Like a Child

I have returned from my hiatus to report on why I was on one in the first place! My school's musical- How to Eat Like a Child, finished performing on Friday night. We had seven performances total. Our best show was Thursday morning when we had 400 elementary school students in the audience! I have such good memories from this experience and amazing new friendships. I have loved this musical more than words can express.

Stoked to help with concessions

Geneva came to watch Saturday morning

Duck Faces

Some closing night karaoke 

Best friends!

My parents are the best! I love you!

The best director/teacher ever!

Clean up time = sad

best selfie/cat/karate/kid friends fo' lyfe!

This is a random assortment of photos, but I wanted to tell all the world how much I've loved this production, and I'm happy to have a bit more free time!

Love, Megan (Arlene) Marie

musicality

   So I realized I never updated about my audition for the school musical. It went well, and I loved auditioning with Ella for the third time in a row. She's my good luck charm. The show we are doing is called How to Eat Like a Child.

   I had never heard of it before, which is probably the case for those of you reading this. It's an one-act musical all about kids teaching adults how to be kids through a series of lessons. My character's name is Arlene. I was over the moon to have my first part as a character with a name and individual lines! Sayonara to the ensemble for once! 


   Here's a sampling of one of the songs I get to sing:

   Obviously the children will be replaced with teenagers, but you get the idea! I'm really exciting about this show. I love having  a small cast full of my friends.


Love,
Megan Marie


P.S. Anyone else notice how extremely attractive Darren Criss is? Like, holy moly!

   I can't find any of his attire he wears at McKinley  but I have never seen a more gorgeous man wearing a bow tie and oxfords. 

phototastic week

{THE LAST MONTH OF MY LIFE HAS BEEN INSANELY BUSY. LIKE CRAZY. SO HERE IS A LITTLE OF MY HAPPENINGS.}
Last weekend, My sister Moka finished her first Ironman Triathlon in St. George! I'm so dang proud of you beautiful woman. 

(Did Mike notice that the truck behind you looks just like his first truck?)

Bentley prepping for her own race! I die over her
little running skirt and shoes.

Almost all of the fam, I love them to death! 

 This week held the last rehearsal for the musical on Monday night. We had the Channie awards, where our director Mr. Chan gives every cast member a certain award. My Channie was for "Best Beehive and Classes Combo" 
example of the glasses (and Awesome Posse mask):

 So the musical ran from April 21st-April 27th. We had a Thursday matinee, and Monday-Wed night performances. I loved being able to perform on our amazing stage at school for a paying audience! (the dance show last year barely counts). On Wednesday, May 3rd we performed at the Calgary High School Drama Festival. It truly was our last show, as as usual I was relieved because of the big time commitment it was, but very sad to have something so great come to an end. 

cozy dressing room 

So Tuesday I experienced my first piece of after school freedom. I was pleased by how much time I actually have now to do homework. 


Wednesday was another busy day. After school, we went straight to a church by the school for our jazz choir rehearsal. Then we walked to get food, then back to the school to watch the junior boys' rugby game. Then we walked back to the church for our spring choral concert!

Onion and I 

Li'l lovebirds

i'm a good couple photo sniper

I was dying laughing at the man in between them. 

third wheel shot?

totally awesome singing here.

Junior Jazz sang Beyond the Sea, (Carl and I had a little duet at the end) Blackbird, (Ashley and I had a li'l duet as well) Alright, Okay, You Win, and a great tune I can't remember at the moment. Concert Choir performed REALLY well, and we debuted Bohemian Rhapsody!


(Random tibit..)

too great not to share!

 Thursday

I love my period 1 seminary class!

beautiful sunset out my window

On Friday I went to the girls' field hockey game for the first time! I thought it was like intense croquet.

They won!

just vandalizing the other school's logo. 

This was taken on the way home from the game.
Listening to Jack Johnson in Rex's car Tre'von, and life was good. 

That night I went to see Thor (which I loved) with some friends and Victoria and I stuck around after and looked at books at Chapters. 

 Saturday morning was a stake young women's mom/daughter 80's themed breakfast!I used my mom as inspiration. 

Last night was my friend's 16th birthday party. I don't have very many good pictures, but here's one from the park we went to. It was so nice to be out playing at dusk! That's one of the best feelings ever. 

 Sunday (today) we had family over for dinner, which I love.

Blakely and Jack

I hope you enjoyed this mishmash of a weekly report! I will be better at blogging. I like to do it, I just have a hard time getting to the computer and doing it. 

LIFE IS SWELL! I'm happy, getting healthy, (had acute sinus infection/bronchitis) and loving me life!

 Love, Megan Marie

Awesome. Just Super Awesome.

"Stage combat is a specialized technique in theatre designed to create the illusion of physical combat without causing harm to the performers. It is employed in live stage plays as well as operatic and ballet productions. The term is also used informally to describe fight choreography for other production media including film and television. It is a common field of study for actors and dancers and is closely related to the practice of stunts." -wiki


Stage fighting is also know as EPIC* and a BLAST!


*just know that I find this word annoying and overused but it fits the situation.


Wait a minute...


here's the real definition of epic:

ep·ic

  [ep-ik] 

–adjective Also, ep·i·cal.

1.

noting or pertaining to a long poetic composition, usuallycentered upon a hero, in which a series of greatachievements or events is narrated in elevated style:Homer's Iliad is an epic poem.

2.

resembling or suggesting such poetry: an epic novel onthe founding of the country.

3.

heroic; majestic; impressively great: the epic events of thewar.

4.

of unusually great size or extent: a crime wave of epicproportions.

So maybe it isn't the best word, so how about:

Fantastic!

Majestic!

Awesome! 

Extraordinary! 

Theater rocks. Dodging punches and slapping faces while lookning ridiculously cool confirms this fact.

{I'm so stoked for our musical "The Astonishing Adventures of Radical Boy and Awesome Girl", can you tell?} 

P.S- Awesome Posse: if you read this, I am a swooning buffoon!