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So LOVE AND WAR has come to a close. Which is good in a way because it means I have a second to breathe, and its bad because its probably the last show that the 'theatrerats' will do together. Especially the seven of us, who are the ones that have pretty much stuck around brockville in the summers, we're about all thats left, everyone else is in TO, not that I blame them. But it is pretty awesome to be onstage with all of your friends, and I'm definitely going to miss that.
We don't have final numbers yet, the arts centre is still crunching those numbers, but I'm just really impressed that we managed to produce a show at the arts centre. Im thinking we probably broke even, or very close which really, is a pretty good thing. It would have been nice to make a little money, but really we just didn't have the manpower. I mean, for sponsorship alone you really should have someone that can work on it like, 3 hours a day, just calling and calling until you get someone. I called a bunch of times but people were never available. I did manage to raise 1,400 in sponsorship, which isn't too bad for a first try.
Artistically I think the show went really well. We didn't have the audiences we wanted unfortunately but they were better than last year and they weren't dismal or anything. The lighting was beautiful, the sound was decent (only a few feedback issues, and thats not really our fault) the singing and acting was top notch (if I do say so myself). Its just so frustrating to have a great product and very few people coming to see it. Especially when a mediocre show can absaloutely fill that auditorium. Grrrr.... So Although I don't think I'll make any money off of it, it was still an awesome expereince in terms of learning that I should never attempt to produce a show basically on my own (Jess did help obviously, but with a full time job there was only so much she could do until the week of the show) especially when I have a full time job...because that was just dumb.
Speaking of my Job, camp went well. There was this weird and really annoyingly uncomfortable tension between some of the counsellors during the last two weeks. It was so weird, it was like we walked in monday morning of week four and everything had changed...for no reason. It was SO bizzare. But our show Music Man Jr. went really well. I was really proud of the kids (and the backstage counsellors....that was the most stressfull backstagbe show I've ever had in my life, the scene changes were INTENSE!!!) My end of camp performance review went really well, and If I'm going to be in b-ville next summer, I would most likely work there again. I taught private voice lessons to three of the campers as well, which was a fun way to pull in some extra money. We did a little recital at the end, I think the parents were happy with it.
Anyway, I'm going to head to bed as it is ridiculously late. and I'm quite sleepy.
We don't have final numbers yet, the arts centre is still crunching those numbers, but I'm just really impressed that we managed to produce a show at the arts centre. Im thinking we probably broke even, or very close which really, is a pretty good thing. It would have been nice to make a little money, but really we just didn't have the manpower. I mean, for sponsorship alone you really should have someone that can work on it like, 3 hours a day, just calling and calling until you get someone. I called a bunch of times but people were never available. I did manage to raise 1,400 in sponsorship, which isn't too bad for a first try.
Artistically I think the show went really well. We didn't have the audiences we wanted unfortunately but they were better than last year and they weren't dismal or anything. The lighting was beautiful, the sound was decent (only a few feedback issues, and thats not really our fault) the singing and acting was top notch (if I do say so myself). Its just so frustrating to have a great product and very few people coming to see it. Especially when a mediocre show can absaloutely fill that auditorium. Grrrr.... So Although I don't think I'll make any money off of it, it was still an awesome expereince in terms of learning that I should never attempt to produce a show basically on my own (Jess did help obviously, but with a full time job there was only so much she could do until the week of the show) especially when I have a full time job...because that was just dumb.
Speaking of my Job, camp went well. There was this weird and really annoyingly uncomfortable tension between some of the counsellors during the last two weeks. It was so weird, it was like we walked in monday morning of week four and everything had changed...for no reason. It was SO bizzare. But our show Music Man Jr. went really well. I was really proud of the kids (and the backstage counsellors....that was the most stressfull backstagbe show I've ever had in my life, the scene changes were INTENSE!!!) My end of camp performance review went really well, and If I'm going to be in b-ville next summer, I would most likely work there again. I taught private voice lessons to three of the campers as well, which was a fun way to pull in some extra money. We did a little recital at the end, I think the parents were happy with it.
Anyway, I'm going to head to bed as it is ridiculously late. and I'm quite sleepy.
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