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Monday 26 February 2018

Only respect for MY president H.R Pufnstuf

In social studies we had to create a family crest. Below is a picture of the family crest I created.

  1. The star at the top is the star of David and is associated with the Jewish people. If you haven't figured it out, I'm jewish. 
  2. On the left is the flag of New Zealand and on the right is the American flag. I have dual citizenship for both countries. 
  3. The two main colors are yellow and green. The yellow is for Hufflepuff (my hogwarts house) and Slytherin (my mum's house) 
  4. Then H.R Pufnstuf because my mum and I love that show and also because why the frick not
  5. My mum has chickens so...
  6. And then my last name
Oh and a seel paragraph. (very cool, much long)

A family crest usually is used to represent a family. It was mainly used in medieval times for royal familys and they were everywhere, in their clothes, on rings, to seal letters, etc. My crest has things that make my family us, such as H.R Pufnstuf, the flags, and the star of david. I have a family crest from my great grandmothers family, the Hornstein family, but I'm unsure if it's the official crest.

Monday 12 February 2018

Act 1 songs of musicals

In Drama we have to chose 3 songs from musicals for the class to perform.

  1.  Non-stop - Hamilton                                                                                                                       Non-stop is a song where pretty much everyone from Act 1 all sing and there's overlapping lyrics and has no limit of people needed. The problem is there are a few high note that can be hard to reach. Also there are a parts that are sung without an ensemble. 
  2. Why we build the wall - Hadestown                                                                                           This song isn't as upbeat as the other two songs and there isn't any high notes so it's not too hard and most of the time your singing with others so it's perfect for a group who doesn't really want to sing. It is a bit more of a boring and gloomy song but it's good for people who aren't really into singing. There's one lead that has a few solo parts and the rest is as group. 
  3. The Abduction - Natasha, Pierre & the great comet of 1812                                                        Really almost any song from this musical could work. Most of them have ensemble parts and some have solo parts for people who want to sing solo. There are quite a few parts too. There are a few high notes and also some long note but nothing too major. The other songs in this musical I would suggest are BalagaPrologue and possibly The great comet of 1812 which I believe is the final song. 

Dance in musicals

Who is famous for choreography in musicals?
-Obviously where would dance be like in musicals without chroreography. This website has a list of famous choreographers through out the years

What type of dance in most popular in musicals?
- Usually ballet, jazz and tap but hip hop is starting to also become popular

Where is the musical with the best dance playing at?
- I would say three that have good dance numbers is Newsies, West Side Story and A Chorus Line. (Of course there are other musicals that also have great choreography).

When did dance become popular in musicals?
- It's supposed around the 18th century (source)

Why do we use dance in mucials?
- We use dance in musicals to express an action, a place, because it's the plot (refer to a Chorus Line)

How long does it take to learn choreography for a musical?
- It depends on how much dance is in the musical. For Hamilton it can be around 6 months but for something like Dear Evan Hansen roughly a few weeks.




Friday 9 February 2018

wow it me and stuff

Ok so three things about me (how cool)

  1. I have sectoral heterchromiea in my left eye which means I have 2 colors in my eye. 
  2. I can play the ukulele
  3. I'm into history
At the moment my favorite performer is troye sivan


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At the moment my favorite performer is troye sivan
(this freaking legend wow 10/10)  ------------------------------ >

Tony performance of Book of Mormon