Natasha
15091994
6A / 1J / 2J / 3H!
Dunman High; EDS ♥
natasha_cheng1994@hotmail.com
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It's a really long post, so get ready.
EDS NIGHT '08
It's over ): Yeah, it is. All the months of hard work, staying back till all sorts of unearthly hours, worrying over whether we would complete our dance in time etc. It was all for last night, and it paid off. EDS Night '08 kicked ass. It rocked.
It was near perfection- the plays were superb; the dancers went full out. Even our level dance(which probably caused many sleepless nights and hair-wrenching moments) was awesome.
Viva was GREAT. I know it was. It was the opening and it rocked. Well, everything rocked, but yeah, viva was special. The song was power, and much as we were jumping around and screaming while waiting to go on stage, we just put on huge smiles the moment the music and lights were on. I'm still listening to the music now, because I love it alot. I remember when it was the killer test week, that was the only song I listened to while mugging cause it never failed to wake me up whenever I was about to drift into dreamland. After viva ended, all of us were like Omg, I did it! and we were really happy, at least I was.
Fire was probably just as good as ever, based on what I've observed from the many rehearsals they've had. I didn't get to catch it though, cause we were busy changing into our level dance costumes. But I know, for sure, that they were loud, cause we could hear them chanting from the toilets, and that meant they were really loud. "Extinguish the flame, you are no more to blame!" That was our cue. Haha.
Level dance was just wow. I dare say that I gave it my all, and after the night performance I was jumping for joy(literally). I know I smiled, not because i had to or the seniors would kill me(heh), but because I was truly happy, and the crowd was cheering like mad the moment the curtains opened, and I could hear the Jubix people cheering. That was like a serious bonus, I totally forgot about the fact that Bevan would be assessing us, and just gave it my best shot. I was really, really happy :D
Touched with Fire was like always- sinister and bloody. LOL. Could hear them from the second level of backstage :D "Dead, dead, everybody's dead. We got more money when everybody's dead, dead, dead!"
Mr Ken's monologue was just amazing, as always. Could hear Wilson's signature laughter(the usual outburst of KABOOM laughter) throughout the whole thing. Everytime the audience laughed, Char and I would look at each other and say "That's Wilson, again." Haha.
Year 3 level dance was sexy. They did it better than ever and all of them were amazing. They were even practising it before intermission had ended. They deserved the cheers, and they deserved the credit.
Year 4 level dance was about the best of the three. The seniors totally owned the crowd, the moment they got on stage people started cheering crazily, especially when Low started playing, and when the coats were off. It was beautiful, Danceworks: Centrestage really brought them to the centre of the attention.
Fairytrail was perfect. The night audience was so awesome I actually enjoyed my whole time on stage, and that meant no signs of anxiety whatsoever. Amazing, isn't it? For the night show something extra happened, something totally unplanned- Jamie's comb broke in the midst of smacking my butt. See lah, tell you don't hit so hard already. Then all three of us were like OMG, WTH JUST HAPPENED? and I just picked up the comb and started acting stupid o.o Overall, Fairytrail was gorgeous. The ending was just reallyreally high, and we all just started jumping around and flashing megawatt smiles :D
Encore item was just hilarious. And the seniors are amazing, I tell you. On that day itself, during the rehearsals, so many of them weren't able to get their lines right, nor could they get their positioning correct. But during the actual performance, be it matinée or night, the whole play just flowed like they'd done it forever. I guess that's why we call them seniors :D
The final ending was beautiful. When we all came together as one big EDS family, it was really warm and I could feel the love in the air. The audience was still awesome, what with the screams and cheers, and at the end of it everyone was hugging everyone. I hugged so many people from all four levels that I can't even recall who I hugged cause I was just too happy. I felt so loved and so lucky to be in EDS, like seriously. That type of feeling you get when everyone's just hugging people blindly without even taking a look to confirm if they're worth hugging, it's just really great.
Ok, now for the thanks.
Thank you,
Bevan: For choreographing such awesome and wonderful dances and being such an awesome dance instructor. You've given us way more than we could have asked for. Viva was such an amazing dance, I had so much fun and joy during practices. Thanks for the roses, you're the best dance instructor we could ever ask for.
Mien: You were such a great drama teacher, and you were more like a friend to us than a teacher. Thanks for letting us look stupid enough to be called "the ugly stepsisters" and thank you so much for never blowing your top at us. We must have made you mad enough to pull the trigger at all of us sometime through the journey but you never screamed at us, let alone scold us. Thanks a whole lot :D
Seniors:
(Alumni)
Tzelin, Vanessa, June, Samantha, Limei for helping with the dance make up. Especially Tzelin who made my eyes so pretty for the matinée performance, and Samantha who practically did the whole of my make up for the night performance.
Vanessa, Tzelin, June for helping us with the sharpening and polishing of our dance steps. They made our dance nicer for the night performance, so you people should thank them as well.
Limei for your really cute note. And yes, you're a super awesome senior!
Eleanor and Wynne for giving us so many drama tips, and telling us our areas for improvement after every play. Thanks so much.
(EDS members)
Sophia for your note, as well as the clip and rubberband.
Yihui for helping us so much, be it with mass dance or our level dance. You were always there when we needed someone to guide us along. Thank you so very much.
Angelina for your postcard and hersheys chocolate.
Yue Huan for your bag of marshmallows and note, as well as for the dance tee!
Roseline and Elaine for the M'n'Ms, oreo and gummies.
Roseline for your blue note with my big name in front :D
Elaine for your really long and motivational note.
Anthea for your cute little note with my name in GOLD.
Samantha for such a bright orange note and a Timeout bar. Orange's my favourite colour!
Regina for the pretty black and silver note and a mini toblerone.
Amanda for your little note, it was the first one I got that night :D
Siyun for the mallowblast!
Jessica for being such an awesome mummy and helping us with our costume and props!
Zona for bringing so much laughter to us. And for the Pocky you always supplied us with during rehearsals!
San Peng for being such a crapper. It was really hard having to pretend to like you but I survived. Haha.
Benjamin for being so ridiculous, and for prancing around during rehearsals so that we would have something else to laugh about.
Sumei for your cookies and brownies. Even if you put poison in them, they were really yummy, so I wouldn't mind taking the risk :D and thanks for the pictures!
Rachel for that pretty "Dance is Love" drawing you gave me, and thanks for the ride to the auditorium!
Jia Ling for being so sweet and all. We've had many close-to-kissing moments and you've never failed in making me end all of them with a scream. Ahaha.
Cassandra for being such a comedian. You've brought so much joy to our lives and I love you for that.
Casandra for always being there for me to pour out my frustrations to. I think your eardrums burst already right :X Heh. Ily!
Weeqin for being my fellow La buddy! La1 + La2 = ♥ You're so blur you make all of us laugh. Thanks for being there!
Charmaine for being such an awesome stepsister cum drama buddy. Everytime it's some EDS thingo there'll only be the two of us from Jubix. Thanks so so mush. I love you!
Wenxin for being my best friend for 7 years and counting. Thanks for being such a dear and although you always scold me all sorts of weird stuff(o.o) I still love you as much!
Jamie for being so crazy at times I just wanna tape your mouth up. Haha. You're my dance and drama buddy and I thank you for that. Loads <3
Raey for being such a nice person- nice enough to add 288 Fairytrail photos into our MSN sharing folders. Heh. Thanks!
Yu Siang for being the Siang Siang that you've always been, being such an amazing crew leader in Fairytrail :D
Charlotte for the pretty red rose!
Desirae, Daryl, Zhiyi, Weilee, Bridget for wishing the year two dancers good luck on our level dance.
(Audience)
Sharon and Kimberly for the big orange lollipop! Thanks a whole lot <3
The Jubix audience for the sunflower! It's so pretty!
Everyone for the cheers!
All the people who wished me good luck!
EDS Night '08 was a success. I'll miss the year fours like mad after handover, they're all so nice! Omg O: And sophia! Don't cry, because you know that we always love you! Was controlling my tears yesterday(when vanessa gave that super touching speech and when sophia cried) cause I didn't want to and couldn't afford to ruin my make up, considering the fact that I still had Fairytrail after level dance.
"I want you to touch the audience with your dance. Make Bevan cry."
-Vanessa[JC]
"You can dance anywhere, even if only in your heart"
-EDS Dance tee, courtesy of Yue Huan :D
"We bright, you dim.
Ha-ha, He-he.
We rock, you flop.
E-D-S!"