Worth the Wait

I know I say it everytime, 

but I truly hate that life gets so crazy that I dont even have time to blog!

[NEW YEARS RESOLUTION: Blog at least once a week, ending the year with 52 posts!]

So as I said in the post "Call Me Maybe??"

I got called back for the Spring musical "Honk!"

I got called back for the lead role, Ida.

She is Ugly's mother.

And I was nervous once we got into callbacks,

mainly because I was called back my sophomore year for 

"Little Shop of Horrors"

and then ended up in the chorus.

And I went up against Gabriella Mena,

she is new junior at DCC this year.

Joy Owen and Sarah Nelson also

read for Ida,

so I was pretty nervous during the entire thing..

so nervous in fact that I peed twice just during callbacks!

Anyways the next day (Friday)

the cast list was posted at the end of the school day,

and guess what!!

I got the female lead

which is IDA!!!

I seriously have a hard time understanding it myself.

But here is the proof,

the cast list:

Ugly......................................Josh Ormord

Ida.......................................Stacey Allred

Cat.......................................TJ Norton

Drake....................................Grant Lattanzi

Maureen.................................Joy Owen

Turkey...................................Mark Vedra

Billy.......................................Stephanie Huisingh

Beaky....................................Lindsay Jessen

Downy...................................Zandy Barner

Fluff......................................Jenni Leski

Ducklings.................................Tarrin Flaherty, Lexy Dwelis

Her Grace................................Gabriella Tabib

Henrietta.................................Danielle Bullock

Hens......................................OliviaJohnson, Kelsey Webber,Ayana Kjonaas

Bullfrog...................................Jared Crowe

Froglets, Fish Quartet..................Brennan Runzo, Allison Bullock, Noah Page, Anna Lee

Queenie..................................Carolyn Trahan

Lowbutt...................................Sarah Nelson

Greylag...................................Kieran Cox

Dot........................................Sara Chaudhary

Barnacles.................................Cole Hendrickson

Pinkfoot...................................Chelsa Reese

Snowy.....................................Jason Brinkmeyer

Gosling.....................................Kiki Gillett

FatherSwan...............................Caleb Kimble

MotherSwan..............................Jessie Burckel

Penny......................................Faith Miller

Bewick.....................................Grace Woodruff

Jay Bird....................................Tayler Scriber

So congratulations to all who made it in, its going to be so much fun.
It's crazy.

It's scary.

And it's exciting.

Ida sings in 11 songs.

A Poultry Tale

The Joy of Motherhood

Different (pre-reprise)

Hold Your Head Up High

Look At Him

The Elegy

Every Tear A Mother Cries

Act 1 Finale

The Collage

The Blizzard

Look At Him (reprise)

As crazy excited as I am,

I am very nervous..

I know some people are upset about how the cast turned

out, but I hope they dont hate me for getting Ida.

I also have SO much memorizing to do!

Ida sings in 11 songs...11!!

And I have all of the lines to memorize too..

I definitely have my work cut out for me, 

thats for sure.

I am so grateful to get the lead,

I cant even say that enough it seems like.

This might sound awful for me to say,

but im just gonna say it.

A few things that I am looking forward to most

about being Ida are:

1. I will have a sweet costume.

Every show, I either have to find my own or

I get whats left over because im always in the chorus and it

doesnt really matter what I wear as long as it fits the show.

But this time, my costume is imprtant!

And they do care what I wear!

2. Curtain call.

I have always wanted to run out onto the stage all by

myself for curtain call and hear people cheering for me,

and not just be in the chorus bow..

to have my own bow, or to share it with even just one or two people would be awesome.

3. A name in the program.

In the program I will be known as Ida!
I am always just a chorus member or a business woman.

When reading the cast's bio's, nobody actually cares about those bios unless they came to see you.

But everybody reads the leads.

4. Productive rehearsal.

I hate the rehearsals that really only the leads do anything important and

you just stand there on stage for blocking purposes or to sing one or two songs 

with the entire company. And of course, I know that those rehearsals are really important,

they are always soo long and boring.

 But this year, I will actually be doing things in every rehearsal

that it wont feel so much like a waste of my time!

And of course, I am so excited just to have a part,

let alone the lead!

So these reasons may make me sound conceited and selfish,

but I dont mean for them to come accross that way..

I am just so extremely grateful that its finally my turn to shine,

and to end my high school career with a bang.

I think Brielle and Carissa are gonna try to come out

to see the show in April. I would seriously love it if they did.

Carissa has never seen one of my shows,

and Brielle has only ever seen "Little Shop of Horrors",

which was my first ever high school show.

But I have learned so much in the last two years,

that I think they would be really surprised.

I hope they can come.

I love being involved in theatre.

It was the greatest decision I made in high school.

And by far has given me some of the greatest

memories, friendships, and experiences that I could possibly ask for.
I truly think that being the lead in my last high school show
was worth the wait.
And worth the hundreds of hours that I have put into
these shows, in years past, even just being in the chorus.
It was worth the wait.

Well, rehearsals start on February 4, and

we have to be completely off book by then so I guess I should

get to work on memorization! Haha

Wish me luck!