Making a musical 11: The show!

Yes, it finally happened... the show at the Hackney Empire, where we performed our Saturday Night Fever routine in front of 1,500 people. Did it go well?
You know what? I think it did.
I mean, I screwed up a couple of times. My timing was off - but I managed to catch up. I'm sure other people messed up too... and I'm totally fine with that -because it was an interesting experience.

I didn't feel nervous or anything before going stage, mainly because I've been on stage a few times now (although not for dance), and so I was used to the feeling - but also because I didn't have anything riding on the performance, if you know what I mean. It was all quite quickly put together, but it wasn't for anything that I had a stake in - so in that sense I had nothing to worry about - and it still turned out pretty good - or so I've been told.

The build up to the show was probably the best part if I'm honest. We had a dressing room between 15 of us, and our own make up artists. I went crazy with the make up - eyeliner, eye shadow; I got my hair done too -the works! Really awesome.
And then, while we were waiting, I kept practising salsa and merengue for about 3 hours straight... needless to say I now need a hip replacement :P lol.
I think the pre-show fun is what I'll miss most. The whole group was just there together, talking crap, trying to calm each others' nerves, singing, dancing, generally just having a laugh.

So now Monday evenings will be reserved for 24 and Heroes :D
But I will be really sad to not be preparing for the show anymore.

There are only 4 Tuesdays left of dance class now :(
It's rather upsetting really.
But on the plus side, I'm thinking of doing another class - perhaps to concentrate on street - It's with a professional dancer dude, and it's not too expensive. But I think I'll take a break for a few months and start it in the term following the next one... we'll see.

I'm not looking forward to this dance class ending. Sad times on the horizon :(