Rainy Day

A gloriously gloomy day: charcoal skies, lumbering raindrops, the absence of bird song. A perfect day for creating indoors.

I will go to the studio soon, to explore some things that have been rolling around in my mind, but I have to tell you, I am eagerly awaiting July, when my dance brain can finally take a small rest (my wedding and honeymoon!). Sitting in my car, before my performance yesterday, I burst into tears momentarily, the way a child does when it hasn't had it's nap. I wouldn't call it burn-out, because I have no intention to stop dancing or performing anytime soon. I think I have just taken on a lot this year, and my brain is literally fried. Many new things this year. A few dance pieces, new film work, new yoga work and school. Generally, I relish the thought of being over busy. I work well under a little bit of stress, and enjoy the challenge of a ticking clock. But I've always been told by the ones who love me, "You can't be everything all the time. You can't be everywhere all the time. Sometimes, you just need to be Cara."

Yesterday afternoon, Scott(percussionist) and I performed our play, "Lost and Found" for a street festival in Greensboro, The Shindig Festival. Though it was a difficult venue, there were no mikes, people walking through our performance space, etc., there were a few people who had some very encouraging things to say about our presentation. A few people asked for our contact info, and a few said they enjoyed it, but only wished that they could hear us better. Yesterday's performance was the first time anyone has clapped after Jeremiah's dance! That was fun. I tried to project, but had to yell anyway, because the festival was so loud, and ran out of breath for our rendition of "Green Sally Up," which Scott carried. So, a new experience. We won't be performing that piece again until the fall probably, if some of the schools pick us up for arts in ed. This might have also been our last performance...a short, but lovely life for this little piece, an experiment that turned out better than I expected!

This week, I have begun a new film project I've been hired on for through Green Street Church. They are having Brett and I put together a series of short promotional videos for their new website, that highlights all of the different ministries they run throughout the year. I like Pastor Kelly very much. He's not scary, like other pastor's I've met, and he has a sense of humor. The congregation at the church is extremely diverse, and generally, Pastor Kelly has a translator for the Hispanic members of the church. We will be doing all of our shooting between May and June, in hopes that Brett will have everything edited together by mid to late summer.

In the coming days, I'm also getting my tap shoes on! I have a tap class to teach next semester at HPU, and it has been quite a few years since I have had a regular tap class. I've got some videos, to refresh my memory on a few things, and think I'll hit up one of the local studios for a class, or two. I have already begun to play around with some rhythms, and I forgot how much fun tap is!

Don't know what the rest of this week will shape up to be. Be rest assured, as it unfolds, you get updates!

~Cara