Friday Day and Night

So today I was really excited because I had the opportunity to sub in for a friend in the musical "Sweet Charity." I really always loved playing in musicals in high school so it was really neat when I was asked to sub in for the first half of this musical especially since I am only a freshman.
Anyway, I started my day by going to a different class for music theory. It was one of the sections taught by Mrs. Rogers. My friends Sabrina, Amanda, Ryan W., and Jaimie(spelled right?) along with some other people are in that class so I was glad to at least know some people. Personally I think Mrs. Rogers is a good teacher and very thorough but she does not compare at all to Dr. Shaftel my theory teacher. How many people would believe me if I said I was always excited to go to theory because I have such an enthusiastic teacher. Dr. Shaftel takes theory, which is about as appetizing as burnt toast and turns it into filet mignon.
After theory I went back to my room to eat breakfast. Since I was out of milk Amanda let me have one of her oatmeal packets. Thank you Amanda for satisfying my hunger. Then I went to Thagard Health Center to get checked by the doctors because I've been having upper respiratory problems. Well they finally gave me a prescription after I had already been there twice this week and told me I was fine. Next I had lunch. Later I was trying to get into Fallon Theatre to get the music for this musical but the pit area was locked and I didn't want to climb in through the front. Then I came back to my residence hall and Douglas and I helped Amanda switch rooms. After all of this and after going to Walmart with Douglas I finally went to the musical. Yay!

....take a deep breath because there is still a lot more...swooo...

I arrived at the theatre at approximately 6:50 PM and went backstage to set up my intruments. After setting everything up I then waited till the call at 7:30. Overall my performance went really well. The overture I hit pretty well and I got to wail out this big clarinet solo which was cool. The second piece I accidentally missed because I forgot that we started in the middle of the piece. It wasn't a big deal since I had a very minor part that I shared with other people. One of my favorite songs was "Rich Man's Frug" which has some awesome sax licks in it. I also really loved the song, "There's Gotta Be Something Better Than This" because I get to carry the melody the majority of the time on clarinet. We finally got done with the first half and then Kyle took over for the second half.
After intermission I sat in the audience and watched the second part of the show. It was funny because when you're in the pit you don't really pay attention to the lyrics or what's going on. When you sit in the audience you get an idea of what the show is about. Before I played in the musical I went to the official website for the musical and was reading the synopsis for the show. It said that it was appropriate for children of all ages. After the first scene of the second act I was somewhat in shock at what I saw. The first scene has a song called, "The Rhythm of Life." Charity and her new boyfriend go to the "Rhythm of Life Church" after reading about it in a postcard. Well this church happens to be more of a hippie church where the congregation pretends to get high and hug on each other and just act like hippies. It was a little appalling that on the official website it would say the musical was appropriate for all ages with scenes like this. But, I suppose the director could have had something to do with the inappropriate sexual implications.
Another scene two women at this dance hall where Charity works sing a song about Charity's future. The thing is the two women act like they're getting drunk the whole time, pretending to chug booze. What's funny is, as I listen to the song they were singing from the 2005 Broadway production, the women in that recording don't sound drunk at all. They actually sound sobre. Also it was appalling when the two women in this production that I watched started making sexual gestures at each other. I think the director took things a little too far.
The musical wouldn't really be all that bad if it didn't include certain elements. The dance hall that Charity works as a secretary at is actually a place where men come and pay to dance with the women. Also there is a point where one of the women from the dance hall gets mad at the manager and she makes a choice gesture in response. Overall the music is great and the storyline contains some great positive notes but I think the director of the FSU production took it a little too far. Even though I did not completely enjoy the musical it was still really fun to play and I get a little stipend out of it all.
Tommorrow is the football game against Maryland so I will be going to that. Go Noles!

Everyone have a great weekend. God Bless.