Life In Doing

Sheilah Winn. Over the weekend we went to perform at the national festival. We had an amazing time and did our best performance ever. We truly nailed it. We all learnt a lot from the whole experience and it came to a wonderful close. After a busy time, with rehearsals, workshops, theatre trip, the van breaking down, our performance, a party, and the award ceremony (where our fantastic Jacob took the award for best delivery of text) we spent our Sunday evening just hanging out. The whole group, including Mr Betty. We started with an amazing conversation, with many thanks to Mr Betty and the whole group. We discussed what we learnt over the whole time, about acting, performing, and about each other. We had a few girls in tears, and a few guys fighting them back. And this random guy sat in the meeting/reading room for this whole time. Watching, listening. He left and we had to mention how strange it was he hadn't left much earlier. Very, very funny.
When done with the emotional stuff we relaxed. Out came monopoly (my team won) and twister (in a short dress, but oh well). The evening was great. All hanging out together, people we all care about, with the performance over, all satisfied with what we had achieved.
I think I can speak for us all when I say we came away from the weekend, and everything we did in preparation for it, with much gain. We have gained brilliant memories, inside jokes and quotes that will continue to give us laughs, along with more acting experience, greater ability to deal with others (seven girls sharing one bedroom, and one bathroom - with very few arguments - amazing achievement), and much, much more.
Sharing the room was very good. The guys had the room next door and it really went very well. We could hear eachother through the very thin wall, which provided plenty of entertainment. There was a little bit of snapping at people to be quiet and go to sleep (no names, Kyla), and a bit of yelling when people took too long in the shower, but we really got on very well.
I could say much more about the weekend, but I really don't need to. It was a fantastic experience and I can't wait to get started on next year's entry.