Coming Home

It's Tuesday, but it somehow feels like Friday.  Or at least it feels as if it should be Friday.  I blame homecoming.

Homecoming was intended to be an event honoring those who had left a school (graduated, retired, moved away), giving them a chance to come home, usually to attend a football game. Thomas Hardy famously wrote, "You can't go home again," by which I think he meant that once you leave a place, going back there is never like "going home" because it's not really home anymore.  But I digress.

Somehow, by the time I was in high school (4,000 years ago, for those of you in high school now), homecoming had pretty much become what it still is:  an excuse for students to dress funny, yell a lot, and attend a football game.  Also there is a dance.  Usually some small mention is given to the "real" meaning of homecoming, but hardly anyone cares, sort of like how the "real" meaning of Thanksgiving has something to do with pilgrims and native Americans. We all know it's REALLY about the football.  Oh, and the yelling.

So enjoy your homecoming, even if you're already at home.  Especially if you're already at home.  Dress funny, yell loud, go to a football game or two, and hey, save me the drumstick.*

*Be sure it's a tofu drumstick though.  I'm a vegetarian.

(a meme from Boo's blog, Freedom Spice in the New Mash-Up World:

*Grab the nearest book.

*Open the book to page 56.

*Find the fifth sentence.

*Post the text of the next sentence in your blog along with these instructions.

*Don't dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST.

PETRUCHIO: Where be these knaves?

(source is, obviously, Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew)

I suppose it could signify how I feel everyday at rehearsal when people don't show up...

To the World

Apparently there are human beings outside the immediate boundaries of our fine high school facility who have access to this "inter net" as well.  To them I say Hello!  Welcome to this most futile of blogs!  Please feel free to comment on these blog entries, unless of course you feel intimidated, in which case, continue to drift in anonymity.  

That is all.

No One Will Ever Read This Blog

But I tried.

How Blogs Work

For those of you just tuning in...

Here's a little explanation of the whole concept of "blogging."

"Blog" stands for "web log," which actually means "World Wide Web Dialog."  See, the "dialog" part implies more than one person participating in the process. So in other words, someone makes a blog, then other people come along and add to it with their comments.  A comment is something someone other than the creator of the blog writes by clicking on the little link that says comments.  You'll find that link at the end of this post!  

So now that you know how they work, why not try it out?  Feel free to leave your comment; that's how blogs work!

How Do You Do This?

Someday I hope someone will read this blog.  

In the meantime, I should probably talk to someone about this message I got from Madison Elementary School.  Here it is:

"Hi!  My name is Kelley Kirkpatrick-Berg, and I am the president of the Madison PTO.  One of the unique activities we've been able to offer our young students the past few years is a 'Club Day' on Wednesday afternoons from 3-4 pm.  This year's Fall Club Days begin on 10/15 and run through 11/19.  We were wondering if you may have any students who were interested in running an Acting Club?  They can pick the grade levels they'd like to work with, what they would like to teach, how many they would like in their class, etc..."

If anyone ever reads this and thinks they'd be interested in that, they should either e-mail me, leave a comment, or talk to me in person and let me know what made them decide to read this blog.  

Thanks!

 

Welcome to the Future

 As we near the end of the ninth year of the new millennium (or is it the 8th), the time is nigh to move our beloved Drama Club newsletter into cyberspace, where it probably should have been all along.

 Yes, Drama Club members, this is the first ever MVHS Drama Blog, and I'm your host, Stu Meetpie.  Welcome one and all!

 In this week's top news story, Drama Club has a dilemma. Please see the next article and add your comments to suggest a solution.  Also, stay tuned to this website, where we'll be posting video & photos from past productions, as well as information on where to spot that elusive MVHS Drama Club ghost, whose infamous appearances have haunted so many over the years.  Oh, and the cast list for our fall show is somewhere around here, too... 

What To Do, What To Do?

We have a slight problem, Drama Clubbers.

No, the problem is not that Mr. Zickler is on crutches.  That unfortunate situation has been remedied, and he is back on his feet again (at least until the next time he trips on the stairs).

Actually, our problem is that we have no convenient time to MEET for Drama Club!  You see, rehearsal for our fall play takes place after school pretty much every day, which makes meeting for Drama Club difficult to do.

This is where YOU come in.  Please leave your SUGGESTIONS for where/when/how/why/whistle/when/where to meet.  Do we meet in the morning?  At night?  Online?  In the prop room?  Under the boardwalk?  

YOU make the call.   Post your ideas below!

Fall Play Cast List

The Marriage of Bette and Boo
by Christopher Durang

Bette Brennan.................ASHLEY WASHBURN
Boo Hudlocke....................SAM MITCHELL
Margaret Brennan................HELENA MCCARTHY
Paul Brennan...............ZEPHYR BERGER
Joan....................AMANDA TAYLOR JAMES
Emily................LAURA CARTWRIGHT
Karl Hudlocke...................DYLAN CISNEROS
Soot.......................NICOLE JENNINGS
Father Donnally..........GRIFFIN BERGER
Nurse...............SARA PETERSON
Matt...........................CAMERON ADDISON

Stage Manager..........JASMINE SWEET
Assistant Stage Manager....ALEX BURKHART
Lights.............BRIAN ANDERSON
Stage Crew....CHELSEA DUGIN, INEZ WILLEY,
LINDSEY WAHLMAN, RICKY PEREZ