Last night I went to Theatre Cedar Rapid's performance of Rent.
I have 3 words for it.
Oh My God.
Almost everything was perfect. At times, the band drowned out the singing, but since I know the play so well, it didn't really bug me.
There were two points that almost brought me to tears.
During the First act, during the song Will I, the harmonies were amazing you could just feel the emotion.
I started to tear up during Your Eyes. The Aaron Brewer's (Roger's) voice was amazing both raw and full of emotion.
Other than the band, one thing irked me off, but only for a little bit. During the Life Support scene, the names of the members were changed. In my mind I felt that as a terrible thing as the people in the original transcript (like Pam and Gordon) were friends of Johnathan Larson who had passed. Right after that scene, I remembered reading the Director's Note. The director had friends who had died or been effected by AIDS, each of their names, the same ones used during the Life Support Scene, were mentioned at the end of the directors note which i found very touching.
The end of the musical was amazing as well, i am not talking about the final scene, but instead the curtain call where the entire audience stood and clapped and/or sang along to Seasons of Love. It was the perfect ending to an awesome night.
In the words of Johnathan Larson (may he rest in peace).
No day but today.
Now I am going to shift subjects.
Yes, that was my transition, I am no good at writing them.
Tomorow, being Monday is my county fair -insert (lack) of enthusiasm here-. Since I am going to FBLA Nationals on Tuesday morning, all I get to participate in is presenting my photography stuff, which i could care less about.
Tuesday at 2:45 I am going to be leaving the state and heading south to Nashville, TN. Other than the fact that I will be riding on a bus all the way there and all the way back, i am sure i will have an amazing time. I am going there for Future Business Leaders of America National Conference.
I intend on having an AMAZING time. I don't believe I am going to have to present anything, so the trip shall be very stress free.
As I am the only person from my school going, i am going to tag along with one of my friend's schools. With them I will be going to Nashville Shores (a waterpark?), to an iMax, and to a go kart place.
The day after I arrive home from Nashville I am going on yet another trip, this time to South Dakota. I am going there with my mom and my sister. We are going to visit some of my parent's close friends Chuck and Audrey. Chuck and Audrey have been a part of my life for as long as I can remember.
One thing you should know about me is I love random blogs.
Forgotten Bookmarks is a blog ran by a guy who works at a book store. I find it pretty neat.
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