Hello everyone! I'm a junior at an arts magnet school in Dallas, Texas by the name of Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. I may refer to it as BTW or Booker T. for short. I am a vocal arts major, but my true passion has always been musical theater. This school year, they've added a musical theater class! (thank the good Lord!) Naturally when I heard about the class, I signed up for an audition and was accepted. All summer I've been wondering about what we'd study and who's going to be there and all those jitters that I tend to get before I start a new adventure. Today was my third day, and so far, it's a dream come true.
Everyone seems very genuine so far! I have a few friends that I know from previous shows and some that I know from choir, but it's a lot of new faces, and I'm dying to get to know them. I hope this year will be filled with lots of spontaneous singing, but also some intense studying and learning.
Today we worked on vocal warm ups which was nice because that's kind of my forte. I know the teacher that's working with us on vocals from a past show, and he's a great coach. It's relieving to see a familiar face!
So on Friday we're going to start singing for each other! I'm anxious to see what everyone will choose for their song. I've been practicing mine when I get home from school so that I don't buckle when I perform for everyone else. So far it looks like we've got a REALLY talented group of students.
Thank Christ that we have this class every day. Otherwise, I would probably be jumping out of my pants waiting for the next A or B day. I don't know what I'm going to do on weekends... probably sleep? Oh well. I'm so excited for this course!
I feel like I need something clever to sign off with when I finish a post. That's what people who blog do, right? Hmm... some kind of alliteration maybe? I'll think on it. For now I'll just say ciao.
Ciao!
Malley on Musical Theater
