Clowning Around

This year Melville Intermediate proudly presents 'Clowning Around'. A home grown play that addresses bullying and self asteem issues head on.  The play was written by one of our very own teachers, Sue Bleaken, with the musical direction provided by Mark Bell.  The show consists of 130 students taking on a range or roles, from lead actors and supporting actors to including the Rock Band and ballet performers as well as our local gymnasts, zumba, CPA, jugglers and magicians.

For weeks the actors and performers have been practicing and mastering their different roles with it all coming down to a two days of dress rehearsals then 2 Matinee and 2 night performances.

Tonight (5 Sep) is the first of the night performances.  After 2 matinee's that were quite successful the cast and crew are now ready for their night shows.

Me.. well I just get to sit in the design room with the gymnasts until they go on... for 5min then back to the design room till the end. 1hr 30min of sitting around for a 5 min performance.  That is the hardest part of the show for me but luckily most of the students have more than one role in the show.

So now why am I blogging this... well it's Wednesday night, and that means Pizza night.  Last weeks pizza was a success and our student teachers (Emma and Georgia) want to be a part of the amazing pizza night.  So the plan.  We are headed to Pack n save later today with each of us only aloud to get 3 items - 1 meat, 1 vege, 1 essential.  Oh how I love Pizza Night.