What a fantastic day I had on Thursday! Thank you so much, all you lovely southeastdance people, for giving me such an amazing opportunity! I can still hardly believe that I was able to perform in front of an audience and receive all those lovely compliments! It's something I'll never forget......
Thank you to all who made it possible - from all those who commissioned the piece, to Sean for the brilliant lighting, to Holly for the wonderful costume, to the staff at The Basement who made us so welcome, to Lauren and Kyla and people whose names I have forgotton for being so encouraging and supportive, but especially to Ginny, who I can't thank enough for bringing out something in me that I scarcely knew I had.
My friends are amazed at what I have been doing - I'm usually quite shy and very reluctant to put myself forward for anything - but everyone I've told about the project have been very enthusiastic - I do hope this will spread to involve many other people - I can't think of a better way to celebrate life!
Monday 10 March 2008
Wednesday 5 March 2008
The night before the performance!
I have been giving myself a talking to after the nerves of the last couple of weeks and am going to really enjoy tomorrow's party!
It was good having the dress rehearsal in The Pit -even though I still struggle to remember all the details - especially where to position myself - sorry Ginny! I should - no will - be OK after going through it again tomorrow afternoon.
I love my costume! It was so wonderful having something specially made for me - another first experience! I am full of admiration for Holly's skills - both creative and practical! Thank you all for treating me to such a luxury!
Going back to the Greyfriars performance - it seems to have created quite a discussion among those who watched, about dance, music, art, performance and related subjects. It certainly provoked a lot of interesting reactions! Everyone has been very positive and supportive, which I do appreciate. Performing in public is something I would never have dreamed of doing before I responded to the postcard invitation from Paddock productions to take part in "Something To Dance About", which was when I first met Ginny. That took a lot of courage to begin with, but was such a brilliant experience, dancing in the skate park in Lewes with a group of people I'd never met before we started rehearsing together.
I was a bit bothered last night because I did not feel as elated as I did after the showing in the Nightingale and can't quite work out why. Perhaps it's nervousness - I'm trying to work out how to deal with things I haven't had to deal with ever before in my life - having always shied away from being noticed or standing out in any way - so I'm going to think positively and just go for it!!!!!!
Fiona
It was good having the dress rehearsal in The Pit -even though I still struggle to remember all the details - especially where to position myself - sorry Ginny! I should - no will - be OK after going through it again tomorrow afternoon.
I love my costume! It was so wonderful having something specially made for me - another first experience! I am full of admiration for Holly's skills - both creative and practical! Thank you all for treating me to such a luxury!
Going back to the Greyfriars performance - it seems to have created quite a discussion among those who watched, about dance, music, art, performance and related subjects. It certainly provoked a lot of interesting reactions! Everyone has been very positive and supportive, which I do appreciate. Performing in public is something I would never have dreamed of doing before I responded to the postcard invitation from Paddock productions to take part in "Something To Dance About", which was when I first met Ginny. That took a lot of courage to begin with, but was such a brilliant experience, dancing in the skate park in Lewes with a group of people I'd never met before we started rehearsing together.
I was a bit bothered last night because I did not feel as elated as I did after the showing in the Nightingale and can't quite work out why. Perhaps it's nervousness - I'm trying to work out how to deal with things I haven't had to deal with ever before in my life - having always shied away from being noticed or standing out in any way - so I'm going to think positively and just go for it!!!!!!
Fiona
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