The Last Play

Everyone does the play at Clayton, there was probably about 500 kids in it this year. Its probably my favorite part about my school. Seventh graders get the not-so-good parts, (That was me last year) and eighth graders get bigger, funner parts. This years play was Joseph and the Amazing technicolor Dreamcoat. I was a 50's Dancer and a Purple Egyptian Princess.
I was glad with the part I got since all of my friends were 50's dancers too. It was the funnest dance and I loved the whole scene. At first I thought I wouldn't be able to do it since I couldn't dance.
Mrs. Kearl (Head Director) moved me from the front, to the back, which is never a good sign, but soon I got it and she moved me back up.
I wasn't expecting to be a Purple Egyptian princess. After practice one day, Mrs. Kearl called out 6 girls to stay after for a little while. She called my best friend Megan. I waited for her in the empty auditorium when she finally came back. She looked kind of mad. She told me that she was too short and that Mrs. Kearl wanted ME to come down, so I did, but what I didn't know was that we were supposed to stay longer than I had left, and that was when they learned what to do in their dance. I got up onstage one rehearsal and didn't know what was going on. I walked back and forth here and there, and tried to look like I was trying. Over the many practices, I finally picked up on what everyone was doing around me, and had the dance down the day before the first performance. I was still nervous I would mess up here and there.
I think that this part was meant for me, to give me a challenge because even though I was so nervous and was about to tell Ms.Kearl I didn't want to do it, I did it, and I'm so glad I did because now I feel like even though I was just a background dancer, that I can accomplish anything. 
Its always sad when the play is over, because it pretty much took over our lives for half the year. After the play, there were lots of tears and hugs, (to be honest I don't even know why everyone cry's, because i'm just happy that I can come home and sleep for once.) and they threw a huge cast party. Always love seeing these plays, and even more BEING IN THEM!!! I can't wait to come to next years and see what they had to put on this time!

PURPLE PRINCESSES

  I am on the top right, second in.
         THE 50's DANCERS                            

 

  CUTE SHOT AT PLAY PRACTICE

 
CAST PICTURE