Its H and after 3 whole weeks, i am BACK!!! Camp was the best!!! I went to Harand Camp! IT WAS THE BEST! The consolers were so nice and funny and the teachers were cool too!!! It's a preforming arts AND outdoor camp, so of course it was the best of both worlds. We had singing, dancing and drama in the morning and in the afternoon we had 3 electives we could choose. There were A days and B days, different electives for different days. But we always had theater classes. There were different cabins for different age groups- I was in Carousel Circus, the best cabin ever!!! After 3 weeks of learning a new song and dance about every day, Carousel Circus learned 16 songs, 15 dances and did AWESOME in Pageant! (Pageant is the end of camp when we all perform everything we learned.) I loved it! This year, pageant was based on the 3 directors Bob Fosse, Jerome Robbins and Michael Bennett. Carousel Circus did songs and dances from Pippin and Gypsy. I really liked Pippin, but they were both really fun. Here are links to some songs I did, in order. of course, this is not what we did at pageant, but just so you can hear the songs. I'll even include a summary. And we did not do every full song- just about 2 minutes worth of each one so we could always have some sort of dance to go with it. (remembering dances is MUCH harder than remembering lyrics.)
Pippin
is about a young boy that thinks there is going to be one perfect thing he will be perfect at and will love forever. He is trying to find his CORNER OF THE SKY. Of course, there is no corner of the sky. (nice use of a metaphor, I must say.) There are circus people. These circus people are "helping him" find his destiny, but really they are evil and Pippin has made a deal with the devil. So along they go, out to help Pippin. First he wants to be a solider.(war is a science, glory.) That didn't work. So he kills the king, who is his father, and is now king. There is now going to be a whole new world! (morning glow.) Not. He is really bad at being a king. So he brings his father back to life and tries more stuff. Fails. Along the way he visits his grandmother. She tells him that he ought to start living and he should settle down and have a good life. He ignores her. After more failures, and then the circus people try to make him get what they wanted the entire time - for Pippin to end the circus with a big bang by setting himself on fire. literally. Pippin considers this, but runs of. The last scene is so cool- to bad we couldn't do it. Everyone takes away the props and costumes and now its just Pippin with the girl he loves and her son. He asks the audience if it was worth it, wasting his life trying to find the meaning of it. If he is truly happy. And then the lights go down. It's such a mysterious ending, I LOVE IT!!! (my personal fav musical in pageant.)
Magic To Do
Corner Of The Sky
Cakewalk and War is a Science
Glory
Morning Glow
finale
we stood in the aisles for this part- time to start livin
Gypsy
is about a woman who really really wants to be a broadway star. To bad she has no talent. But she has 2 young daughters - one with blond curly locks named June and one with dull brown hair named Louise. The mother neglects Louise but fusses about June, forcing her to be on stage all the time for years and years. Thing is, her mother is saying June and Louise are just little girls. they are in their mid 20's and since their mom tells them they are still 12, they have no idea how old they really are! The agent books them a good show to try out for. They are so excited and happy! except for June. She hates the act they are doing. But the entire family tries out. It was reallllllly bad. The producers say they want June but nobody else. The mom refuses. This gets June so angry she runs of with her friend and they become stars together. Problem is, Louise was in love with the friend June ran off with. But the mother turns her attention to Louise, her neglected daughter, and tells her about how great she will be and how much of a success she is. turns out, Louise is full of talent. she becomes a very famous broadway star.
Extra Extra, Let Me Entertain You
Mr. Goldstone
If Momma Was Married
Some People
Little Lamb
Broadway (I don't know if this is the right link. I don't have an updated adobe flash and can't watch it.)
Together Wherever We Go
Everything's Commin up Roses
I am so sorry for all these typing mistakes, but a girl got me sick at camp and I have a really bad cold and its midnight and I'M TIRED and I feel gross. This entire post so far has taken 3 hours to fully watch every clip, proofread and edit. I also went through almost an entire bot of tissues. I keep sneezing.
by the way, this is post 50!!!
anyways, back on topic.
I really loved camp. I did. It was small, only about 60-70 kids, but it was so nice. Everyone was friendly. I made some great friends. I want to stay for all 6 weeks next year. Every Friday we had services with no specific religion, but at the end we would all put our arms around each other and sing No Man Is An Island. And at camp, we really meant it.
