Showcase Reflection

1. Showcase was really exciting for me. It was great to take all of the fun master classes and stay to help with the theater showcase on Saturday.

2. My best moment I think was either the Suzuki master class or just watching the tech showcase take place. I liked Suzuki because it was new and different and got my energy pumping. It was fun to connect (in a weird way) with all of the other participants in the class. I also enjoyed the tech showcase because it gave me an idea of what I'd be doing next year when I showcase.

3. If I could change one thing about showcase it'd be the third master class that I took. It wasn't all that much fun and would have much rather taken the management class instead.

Beginning Ballet

Our first ballet class brought back some memories from when I was a kid. I took ballet for two years as a toddler, and I had absolutely no respect for it. Now, after taking a mature and more complex ballet class, I understand why it is referred to as such a complex skill. I think we have begun to learn basic ballet to give each of us a basic framework of dance and dance technique. By (re)learning these dance techniques I will build my endurance, technique, ability, and patience as a dancer.

Arts in the Park!!

Arts in the Park Reflection

I am looking forward to the Arts in the Park Performance very much! I can't wait to hear from my friends and family what they thought of our performance. I am concerned about a few things however. I am concerned that I will mess up my diabolo tricks, forget a dance move or a lyric, or be inaudible to the audience. I have had sooo much fun during rehearsals. Learning the dances and the songs and then practicing them, although tiring at times, was very exhilarating. In addition, I got to spend quality time really getting to know my peers.

Progress

DESCRIBE: Describe the activity we are working on in class.
In class we are learning our music by going through the pieces part by part. We are also learning the dance choreography in the same way
ANALYZE: What have you found to be the most fun and what have you found to be the most difficult? 
I have had the most fun hearing all of the harmonies come together and figuring out a dance move correctly. I have difficulties learning the music so fast and conquering complex dance moves.
REFLECT/RELATE: What are your thoughts about this process and our upcoming performance?
I think the process has been really fun and I cannot wait to see the final product!

Tracy Collage

Tracy Turnblad Character Analysis

1. Tracy Turnblad, age 16, sophomore at Patterson Park High School class of 1964, plump and short girl with big hair.
2. She loves herself. She thinks she is very talented and beautiful in her own way. She feels this way about herself because of all of the love and support of her mother, father, and friends.
3. Over-excited, optimistic, fun, imaginative, carefree, a little reckless. Also fat, annoying, unpopular, undeserving.
4. Tracy loves and admires her mother because she cares for her in times of need. Although her mother can be a bit stingy, most of the time she knows what is right. Tracy loves her father because he always makes her laugh and she knows that he will be there for her through every step of the way. Tracy's loves to be around Penny because they have so much in common. Tracy thinks that Link is gorgeous and nice and funny, however he is reserved to say what he really thinks and Tracy wishes that he were more honest to himself and others. Tracy tolerates Amber, and thinks that she is talented but needs to be nicer.
5. Her mother and father are protective and proud of Tracy because they love her. Penny thinks Tracy is courageous and outrageous because of all of the crazy and fun things they do together. Amber and Velma think she is out of their league and kidding herself because she is too fat to make it in show business. Link thinks that she is a roller-coaster of fun, love, and adventure because she makes him think in a new way. 
6. Tracy finds herself auditioning for the Corny Collins Show where she has a lot of difficulties with the other people on the show. Eventually she has to stand up for integration, express her feelings towards Link, and participate in the Miss Hairspray Contest. She ends up helping to integrate the show by letting little Inez win the Miss Hairspray Contest.
7. Tracy is excited to be on the Corny Collins Show, but a little frustrated that there is only one Integration Day on the show. She is frustrated because she believes that there should be integration during every show.
8. Happy, Fair, Excited, Defensive, Energetic, Optimistic, Fun-loving, Passionate, Proud, Friendly
9. Tracy ends up in a relationship with Link.