For the first year of the four years I have been here at Kennedy High School, I don't think I have been to a talent show once. Wait, now that I think about it, I may have gone to one my freshman or sophomore year. Anyways, they don't really interest me. But now this year I'm a senior, and I'll know most if not all of the people competing. One group, The Single Ladies, consists of my friends. Kate is playing Beyonce, and Andriana and Jenny are the two backup dancers. Jordan and I are the coaches and choreographers. We've been practicing every chance we get, which is hard because we all work and have such busy schedules. I wasn't too worried about being the coach, because I didn't have to get up on stage and actually perform the dance. But it is work. I actually do have to coach them. I have to video tape each time they dance, and go back through it with them and tell them what isn't right. When we aren't taping, I have to count out the steps for the difficult part, and reassure them that they look good. So I basically have to know the whole dance too.
So yeah yeah it's not that much work, I should stop complaining. We are learning the dance in parts, and then slowly putting it all together. The last practice we had was Monday or Tuesday of this week, and it's all coming together. The first half of the dance we have down pretty solid, and the next few parts are iffy. Not going to lie, Jenny and Andre have the dance down better than Kate so far. And Kate is our Beyonce. Once we have all of the moves down, then my work begins. I have to watch and take notes, and shout commands in the middle of the dance. I have to watch their arm movement their feet, and every part of their body to make sure they are doing the same thing at the same time. Each move has to be solid, swift, and perfect.
So I probably know what you're thinking right now. It's just a school talent show, why does it have to be perfect?? Well, we all decided that we're going to work our hardest to make this perfect. Yes we want it to be fun, but we want the school to know that we are the Single Ladies. We know how to dance. Basically, we're awesome.
It turns out now that Jordan and I might have to come up on the stage afterall. We won't have to do the dance, but they want us to do some sort of an introduction. Something along the lines of, this was this Single Ladies before -- insert bad dancing -- and here's the Single Ladies now... -- insert good dancing that we worked on forever -- I hope it all turns out well, and that we all don't embarrass ourselves too much!! If I get the chance, I'll try to post a video of the finished product! [<3]
So yeah yeah it's not that much work, I should stop complaining. We are learning the dance in parts, and then slowly putting it all together. The last practice we had was Monday or Tuesday of this week, and it's all coming together. The first half of the dance we have down pretty solid, and the next few parts are iffy. Not going to lie, Jenny and Andre have the dance down better than Kate so far. And Kate is our Beyonce. Once we have all of the moves down, then my work begins. I have to watch and take notes, and shout commands in the middle of the dance. I have to watch their arm movement their feet, and every part of their body to make sure they are doing the same thing at the same time. Each move has to be solid, swift, and perfect.
So I probably know what you're thinking right now. It's just a school talent show, why does it have to be perfect?? Well, we all decided that we're going to work our hardest to make this perfect. Yes we want it to be fun, but we want the school to know that we are the Single Ladies. We know how to dance. Basically, we're awesome.
It turns out now that Jordan and I might have to come up on the stage afterall. We won't have to do the dance, but they want us to do some sort of an introduction. Something along the lines of, this was this Single Ladies before -- insert bad dancing -- and here's the Single Ladies now... -- insert good dancing that we worked on forever -- I hope it all turns out well, and that we all don't embarrass ourselves too much!! If I get the chance, I'll try to post a video of the finished product! [<3]
SINGLE LADIES VIDEO
Learn the dance.. Half Speed Video
From : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ThsyGGm-20
No comments:
Post a Comment