Sunday, March 1, 2015

The Funniest Spelling Bee Ever!

3 months of long journey has been done by today, 28 February. Preparation time was extremely long and intense that we almost had at least 3 hours a day and 8 hours at maximum during the weekends. As the winter afternoon activity, for some reason, I chose drama (musical). At first, I felt so awkward because everything was really strange and unfamiliar. However, as all the members were practicing together for a long time and getting to know each other, I felt much more comfortable at myself as well as musical. Especially, the harmony that we made together and cooperation with pit band and dancers were truly amazing experience. Even I, who have never done any sort of acting or drama program, had really fun. Everything was new to me and I gained a lot. I might do drama again if I have a chance to do. Although I worked as a part of the production, I think this show was awesome in perspective of an audience. The six spellers, two announcers, audience volunteers, and other casts made me laugh so much. Unexpected situations were exciting always! I made crack sound which I never made during rehearsal. I heard that all the pit band member giggled when they heard my mistake. It was embarrassing but funny at the same time.
My funniest experience during the show was Mr. Porter's laughing. He literary laughed all the time loudly and that made me laugh along him although I was in the show as an actor. After the act 1, everybody talked about Mr. Porter's laughing. It was really funny that makes me still smile when I think about it.
My favorite character of this show is "Vice Principal" Panch from Lake Hemingway-Dos Passos Junior High. Even his school name is so funny; it is really long. His lines are truly the funniest thing in this show and one of the biggest reasons why you have to watch this show. To excerpt some of his lines, "Mexican, A resident of Mexico. Or an American slang term for anybody from Puerto Rico, The Dominican Republic, South America or Spain. Potato Chips: The Mexican lettuce." and "Vice Principal Panch! Vice Principal! They won't let me be principal!!!" These lines are not enough to entirely explain how much he is funny in this show but s
till they makes me laugh a lot.
I had two roles. One was Leaf's dad who is just sitting on the chair for the whole act 1 and speaks nothing. And the other was Olive's dad. I had to sing one family song. I've never sung with girls seriously before so it was really awesome and honorable haha. The song is called "The I love you song" which has indian kind melody but has beautiful harmony parts, so it was many people's favorite song. I got a lot of compliments with that song too. Winter Drama was nice and cool experience to me and helped a lot in terms of my musical career and life. Thank You!

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