You can't stop the Beat!

You may be wondering right now why the title for my blog is You can't stop the beat. Well, I'm going to tell you. This week, I am co-teaching the musical theatre review class. I am really excited. Tomorrow for the first time ever, my co-teacher, Sarah and I are teaching a music theory class. Scarey but awesome.

Today we auditioned and casted all 20 of the kids (ages 10-15), making sure each got their own singing, dancing, or acting part, depending on their own preference. It was really hard to cast. We had some amazingly strong singers, so it was more difficult then we anticipated. But now we've gotten past the casting, we can start all the fun stuff.

They have 7 songs that we have put in order while they are going to come up with a script to relate them all and make them flow. That's a challenge. The songs are random. I'm excited to see what their creative little minds come up with.

I get to eat lunch at the park every day (weather permitting), and we are actually in a nice dance studio with big mirrors, meaning I get to look at myself all day.... so I guess that means I have to wear make up. :)

So this week is a big change from last week. Last week was iddy-biddys and their short attention spans and big imaginations. This week, it's kids closer to my age which is awesome. I really did enjoy working with the 4 and 5 year olds and was really happy to work with them while still shadowing a teacher. But this is even more exciting. We still have a lot to learn from Amie, who is modeling the class for us a lot because this is the first Musical theatre Review of the summer, and she is an amazing teacher and mentor and knows what she is doing. But we do have a lot more independence and it is definitely a collaborative effort.

I get to choreograph a number....... Weird, right? ;)

Well I am exhausted and a little bit on the hungry side, so I am going to try and scrounge up something frozen and or some form of pasta for dinner. Love.