Sunday, April 27, 2008

Saturday: Kids' recital and our space adjustment.

Went to CCP early yesterday afternoon to watch the recital of the Children's Theater classes. Of course, I wanted to see the end result of the hard work that Tad had put out for these adorable kids, hahaha. I went with him to the conference room before the show as he rehearsed the kids one more time. Sitting in one corner of the room, I just watched in amusement as Tad went to each kid one by one after the rehearsal for one final pep talk.

They had a birthday party theme, and two boys (the more hyper one turned out the be the son of Howie Severino) led the rest into a "Bring Me" game. Then Kamaal, the birthday boy, started acting like such a brat so his guests started teaching him lessons with the means of local Pinoy fables. There were these two cute Korean girls in the cast, and one of them that sported a pristine white party dress kept waving to her parents every time she saw them, sometimes flashing the stereotypical Korean V-sign for a photo op. A rendition of You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown's "Happiness" was the perfect finale, as each of the kids stepped forward to share what happiness was for them.

Grace, Louie, Ellen and I were supposed to go to the costume morgue with Ate Bheng by then, but because Ate Bheng stayed to watch the other class' recital, we stayed as well. Marj and Chynna divided their class into two performances, each about searching for the "perfect family." Hahaha, their costumes were stuff borrowed from previous productions, including ZsaZsa Zaturnnah and Pinocchio. As their finale, they did a dance number using the song "We're All In This Together" from High School Musical.

Stage adjustment in Batute last night. Rawr, I'm still frustrated about my performance. It was still too mediocre, and as they kept saying, I was still locked into my previous reading. I'm still trying to dig up what I had found once, but my effort to replicate it was next to nil. Hope this new attack I'm attempting to do for Tuesday will work. Other than that, as I watched the rest of the performance, things are finally shaping up.

10 comments:

  1. lukis-lukis ka na daw! masaya yon! dami mo pwedz paglaruan.. actually, nung sinabi nga na lukis na si amelia by then, parang gusto ko din itry. hehehe.. exciting yan! wag nyo na kasi unahan pa ng logic...

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  2. Hahaha! Shet, parang binalik ako sa laughing exercise earlier last week. Baliw-baliwan school of acting. Mali pala talaga ang pag literal ang ginawa ko. Help! Hahaha!

    Teka, parang yung reply ko sa iyo, yun na yung pinapagawa sakin na tawa.. before and after talaga, wahahahaha!

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  3. korak! wahahaha.. gusto mo before,after and during pa nga eh? hehehe yep..wag masyado, yun yung safe choice eh, but theres something more pa na pwedz magawa.

    kaya mo yan! simula ngayon, mag being ka nah! hahahahahahahaha!

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  4. Hirap pag pati during! Mental case na agad si Amelia niyan, hahaha! Mars, sinusubukan ko na, nakakapagod tumawa, wahaha. Ab workout ito!

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  5. ayaw mo nun? pagkatapos ng recital sexy kana! beach na tyo!!! wooohooo!!

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  6. Just a few words of suggestion if I may... Perhaps, you can try not to "attack" the part as it is not meant to be fought with but lived. Love it, embrace it with all it's flaws and one day when the right moment comes, it'll just bloom right before your eyes. This normally happens to me on later runs but never on opening night! Arrgg! Guess that's when more rehearsals are indispensable.

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  7. Another food for thought... Never expect to be able to replicate as it will never happen. Each moment should breath a new and fresh sense of life.... if you consciously try to replicate, you will never immerse yourself in the part. your mental faculties will be the only thing working then it will surely be half- baked. I hope this helps. I can stop now if you want:)))

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  8. That's interesting. Haha, hopefully things will bloom later. Today's our last rehearsal, as our rehearsal will be tomorrow night. We only have one show, but whatever happens, I'll still enjoy it. =)

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  9. Hahaha, we've always been told not to do so. You're right, I shouldn't even try to make an effort to replicate. Thanks a lot for all the advice! =)

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