Butterflies
University College Day is creeping up on us and the butterflies are starting to flutter in my tummy. Not really, but I know they will tomorrow. It doesn’t help that my group has not gotten together to run through the presentation as a whole yet. We tried to get together this afternoon, but one thing or another kept the meeting from happening: Pam was held late in her class, Meridith was working, and Shawn, well I don’t know what he was up to, but he wasn’t in the library when he should have been J I’m not too mad at them all because I know things can come up at the last minute, but I just hope we can all make it tomorrow morning so we have the chance to run through the presentation at least once.
It seems that the universe is conspiring against me on this project. I thought it would be a simple thing: make the in class presentation a few minutes longer and viola University College Day. But then Dr. Carroll wanted us to concentrate more on the advice we would give to the director in producing the play, so I had to rewrite the presentation, cutting and pasting from the original where I could and adding details to my original production concept: setting Much Ado About Nothing in the Old South during the Civil War. I’m still not sure if the presentation is exactly what she wants or not, but I think it’s the best I’m going to be able to come up with.
Then I look at the schedule: “1:15-1:50 ‘The Art of Analysis: Influences that Shape Dramatic Performances.” Sounds pretty snazzy huh? Well, it’s not the title I have problems with, it’s the time. We all thought we were getting an hour to present and then BAM only 35 minutes. Now what are we supposed to do?
At least we figured it out over the weekend, so we’ve had time to change our individual presentations from about 10 minutes each to around 6 or 7 minutes. I hope I still include all the pertinent information, though I did leave two of the more minor characters out the presentation entirely to simplify.
I just can’t wait for it all to be over with, but then I fear that I will look back and figure out something I could have done differently if I would have thought of it sooner. Hopefully, the audience will enjoy the presentation, but I really don’t know who will be in the audience. The title could attract both English and Theatre majors.
It seems that the universe is conspiring against me on this project. I thought it would be a simple thing: make the in class presentation a few minutes longer and viola University College Day. But then Dr. Carroll wanted us to concentrate more on the advice we would give to the director in producing the play, so I had to rewrite the presentation, cutting and pasting from the original where I could and adding details to my original production concept: setting Much Ado About Nothing in the Old South during the Civil War. I’m still not sure if the presentation is exactly what she wants or not, but I think it’s the best I’m going to be able to come up with.
Then I look at the schedule: “1:15-1:50 ‘The Art of Analysis: Influences that Shape Dramatic Performances.” Sounds pretty snazzy huh? Well, it’s not the title I have problems with, it’s the time. We all thought we were getting an hour to present and then BAM only 35 minutes. Now what are we supposed to do?
At least we figured it out over the weekend, so we’ve had time to change our individual presentations from about 10 minutes each to around 6 or 7 minutes. I hope I still include all the pertinent information, though I did leave two of the more minor characters out the presentation entirely to simplify.
I just can’t wait for it all to be over with, but then I fear that I will look back and figure out something I could have done differently if I would have thought of it sooner. Hopefully, the audience will enjoy the presentation, but I really don’t know who will be in the audience. The title could attract both English and Theatre majors.
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