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DECEMBER ARTS
EVERYONE PULLED FOR CABARET:
- Sounds in CABARET: good audio work enhances performance
- CABARET lighting crew shines
- Orchestra provides the framwork from which CABARET hung
- Sets and props provide a foundation upon which CABARET functioned
DAYTIME review
Annual CABARET lives up to expectations
by E.E and R.O
Cabaret was performed on the evenings of Thursday, November the 18th and Friday, the 19th in. the F. A. Day auditorium. The performance was directed by J. D. and co-directed by Day alumnus, D. B.
With over 8 years of satisfaction, this year’s performance of CABARET was once again a great success. They started off the performance with “Celebration,” a song sung by the full cast. The name really expresses the attitude of everyone; they were ready to celebrate.
This casual school performance showed an array of talents from singing, to acting, to comedy. There were some songs that clearly showed emotion like “Sad Lisa”, which was sung by K. B. and B. F. and was accompanied by B. M. and Z. W. on the cello. The song “My Father’s Eyes”, performed by I. M. was also a poignant performance. There were also some very creative and inventive songs such as “Once in a Lifetime”, where the members moved water jugs around the stage while singing to the entertaining song by The Talking Heads.
K.M sang one of few solos in the show. She sang “Who I Am” by Jessica Andrews and was a fan of the song. “Mr. D. picked my solo. I thought it was a really nice song and I liked the artist.”
In the show, there were several dialogues covering issues like the war in Iraq, school, friendship, and family problems. The lighting and sound crews did a fabulous job. They always came in at the precise time and on cue. From the second the show started to the final bow, all the members of the show did a leg breaking job. All the long practices and rehearsals and effort seemed to truly pay off in the end. Many people agreed that CABARET this year was great. “I was very impressed with this year’s CABARET, but I was quite sad that I wasn’t a part of it,” says M. D., a Day graduate.
As shown by the reaction of the audience’s, cast’s, and CABARET alumni’s fantastic emotions about the show, it is clear the directors J. D. and D.B. did a great job.
CABARET lighting crew shines
by M. R.
Before the show, light flooded both the stage and the audience. The light crew was testing the lights by flashing circles of colored light across the stage and around the walls and audience and by flashing the lights on and off. The lights were working and ready to go!
During the show, a speaker or singer had 2 or 3 colored circles around them to draw the audience’s attention.
At times, lights were mistakenly on too long after a scene, which left the audience thinking, “Is this over or not?” For example, during the Thursday, November the 18th performance, at the end of “Irish Dance to The Wren song”, featuring R.M and J.M as singers, and K.B, M.C, B F, and S.S as dancers, the lights were delayed so that the singers were made to stand for an extra amount of time in their spot until the spotlight on them went off.
Such flubs were few in number, though, and the lighting team deserves a spotlight on its excellent performance.
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