On Tuesday this week, the TYs in our school took part in the Briery Gap Drama Competition in Mullingar. Our category involved writing our own script lasting 10 minutes and acting it out. I was in a group with Jane, Gemma, Aoife, Hannah, Aoife, Beth and Carol. We started writing our script in October and a lot of practice lead up to this day.
Our play came to be after we all agreed we liked the Fault in Our Stars. To change this however, we focused on a teenage girl fighting death, rather than the lead up to it. There were lost souls, voiced by Beth and Carol, who were trying to convince the teenage girl, Eva (played by Gemma), that it was her time to die. I, as the mother, had to keep her friend (played by Aoife) and her sister (played by Jane) calm in this situation.
The actual day was very nerve wrecking. We had never practiced with our sound effects, on a stage and fully without our scripts. It really came together on the day though. The audience understood where we were coming from, even though the sound effect was too loud as we had never used it before, and we spoke quite quietly.
It is kind of disappointing now that our play is being put to rest as so much time has been put into getting it to where it is now. It was a great experience and really helped us in getting to know each other!
Friday 30 January 2015
Friday 23 January 2015
It has been two months since I last blogged so there is a lot to catch up on..
At the end of November, the fashion show took place. My class had to paint the run way the day before it. We wore old clothes which got wrecked. The highlight of the day was definitely when Gemma jumped from the stage into the tub of paint, wrecking her trousers and socks. To make sure she didn't stain the carpet and chairs in the Celbridge Manor, we had to wrap her up in a plastic bag which was really funny! When the fashion show came around, we had to sell our Mini Company product. My group made personalised Christmas cards which sold really well, thank God!
The following week, I took part in the Intel Work Experience Programme. The first two days of it took place in Trinity College in the Science Gallery where we visited the BLOOD Exhibition and saw how Intel influence the production of other businesses. Our days started really early and one of the days I had to get the 7:00 bus. The three days after that, we were in the Intel building. It was a great learning experience. The best parts of it were definitely the free meals (we even got a Christmas dinner!) and getting to know all the new people.
The Wednesday after my block week, we went into town to sell holly badges for ISPCC. Me and Jane were in charge of the top of Grafton Street. This experience made me realise that not many people actually take the time to donate money to charities. Having said that, we made a lot of money which was good! It was also a fun day out and we even got a free piece of chocolate which our hot chocolate from Butler's Chocolate Café.
During our last week coming up to Christmas, we went to Elf the Musical. I had never seen the movie before this and thought the storyline was really cute! Parts of it were kind of boring though and none of the songs were very catchy as such. The popcorn being sold there made the day worth it, it was unreal! It was a good day out and a great way to finish the term!
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