Fayetteville

On Wednesday we arrived in Fayetteville to go straight to the theater for a 6pm tech rehearsal. The evening ended up begin much longer than we expected, as we did not get to tech our pieces until last. So at about 10:30, Mackenzie and I made a late night run to the grocery store for some serious grub. Beer included.

Thursday was a God send. A day off to do absolutely nothing, as there are absolutely no distractions in Fayetteville to speak of. So I slept until noon for the first time in ages. It felt good! And then we went to I HOP, roamed the mall and watched a few movies back at the hotel. Fully ready for Friday's activities!

Today, we began the morning with the usual warming-up and putting on of make-up, etc., etc. The school children arrived at around 9:30 for a 10am show. I was glad that the kids (not sure how old all of the classes were) responded well to "Words Apart." They clapped and "ooed" every time we picked one another up. "I'm a Woman" went well, too. Post show, we gave a workshop for a large group of high school students, some of whom had performed in the show with their school dance programs. Though we had a limited amount of time with the students, they really seemed to enjoy the material we presented to them, and worked in earnest to pick up the material quickly. After the workshop, we had a little time for Q and A. They all wanted to know how we picked each other up so many times! They also wondered what inspired the "Words Apart" piece, as it was the only piece in the show to be choreographed to spoken word. They asked what we do to get out of creative ruts, how to get over stage fright, and what kinds of projects we're working on right now. They had many more questions, which surprised me! A lot of times when we work with high schoolers, they do not like to ask too many questions...it's not cool, I guess. But this group was very forthcoming with their curiosity!

We have one more performance left. On Sunday. Day off tomorrow again, and a chance for me to get some writing done!

Until then,

~Cara