Journal 39

Spring break. My spring break can in one word be described as a 'break'. It really did feel like i got a great break from school and from stress, and i found it very relaxing (most of the time). My family didn't go anywhere, and i pretty much spent the majority of my time chilling at home and watching my little sisters. Of course they fought a lot, and that was stressfull, but once they settled down everything was really good. Another highlight of my springbreak was that muni practices for the musical Les Miserables began! Monday night from 6:30 to 9:30 was our very first practice and we got to meet the entire cast of the Muni's Les Mis production. It was AMAZING!!!!! We all sang through a couple songs and from the very start i could tell that this production is going to be FANTASTIC. Literally everyone in the cast has a wonderful voice, and the actors are phenominal. It's going to be one of the best shows the Muni will ever produce. I had practice for the rest of the week: Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday and we were off for the weekend. The practices pretty much consist of learning the music scene by scene then blocking the scenes out and plannning how the scene will look to the audience. My favorite scene to watch being blocked was the prolougue scene where the chain gang sings "Look Down". At first everyone wa really goofy and having fun, but once the director announced that they were going to run it for real, everyone got reallly serious and put on their acting faces.It was great. Just plain great. The man who is to play Jean Valjean has a wonderful voice too, and i really enjoyed watching him work through his scenes witht the director. The next night we did the same thing (exept i was more involved). We learned the song At The End of the Day and then the director blocked it out and we did what he called 'roughing it' where we loosely ran through it to get a good visual. The rest of the week was like that, and each night was amazing. The music was just incredible, and we sounded like the soundtrack off of a movie. I've never been involved in a choir/cast this good, and i think that this experience is going to be awesome.