Sunday, May 04, 2008
Footnotes - It's all in the details.
May 1st, full dress rehearsal. Mel came down with the kids, and watched the rehearsal. After that I asked her for feedback, and then to my own horror started to cry. It wasn't so much what she said as it was the look on her face when I asked, I think. Also that Mel's one of the dancers I admire the most, in ballet and hiphop and expression and performance and choreography etc, so it kinda made it all the more worse. That was when it hit me and I was really really really scared that we wouldn't pull the show off. =/
But anyway, we did pull through in the end. She came with James and Vanessa (and another friend) on friday and said that it was really a lot better. Haha. Well, what else could she have said, really? But all the same I did think it was better, and it was loads fun. Chacha was awesome! Haiwei and I even pulled the stunt off (sort of, lol) and he smiled and everything haha yayyy it was great.
Before the show, we did warm-ups onstage, which we hadn't done since FOREVER. It felt so awesome, all of us really felt more ready to dance after that. Yeah! And then peptalk and prayer. :) and then SHOWTIME!!!
Zakihop (Get Me Bodied) I made the mistake of leaving my hair down and putting lip gloss (note to self: NEVER wear lip gloss if you're going to dance with your hair down) so it kept sticking to my face. But it was cool, all the same. The adrenaline while the curtain opened was FANTASTIC!
Then, quick change to Emerald Tiger. Amu helped me, thank goodness. I nearly clashed with Lis and Lorraine during the first part, but everything turned out fine in the end. Yay!
Another quick change to Jivin' Jellyroll (Jive and Rara). Wenqian helped me change for this one. I was complacent and almost didn't change fast enough! As it is I didn't get my earrings on, but I got out just in time anyway. The music started before the sound was turned on, so we missed the whole first part. It was still okay, though, I think. The stunts worked great!! Shaun is such an awesome partner XD yayy
And then chacha. I changed faster this time (no more complacency, lol) and everything really did work just fine. It was such an awesome run!! Yeahhhhhhh
Interval, then up to watch Butterflies and Hurricanes. I know I'm not supposed to be up there watching, but I really couldn't resist! That dance is like my baby :D And it worked great, I was really really proud of them for all pulling it off XD!
Phoebe couldn't find her bun and so ballet went on a little late, but in the end it was okay. Awesome, as usual. Haha. Super loud cheer! Yeah.
Because the emcees had taken some script from after ballet to cover up for the lag time before ballet, the year 1s didn't have enough time to change from ballet to yr1, but I missed the rush because I was downstairs changing for barce. Haha. Barce was good, although I forgot to pin up the left hand side of my gold tube and it sort of fell down =P
The second night was even better for me. The PT air-con tripped so our warm-ups were literally WARM, and without music (the PA crew went to fix the aircon, haha). But after that, the show went on and the hype got up again.
Get Me Bodied was better this time (I put lipstick instead of lipgloss, and tied a ponytail). The quickchange to Emerald Tiger was indeed quick, Amu was so efficient that I managed to be the second one out into backstage. :)! Emerald Tiger was better this time too, I didn't clash with anyone and we caught the starting of the second song on time.
Then, rush for jive! Wenqian forgot to come up, I think, but it was okay in the end, Althea and Phoebe helped me a little and I just put everything on real quick. Wenqian did come up later and helped me through the last part of the change. :) I got my earrings on this time! Also the music started correctly and everything, so it all went well. Gorgeous! :)
Then chacha. Not as great as the first night, but still better than all the rehearsals :) Haiwei and I missed the last turn to the ending, so we were a little late on the ending, but it was fine :) Yup yup!
Butterflies and Hurricanes felt a lot better this night, not sure why. The soloists were all in the spotlight, and Audrey's hitchkick off the box was fantastic. The transition was on time too, finally :D hahaha yay! I think the dancers felt the first night was better, but both nights were really fantastic. I was so so so proud of all of them!
After B&H, Lorraine wasn't up yet so I helped Phoebe quickchange. Then Lorraine came up and I helped her put on her ballet stuff. Jinghan's item was heartpulling as usual.
Again, ballet was awesome. I really must remember to talk to Mrs Lim about lessons again! I want to keep in shape, man. The show was really smooth all throughout, too. Yeah XD
Then barc, finally. This time the costume was all set, and the run was great. I stepped on my skirt so couldn't quite pull off the split, but all in all was very good :)
And so footnotes was over! Now for Alevels =S
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