Extra Credit

Hailey Hinkle

Chapman-Roach

5/12/08

AP English IV

A Dying Arte was a band my dad’s friend, Mickey, played guitar in. The main reason I went to this show is to see how the band performed together. I was also planning on helping the band promote themselves to the public and especially kids my age. When we got their however, I was completely terrified. The venue was in the middle of no where and it looked like a hole in the side of the wall. I wasn’t happy that my father was coming with us until I saw the place the venue was located then I was beyond thankful. After that we sat around waiting for the band to get ready, and when they finally did, I was not as excited as I was when I first heard about the show. It sounds bad but they were unbearable, the only good part was Mickey’s and he was still being shy. The drummer had broken his wrist the night before and I have to respect him for playing but he still wasn’t a good performer (or on tempo). The bassist was a girl who looked like she could snap me in two and she was very social when she was no on stage. She hid back behind the amps for the majority of the show. The singer was very nice but he was a complete dork and trying to do metal. As terrible as this sounds, I think you have to fit the image of the music you are trying to be apart of. It just seemed like this band didn’t understand what they were trying to develop into. They were new and I completely respected that, but it was hard for me to promote them if I was completely hooked. Thankfully, the band recently broke up. It must have been fun while it lasted but I don’t know what they could have achieved.

 

Hailey Hinkle

Chapman-Roach

5/12/08

AP English IV

This year I got the opportunity to put on my very own production. Seeing that my first show was “The Wizard of Oz” it felt suiting that the same be done for the girls I taught. It was a process in itself getting the show done but by the time it was completed, it was worth it. I had become incredibly pleased with how much the girls had learned and how much they enjoyed coming to class. That in itself, makes everything worth it. The night of the show, I passed on one of my tradition to my students. It’s really simple but we put glitter on the side of their eyes to make them sparkle and feel just that much beautiful. It’s something my company does and it was nice to share with my students. I was more than a little nervous at first because some of my girls had been crying the day before about dress rehearsal. They didn’t want to mess up, and if they did, then they would run off stage crying. I kept praying that this wouldn’t happen and thankfully during the night it did night. I think the girls were really happy to perform and be on stage. For a day they got to be pretty and in the spotlight. It was nice to be apart of it and get the compliments from all who came to see, some of those compliments even coming from my peers. It was an experience and I know I still have a lot more to accomplish with my teaching but I know what worked for the show and what didn’t. If anything I’ll be better prepared for my job next year because I will be running the pre-school program for not twenty girls but a hundred and twenty.

 

Hailey Hinkle

Chapman-Roach

5-12-08

AP English IV

This year my studio instead of doing Nutcracker in December decided that we would take on a different ballet, Sleeping Beauty. It was slightly disappointing to me because this would be my last year as a student and I would not be able to do the ballet I’d known and loved so well. I quickly forgot about that when we started auditioning for parts and of course I was selected as Carabosse (the equivalent of Malificent in the movie). I was extremely excited to be the evil one. It would be fun to be evil. I was over not doing Nutcracker up until the point where I found out I would be using partners. I have not partner with a boy in my life because of my height and I didn’t want to start now. I was more than a little apprehensive but I knew I was going to have to face that sooner or later. I got over that fact and met my partners, one was amazing, the other not so much. When it came down to it, the other partner did not show up, did not know chorography, and from the looks of it, did not care. He was irritating me. I was so upset with him. Then came show time and I was excited. I wanted it to be one of my best shows and it was until the point where the other partner dropped me. I was beyond upset because he not only dropped me but he did not cover it. He made my other male partner do the work and I was thankful I had the other guy to make up for the dumb partner. I was proud of my work I did by myself. It was a lot easier worrying about myself then having to worry about other people too. It was overall a good show, after I got over my crappy partner and started dancing without him.