Perfect Practice Preventing Poor Performance
It is Saturday afternoon…about 2:30 and we have been at practice since 9 this morning with a 45 minute lunch break. This morning an emphasis was placed on perfecting practice, and I was reminded of the adage I placed as the title about perfect practice. This doesn’t mean that our practices will be perfect, but it does mean that the hard work put in by the entire cast and others involved is going to result in something special. We are already getting to a point where there is fine-tuning taking place, but the songs, dance routines, blocking and lines are well in place for a fantastic show.
I am expecting practice tonight to run a bit past 6 PM tonight, and the practice schedule lengthens for this upcoming week. Still…it is that practice that makes for a good show. Truthfully…it is also the practice that is fun as we continue to improve as a group and as…well…a ‘community’ theater group. We become a family over these long periods of time, enjoying all the good and bad together as a group. We laugh and encourage each other, and enjoy each other’s company as we strive for our best.
When examing Disney characters, and thinking of which of them I am most like, I have to answer Timon and Pumba from “The Lion King”. Although I know life is serious and tough at times, it is also to be enjoyed throughout the journey. ‘Hakuna Matata’…a carefree philosophy as one enjoys the times they have. Our practices like the one we are in this afternoon are a part of that here…hard work but needed and to be enjoyed.
I am off to practice ‘Gaston’ with Jeff and the ‘Silly Girls’…work and fun. Work hard and play hard…and in this case, both at the same time.
Michael Wang (Gaston)
