Okay, moving on. I just had to get that out there.
Last week I was home for spring break, and it was the week of the musical at my high school, so the entire household revolved around the show. The production was Thoroughly Modern Millie, and what a fabulous show it was!! I got to see it several times, because I got permission to watch rehearsals for research for my project for my Dance in the Musical Theatre class, and it just got better and better and better. My sister was in the show, playing the role of Alice, one of Millie's friends, and also serving as an Ensemble member, Dance Captain, set and logo designer, and the understudy for Millie. My parents and I got to see her perform as Millie at one rehearsal, and I was so proud! Everyone else in the cast, crew, and orchestra made me proud too! I have a number of friends who were involved, including one of my best friends, Emily, who played the actual role of Millie, and she gave the performance of her life so far, which is definitely saying something! I think it might be the best show our school has done since we've been in the district, and that's even more impressive when you know that 90% of that success came from the kids and 8.5% of it came from the awesome parent volunteers, the orchestra director, and the choreographer. Suffice it to say the director is less than the ideal candidate for the job (since I don't need to get into another angry rant).
Other highlights of spring break were shopping with my mom, watching LOST with my friend Helen who was home for her break, and seeing Alice in Wonderland (the 3-D is totally not worth the extra cost!) and having other random adventures with my friend Carie who was also on break. But mostly, it was a week about Millie.
Alicia as Millie
Emily as Millie and Alicia in the brown wig and pink top directly to the left
