Wednesday, July 1, 2009

A Spelling Bee comeback.

I got a text from Lawyn yesterday, asking if I could find 4 guest spellers for today's DTR of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. I immediately managed to recruit 4 willing victims--RJ, Dingdong, Rayna and Lara (in that order, hahaha).

After this morning's class, I immediately went straight to RCBC. Got to chill inside the theater for a while until I noticed that they were doing sound checks. Oh my, where were my recruits? Even RJ, who had promised to come very early, had arrived minutes before the rehearsal began, hahaha. Kaloka. Ganun pala ang ibig sabihin ng before the 2pm rehearsal. As in right before talaga. As it turned out, Lara had quite a tough time getting to the venue due to the commute, so Lawyn had to make a contingency plan that involved me as one of the back-up spellers. So I ended up joining the bee along with RJ, Rayna and Dingdong. Gave them a John Moschitta version of the briefing before we went inside the house. Lara arrived a few minutes later, so she ended up just watching the show.

So I ended up being a returning contestant, but because of the pressure that I was a "very good speller" according to Ms. Peretti, I was immediately eliminated, hahaha! It was fun watching the show again, though, and I'm glad my recruits enjoyed the show as well. Thanks again, Atlantis!

Lara, Dingdong, RJ and Rayna.
(My breast friend, my stepson, my syotang bakla, and my fellow early bird.)

For you, yes, YOU reading this blog. If you haven't seen Atlantis Productions' 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, it will run for a limited engagement from July 3 to 12, 2009 at the Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium, RCBC Plaza, Makati, so please come and watch! Call 892-7078 for tickets.

After the show, Lara, Dingdong and I hung out at Kopi Roti to just talk and chill. Yay, thanks for the treat, Dingdong! Hahaha, the "dashing divas" are reunited once again. I love it when the three of us hang out together. No matter how serious, mundane or random our topics of conversation are, witty banter is always expected, be it intentional or not (the latter usually applies to Lara, hahaha).

Kopi Roti with the Divas.
Here's to Harmony's upcoming reading!
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19 comments:

  1. pauline gaerlanJuly 2, 2009 at 12:06 AM

    i spelled in the evening tdr haha.

    i must say, it's my 15th or 16th time na to watch the show, but i'd still learn something new every show.

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  2. juneeeee taguiwaloJuly 2, 2009 at 12:07 AM

    This got me even more excited for Friday!:D Can't wait! :)

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  3. Hogi CadlumJuly 2, 2009 at 12:19 AM

    Hahaha, I heard nga na Blue Rep and Spring Awakening people were at the evening DTR. Who else spelled with you?

    This is only my 2nd time to watch the show. Did Logainne have that eye nuance na during the 1st run? I noticed it now lang because we were sitting on the 2nd row, hahaha.

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  4. Hogi CadlumJuly 2, 2009 at 12:20 AM

    Have fun on Friday's show! =)

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  5. Felix RiveraJuly 2, 2009 at 1:05 AM

    Hey Pogi, thank RJ and company for us. It was fun spelling with you guys (and with you again). I worked with RJ in BlueRep Bare.

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  6. Teena von EinsiedelJuly 2, 2009 at 5:24 AM

    juice box queen!!

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  7. Tricia CervantesJuly 2, 2009 at 7:53 AM

    I want to watch! :)

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  8. Hogi CadlumJuly 2, 2009 at 9:24 AM

    Heya Felix! Will tell them. Thanks to you guys also! =)

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  9. Hogi CadlumJuly 2, 2009 at 9:26 AM

    Wahahaha, yes, I am the juice box queen, HAHAHA!

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  10. Hogi CadlumJuly 2, 2009 at 9:26 AM

    Yes please! Watch watch! =)

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  11. carlo joaquinJuly 2, 2009 at 10:07 AM

    will be watching here! yey!

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  12. Hogi CadlumJuly 2, 2009 at 10:13 AM

    Yaaay! Hahaha, buti na lang pupunta sila diyan para makanood ka. =)

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  13. ding dongJuly 2, 2009 at 10:18 AM

    Hogi! Akala ko ako ang 1st lucky texter? :) Thanks for the invite and my thanks to Atlantis folks as well.

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  14. Hogi CadlumJuly 2, 2009 at 10:26 AM

    Ay, shet, oo nga no! Nalagay ko yata si RJ first kasi tumawag talaga siya to guarantee himself a slot, hahaha.

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  15. pauline gaerlanJuly 2, 2009 at 10:28 AM

    i forgot the names of the others eh. :)) ditz moment.

    yeah it's been there since i started watching. it has a sort of different feel now. it's like there's more character, the innocence is really there. oh and i wanted to cheer like hell after logainne's speech!! SHE'S RIGHT!

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  16. Hogi CadlumJuly 2, 2009 at 10:35 AM

    Hahaha, goes to show how malabo my vision is.

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  17. carlo joaquinJuly 2, 2009 at 11:23 AM

    Oo nga eh! :))

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  18. Jessica ManaloJuly 4, 2009 at 11:18 AM

    Hey Hogi. Pwede ba mag-plug? If not, you can delete this message. Hehe.

    Hello to Hogi's friends! Hehe. I'm selling tickets to tomorrow's (July 5) 3pm Spelling Bee show. Let me know na lang if you're interested! :)

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  19. Hogi CadlumJuly 4, 2009 at 9:48 PM

    Heya Jess! Hahaha, go lang! Bukas na rin show niyo eh, para na rin makahabol sila if they want to watch tomorrow.

    OK, guys, I know a bunch of you still come back to this post because of frequent comments, so please make Jess, Atlantis and me happy by supporting tomorrow's 3pm show, hahaha. Go to the link below for more details.

    http://jessicamanalo.multiply.com/journal/item/2/The_25th_Annual_Putnam_County_Spelling_Bee

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