the day after...

why hello there-

first i should say i hope all of you had a wonderful day today! mine was very very full.

this morning on the light rail (the electric train that takes me into downtown denver) all the UWP kids ended up sitting next to each other again! but this time it was on accident. i must say it was a lovely surprise, though. Cast B left this morning for Boulder for a regional learning day and Cast C stayed at the Sherman Center to do blocking. We did Vocal practice first, and then while the rest of the cast went to movement practice in the ballroom, a few of us went to the Power With hip hop dance workshop upstairs. i had missed the last 1/3 of this dance last time we had the workshop, so i was a little behind, but i'll figure things out eventually.

during lunch a few of us had a very interesting conversation. there are a few staff members in Cast C who are self-proclaimed "science nerds." apparently one of the dance instructors almost has his doctorate in chemistry!!! so we talked about science classes, and how the farther north you live, apparently the higher your cheekbones are. one staff member also went into great detail about disecting cadavers in college! it was really really interesting.

after lunch 14 of us went to go learn a bunch of songs for "mic groups." there are the people who stand on a riser in the back of the stage singing straight into mics just in case the cast singing below are focused a lot on dancing and can't neccesarily get a lot of sound out. they also add specialty harmonies to the group! :)

we had cast blocking/runthroughh later in the afternoon. i actually felt like we got something done today! we didn't stop, going straight through our show. it was a lot of fun, because we used the lights and everything as well.

we had to wait for Cast B to return to the Sherman building before leaving, and they had gotten slowed down in the rush hour traffic and were 30 minutes late!! but it only gave us more time to bond. :) my host family picked up maria and me up and we went to an "inclusion" banquet, which celebrates leaps made by and for handicapped citizens throughout society. it was really really interesting to hear all these inspirational stories! the first speaker was SO funny. his name was Ian, and i was SO impressed by his speech/comedy routine.

now here i am! letting you all know what's going on! neat, huh?

a few of you have asked about information on my show. so here ya go!!!:

it will be August 4th at 7:30 p.m. at Teikyo Loretto Heights in Denver Colorado.
to get tickets you'll have to call the Up With People office. i'm not sure of the number, but you can surely look it up at upwithpeople.org you should follow the prompts to get to the ticket-buying info. and if you have any questions feel free to ask.

i'm gonna jet. have a lovely night all!

xoxo
--callie