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    West Side Story in the words of Will. All I have to say is amen...

    Guys. I know know much to say. This show really has been something else. Personally, I didn't exactly volunteer to audition but after I got in, I'm glad I stuck with it. I felt so uncomfortable with all these new people I've never even talked to before in my life. Seriously, the only person I really knew was Sabrina..and she wasn't really keen to me. I hardly knew anything about theatre or professional acting..nothing. I knew West Side Story like the back of my hand and thats all I had. I took that a ran with it.
    Slowly but surely I warmed up to everyone and the whole idea of the musical. Some improv, warm-ups, chats, meetings and a few rehearsals later, I began to like it.
    For the past three months I've eaten, drunk, slept and breathed Waverly High School's Production of West Side Story. I've devoted everything I had to the show, from minutes to dollars, sweat to breathes. I've suffered sprained ankles, dislocated kneecaps, shin splints, rotated shoulders, countless bruises and bumps, and 'god' knows what else. I gave it my all and it came out beautifully.
    I know I can speak for the cast when I say I've gained a great many brothers and sisters as well as mothers and fathers. The cast of WSS has undoubtedly become my second family. We've got each other's backs whenever we need it. We help each other out with whatever problems we may have from school problems to locally in regards to the musical. We've really grown close and with the passing rehearsals and shows, we've grown closer. I couldn't think of any other group of people to work with four hours a day, six days a week.
    For the Seniors who've done shows during high school, I can understand how nostalgic you get after the last scene of your last show of your last year in high school. I just take the feelings I had sunday evening and multiplied it by about a million. To think some of us are only a year or two or three from that is ghastly. One day it'll end for us as it will for you. The end of an era.
    We'll all have to face it, but luckily we'll have you as role models of personal strength. Our rock. Our anchor. The day we face our end and give way to the new generation, so to speak, is the day we look on to you now-Seniors. We'll miss you and we hope you'll be the loser Seniors that come back and visit us kids. With your path already beaten, it'd be a sight to see what we'll do with ours.
    To the Juniors, simply put, we need to Shrank the hell outta this place and leave our mark before going out to the world. Take your cue from the Seniors and make this our best, last years.
    Sophomores, one day we'll pass the proverbial torch to you. Don't screw our school up.
    Freshmen.........Freshmen. Just watch and learn.

    This show was an eye opener for some, like breathing to others and sex/life to a few select. The question isn't how could we could have made this better or what we could have done instead of the musical, but rather how can we take this experience and make it work for us by bettering our lives.

    More importantly: what's next?




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