My first ever time participating in a musical production at Severn has just come to a close, and I have lots of thoughts!
First, I was thrilled with what a success it was! Everyone seemed to really enjoy it, and the performances all went smoothly.
Second, I discovered that I really want to do more singing; I have always loved to sing for fun around the house and such, but I really enjoy it, and I want to do more of it, and I wish I had done more like this previously.
I also found a talent at using tools; I built houses with a charity organization over the summer so I was familiar with using power tools, and I really actually enjoyed building the set for the play. It is quite an empowering feeling being able to accomplish something like that. I felt very capable and empowered, and it was surprisingly fun.
There were less fun moments of this production, however, most notably the weeks leading up to the show when I would spend more than 12 hours at school on weekdays and only slightly less on the weekends. I definitely did not enjoy keeping up with an increasingly hectic schedule with decreasing amounts of sleep. There was a period of a few days in a row where I got 4 hours of sleep each night.
Probably the best part of the musical was getting to know people from all different groups and grades that I normally would not have interacted with. I really appreciate how incredibly talented many of the cast members are, and how people are very different, often better, than I would have expected them to be.
Overall, I had a great experience and I'm sad its over. I would have loved to have done this more times throughout high school, too.
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