Week Two of Von Trapp Dance Camp

Well, this week began a lot like last week, except that we had a "new" kid-wrangler.  What's a kid wrangler?  It's the person at the Theatre who is in charge of all of us kids.  She makes sure that we are well cared for and is the contact person for our parents.  I put "new" in quotes because our current kid wrangler, Becca, is the same wrangler I had last year at The 5th Ave. when I was in Carousel.  She's so great and fun, but does make sure that we get our homework done during down time and that we eat 😁 .

Days four and five

The last few days of last week were similar to the first couple of days: we rehearsed our lines and our singing and dancing.  However, I did meet with my hairdresser on Thursday and was fitted for my first costume, which is a sailor suit.  The sailor suits we are wearing are just about the same as those worn by the child actors in the original staging of the play.

I'll bet that you know the movie version of The Sound of Music and maybe you've seen the play. But, I wonder if you know that the play came out before the movie.  The play was first staged on Broadway in 1959 and stared a famous Broadway actor named Mary Martin, who was also the first Peter Pan on Broadway!  The movie came out in 1965 and stared Julie Andrews, whom most of us think of when we think of Maria in The Sound of Music.

Day three

I forgot to mention at all yet that I am cast as Marta, age 7, which is kind of funny because I'm nine.  I'm small.  It's also funny that the script doesn't have an age for Gretl.  I played Gretl in SOM with Leavenworth Summer Theater in 2013 when I actually was seven!

Another thing I am going to do in this blog is tell you about the important people in my life who help make it possible for me to do the play.  The first person is my crazy, funny, awesome, pretty, sweet, perfect sister Caroline!  She's a great skier and violinist and loves to sing, run and play.  Caroline has to be very patient at times when I am in a play. For that and a million other reasons, I love her soooooooo much!

Day two

Hi! It's Tuesday and I am on my way to my second day of of Dance Camp. The 5th calls it dance camp, but it is really an acting, singing, and dance camp to help us kids who are playing the Von Trapp family children to be fully prepared to rehearse with the adult, professional actors who start  rehearsals in two weeks.
            

             Yesterday we received our scripts and score. I put a picture of them and of the children characters below. A script is the words we say and actions (walking, dancing, etc.) we take on stage.  The score is the music that is played by the pit orchestra and that we sing.  There is a lot of music in the play, as you might guess from the title.  That's why it is called "a musical", a type of play that has a lot of music and dancing.  The pit orchestra is the orchestra that plays live, in front of and BELOW the stage during every performance!  I'll post a picture of them when they start practicing.  See you tomorrow.:)

Day One!

Well, today is my first day of rehearsals and here are pictures of me in front of the 5th Ave. marquee!

 

Tonight, I'll get home too late to write about what happened at dance camp, but I'll do it tomorrow. I am also going to tell you about the history of the play The Sound of Music and of the real Von Trapp family in the weeks to come.  Maybe I'll also learn more about the 5th Avenue Theatre and tell you that too!  Good night.  :)

The day before Day One

Today is October 11, 2015 and tomorrow I start rehearsals for The Sound of Music at The 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle!  For the next two weeks, I have "Von Trap Family Dance Camp." The plan is for me to be in school until lunch every day this week and next.  I am very excited, but also a little nervous . . . and my parents are making me go to bed early! :(