Tuesday, September 20, 2011
As the director of my Romeo and Juliet group, I was sincerely very nervous since the night before the actual performance. I was afraid that some things will go wrong and will affect our overall performance. However, I worried for nothing. My group did me proud during the performance. Though their faces showed that they were anxious, they did amazingly well. Even better than our normal rehearsals. Group mates like Dewi, Fatimah, Mui Siew, Jing Ying and Kai Leong are quiet in class, I must say that they really did their best by speaking out loud. I would like to thank all of my group mates for taking time and effort to memorise their lines! I feel that the best actor throughout the whole performance is Clarence. He was nervous but acted naturally and successfully made the audiences saw his character through him. Anirwin and Sanjna also did their best to be naturally in love which was not easy. As a gentleman, Justin also worked hard to be a fierce, selfish and shameless Tybalt. At first, I was afraid that Jing Ying and Fatimah will forget to play the music. But they did not. Thanks to everyone, the whole performance went smoothly without any hiccups.
| No. | Reason for Fines | Amount |
| 1. | Forget one word | 10 cents |
| 2. | Pause to think while reciting ( 1 sec) | 10 cents |
| 3. | Miss one word | 10 cents |
| 4. | Late for meeting (1 min) | 10 cents |
| 5. | Absent without valid reason | $5 |
| 6. | Disobey director | $1 |
WHAT TO DO IF YOU HAVE NO MONEY BUT YOU ARE 7 MINS LATE FOR MEETING?
IF YOU DISOBEY...
On the last Friday of Term 3, I went down to little India myself, without any of my group mates to do some shopping as all of them had their own plans. It is very far and I did not really like the place. But, for my group… haha I walked and shopped the whole little India. Everything was cheap and good. No regrets making my way down. Other than the drama part which we successfully completed, we were not done with the props and costumes by the September holidays. We had Ccas on Monday and Tues. This left us with Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Luckily for us, we do not have many people from band and uniform groups. So, we had better time slots for our meetings. All rehearsals were held at my house. On Wednesday morning, all arrived at my house punctually. We started to do our props. One hour later, we realized we did not have enough materials. So we headed down to Marsling. Our first outing as a group! Sadly, Jing Ying and Fatimah were not with us that day. It was certainly not easy to find Indian stuff from Marsling. But fortunately, we managed to get what we needed. When we reached Marsling, we immediately bought an orange cloth for our table. After walking awhile and buying Sanjna’s blouse, we came across cloth with sequins on it. It was love at first sight. The cloth was absolutely beautiful… and the price was very reasonable.
WE CAME ACROSS...
Watching the other classes performance boosted a little of my group’s confidence. However, we cannot compare and be complacent about this. Still giving our 101%, everything was went smoothly until the day of our final rehearsal. 14 September 2011. I was really worried. We had not done our team sign, salutation, backdrop, music and dance We were supposed to have full dress rehearsal at Clarence’s house just opposite school. We went to my house right after school to get all our materials for the performance. Then, I forgot to bring some materials. As I ran back home to grab all that we needed, I cried. Anxiety took hold of me. But we could not. Snajna had to leave early as she had to travel back. Anirwin had tuition. Jing Ying, for some reasons had to leave too. So we treasured out time and did everything in a short time. We then left a little time for drama. Little, but a lot to us. I would like to thank everyone for their cooperation that day for a good and final rehearsal.
Finally, after 2 months of constant hard work, the day of our performance arrived. We all had a mix of different feelings. It was weird. Everyone was obedient that day. We got up early and met 6 am at Clarence’s house to bring everything to school. The only one who was late was Fatimah. She did not pick up our calls and this made us worried. She replied at 0645. She said she was drying the costumes as all of them were wet due to the rain on the previous day. Thank goodness she arrived on time for school. Thank goodness she arrived on time for school.Thanks to our dearest Mrs Woo, we were given extra time to set everything up and sufficient for another full dress rehearsal. Luckily we were the first to perform. Though we all knew we were ready, we were still naturally scared. 1600. The time we finished performing. The time we knew we had completed our performance without any flaws. The time we knew our hard work has paid off. The wonderful feeling. Romeo and Juliet performance is over. Relived.
I would like to thank Mrs Woo for helping us with our drama and dance, and all my wonderful grouop mates! THANK YOU DEWI, FATIMAH, SANJNA, MUI SIEW, JING YING, CLARENCE, KAI LEONG, JUSTIN
AND ANIRWIN!
| Name | Role | Contributions |
| Dewi | Cousin | Sew backdrop, Serving men tray, food tray (table), food, music, costumes, table cloth |
| Fatimah | Dancer | Costumes, food |
| Sanjna | Juliet | Accessories, spontaneous ideas, lights, turban cloth, music, table cloth |
| Jing Ying | Nurse | Flowers, lights, windows |
| Mui Siew | Dancer | Dance, sword |
| Clarence | Capulet | Glue gun, house, extension cords, computer, exellent acting |
| Kai Leong | Benvolio | Help in carrying props |
| Justin | Tybalt | Dilligency |
| Anirwin | Romeo | Lights, jug, food tray |
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