guess, ‘pretty’ activity. It was choreographed movements with
music. To get used to it, we
started with Jeremy getting us into three lines and then he stood in the
front and we copied what he was saying and his motions. We began with ‘through the forest’
where moved our arms to break through the trees, ‘over the log’ we
stepped with our right leg, ‘over the rock’ we stepped with our left leg,
‘into the water’ we bent down to gather water, ‘throw the water’
we threw our hands high into the air, ‘hug the tree’ we bent over and
wrapped our arms around a fake tree, ‘stab your heart’ we pushed our
hands against our chest in pain, ‘fireball’ we threw our hands out
sideways and turned. We would do it again from that side and then again and again. It sounds very complicated, but we
definitely got the hang of it after the first couple of rotations.
We
were then put into groups of 3 or 4 and we had to make our own choreography. My group was myself, Ashley, Nicole and
Rayleen. Ashley thought of our
theme: a man with no arms. It was hard
to think of movements, but apparently our group did really well. We messed up during the execution, but
nobody really noticed. Jeremy told
us to never just walk away, no matter what happened during the
performance. You have to be proud
of what you did. We actually had
to do it again, this time moved up so we were all in the light. Lighting is important... who knew? Haha. Each activity we do in Drama is more
fun and exciting than the last!
Just typing about it makes me want to… DANCE
or something!
It
was another, mostly, successful class.
Peace and love
Cynthia
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