so finally the weekend has arrived that i am to perform. there i am Friday night freaking out cause i have yet to finish my main costumes for the next day. i come home from attending (and performing)in the gala (it showcased everything that would be in the entire festival- held over a week in Flagstaff)and remember that i have to iron on the transfers to my shirt and finishing sewing the ribbon onto my skirt.
so i start with what i thought was gonna be the easiest- the iron on transfers. i get started, following the directions and screw it up. so at 11pm, the day before my big performance, i'm scrambling around trying to save letters (a's mainly cause i needed 3 of them and only had 4) and trying to get the iron to work. that was my second biggest problem, the iron. the iron died the day after i used it, it was already dying while i was using it and has been for several months now (the biggest thing was the cord had a break in it and would randomly spark every now and then), but because of this spark the iron didn't heat up properly the first time (well second, but first after i had worked out the proper directions), so after about 10/15 minutes of wondering why it wasn't working and going over and over to make sure i had done everything right i figured out that the cord wasn't connected properly. thankfully after that everything went fine, i got the iron on's on, and the backing tape off without a hitch. that done i went onto my skirt (which in hindsight i probably should have done first... anyway). it was such a cute little skirt, a navy blue circle skirt with two lines of white ribbon around the bottom, pair that with a navy blue and white striped top, and was a perfect sailor!
i finally got to sleep, and woke the next morning at 7am (for someone who usually doesn't get up before 9, this for 5 days in a row, just about killed me) to begin my day at CCA (Coconino Center for the Arts). so beginning at 8:45 i was there till 3:30, went home, dumped my stuff, went to church till 6:15, then back to CCA at 6:30 was there till 8pm. that was a long day! in that time i rehearsed and ran through for 4 1/2 hours, performed for an audience 5 times, and watched others perform for the rest of the time.
my performance, were "Candyman" (Christina Aguilera) a swing/latin routine (the sailor costume) lots of fun, we messed a couple of times, and i think i dropped my 'game face' once or twice, but it was fun and people liked it. "Cowboy Casanova" (Carrie Underwood) my solo piece, it went really well, people loved it, and when i messed up (only once i was so proud) i covered it and no one saw it! and "Through The Door" (Adaptation of Rumi) this was more of a modern piece, fun, but very laid back, and slow deliberate movements. we all ended up being covered in paint after it cause, the choreographer wanted us to be. (powdered paint is easier to get off than you'd think it would be.) :) and two performances "Homelessness". this was a piece my acting class did with the Encore dance company. we acted at the beginning and at the end of their dance,and it all came together to show the world how people are about Homelessness. it was a really good piece, and the 5yo who played the homeless little girl, was adorable and absolutely stole your heart away from the first moment you saw her! she was so cute!!!
all in all, i'm glad i made it through and for a while there i was so stressed about it, and freaking out, but its all good now. :)
so glad i can finally rest and not worry about things coming up (well for the next couple of weeks any way)
Till next time
Katie
xo
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