Day 115: Golden Ticket

In the film willy wonka and the chocolate factory, the entry way into the sweet place was a golden ticket. There was a whole song about I've got a golden ticket. Today I got a special entry to a special location that's better than a chocolate factory. SU is close to being an all Steinway school but piano based majors like I am can get access to the greatest practice rooms. I got a golden key to the master practice rooms today and I felt as happy as Charlie was. I'm a music nerd to get excited over a piano key but so what, starting tomorrow I will practice like the masters. It's just a room, a key, and an instrument but like the song says I've got a golden ticket and it's a golden day.

Day 113 and 114: Bad Audiences

I posted a long while back that the audience at a show is more important than the musical, play, opera, etc. I'm working on a production of Les Miz and it's a difficult show to be an audience member at, but the audiences have not overcome the tension of the show. Because it is like an opera it sometimes seems like there shouldn't be applause. There are songs which are like arias and deserve applause. However the challenge is the soft ballad songs that are filled with emotion or accompany a death. When a character dies, with or without a beautiful song it would be believed that there should not be applause and that there should not be applause after a recitative of narrative, or rapid, sung dialogue. The audiences today and yesterday applauded after the deaths and the recitatives but not the big arias. The audience opening night was the other way around but didn't let the arias finish instrumentally before clapping. It made an awkward audience show even more tense. It all goes back to one thing; the audience can make or break a show. It's not always easy being an audience member especially if you know how you affect the show, but without the audience, good or bad, the show wouldn't exist and there would be no reason for us to perform. Although, the next time you go to a show, be aware of when to or not to clap, when to or when not to laugh, and how you affect the show because then the show will be anything but miserable.

Day 112: Another Openin'

The opening number of Kiss Me, Kate is Another Openin' another show. Tonight, there was another openin' of another show. I'm playing for a community theater in Martinsburg, WV. They are doing a production of Les Misérables. It's such a great show musically and a great show to add to my resume. I'm so glad I get to have the experience of playing that score. Now I can say that I've played that show and can play for other productions of it since it's a popular show right now. At the end of the day it's time to go to sleep and I can wake up tomorrow saying I dreamed a dream. Goodnight.

Day 111: The Date

I have met so many awesome people here and I went out with one of them last night on a date. It was the most magical evening ever. They wanted to go to and insisted on paying for this fancy French meal. We strolled through the walking mall. We saw a play and we had the greatest conversation throughout the evening. Things went so well that there will be more dates in the future. I never thought I would meet someone who could make me feel this way. I'm so happy and on cloud nine because last night was truly some enchanted evening. This was my dessert.

Day 110: Surprises

Today, I got the greatest phone call. It was from a random phone number so I didn't answer, but they luckily left a message. The caller was a church member who was taking a road trip with her husband and included Winchester in her trip to visit me. I'm going to show her around the campus tomorrow. I'm ecstatic. I can't wait. Tomorrow is going to be a great day. The second reason why tomorrow will be a great day will be revealed tomorrow night... Goodnight.

Day 109: Napless

I have not gone a whole day without a nap in a long time. By the end of the day, of being constantly awake and active, you're exhausted. That is all. Goodnight.

Day 108: NYC

In the musical Annie, one of the songs is NYC. It talks about how even though the city is "big, loud, and tough" you just can't get enough. I'm about to turn 21 years old and am trying to plan an epic trip to New York. It's not just about taking it all in like the characters in Annie do or celebrating a birthday, but I need this trip.

Places can sometimes get certain labels attached to them. A court is very legal, a church is very religious, home is comforting, etc. My connection with NYC right now is stress. The last time I went it was so much to take in that I couldn't emotionally handle it. I finally felt like I was in the place where I belonged. When I came home, I had a serious mental regression. I've always known that with my career I need to live in NYC, so I need to reintroduce myself to it. While I'm there, I will have a blast and will see the sights and be like the guys in On The Town singing among the city New York New York, its a helluva town.

I want to have a new idea for NYC. I want to truly love New York, so during Spring Break I want to enjoy every single block of it. I'll see the shows and the sights. I'll eat and shop. It doesn't matter if I go with friends, family, or by myself, when I get back I'll have a sense of assurance that NYC can one day be my home. Then, I can finish my time here with NYC having the label of hope and a bright future. So when I graduate, I can move there and say "if I can make it there, I'll make it anywhere, it's up to you New York, New York!!"