Dress Rehearsal: Take Two

As our costumes were not up to par with what our director had expected, we were still required to get into costume for our after school dress rehearsal. Rather than having only the 20 minutes that we had in class to prepare, we were able to fix our costumes. We realized that our costumes would look neater if we flipped the costume inside out. This is because we would be able to eliminate the number of different flaps and folds that were visible. As a result, our costumes looked significantly better especially after we had ironed out all the folds. Coincidentally, the four different groups were color coordinated in that all the group members had the same colored sheets. This worked to our advantage because this would help the audience distinguish the different groups. After running through our piece one last time at the dress rehearsal, everything was finally in place for our show tomorrow.

Our group became part of the Seussical piece which also acted as the curtain call. We came in at the tail end of the song which started with the lines: "Just think! Oh the thinks you can think, think and wonder and dream far and wide as you dare." We were at first confused about our placement and the different hand motions, but we finally caught on. For this last song we got out of costume and wore solid, bright-colored shirts to still embrace the happy, cheeriness of Seussical. Being a part of this definately reminded me of working crew during the actual spring show and it helped me to appreciate being a part of the May Show.