This past Saturday, I had my first speech competition. It was districts and I didn't really know what to expect. My two performances were one act play and improvisational act. Like I said, I had no idea what I was getting myself into, but by the time the day was over, I had fallen in love with the atmosphere and essence of speech.
I have been preparing and practicing my one act play, The Pillowman, and improv for a couple months now and districts was upon us before we knew it. Not that I was unprepared, but it all happened sort of suddendly. At 5:20 AM my day started and, after getting ready, departed for Monticello at 6. When we arrived at Monticello High, there was a sea of people in the hallways. The whole place was packed with all sorts of different people, some dressed up for thier performances in costume and some in formal apparel and all of them borderline crazy. You read it right, speech competitions are full of some of the most ridiculous, wacky, and just plain insane people I have seen. And I loved it. Everyone was just being themselves; there were no inhibitions, nothing to hide, just nutty people acting nutty. By the end of the day, my friends and I were bouncing off the walls with energy and acting as goofy as the best of them. It was wonderful.
Of course the people were great and the setting was fun but when it came down to it, the performances were what it was all about. To start with, my one act did great. We performed it better than we ever had, it got unanimous 1s from all of the judges and we will be moving on to state. It really was excellent, but it was a drama and we had a small audience so the crowd was fairly tame. However, improv was an entirely different scene. When my group walking into to room we would perform in, we saw rows of people packed in, sitting, standing, even packed in sitting on the ground just to watch improv. Soon enough, we were up and it was our time to shine. During our performance we had the crowd rolling. It seemed like there was never a dull moment and the room was never without laughs. But, what I really want to talk about is one particular moment. One joke that had the entire crowd on the verge of tears from laughing. It was in that moment while we were on the stage with the blaring of the audiences laughter that I felt truly happy. It was if not the best moment of my life, easily the best feeling I've ever had. I felt absolutely incredibly in that one moment and I hope to recreate it at state and again at all state.
All my life I've played football and worked hard in school and those two things, aside from friends, have been my biggest two passions, the things that I've put all of my time and effort into. I know that we weren't supposed to make this blog a diary to pour all of our personal stuff into, but this recent competition has really made me reconsider. I loved that feeling of being on stage and having everyone react in such an awesome, positive way I've began to wonder if I still want to play football and instead be in a fall play. I wonder if I wouldn't like to persue not necessarily a career but more of a future in theatre. Yep, that's it.
I have been preparing and practicing my one act play, The Pillowman, and improv for a couple months now and districts was upon us before we knew it. Not that I was unprepared, but it all happened sort of suddendly. At 5:20 AM my day started and, after getting ready, departed for Monticello at 6. When we arrived at Monticello High, there was a sea of people in the hallways. The whole place was packed with all sorts of different people, some dressed up for thier performances in costume and some in formal apparel and all of them borderline crazy. You read it right, speech competitions are full of some of the most ridiculous, wacky, and just plain insane people I have seen. And I loved it. Everyone was just being themselves; there were no inhibitions, nothing to hide, just nutty people acting nutty. By the end of the day, my friends and I were bouncing off the walls with energy and acting as goofy as the best of them. It was wonderful.
Of course the people were great and the setting was fun but when it came down to it, the performances were what it was all about. To start with, my one act did great. We performed it better than we ever had, it got unanimous 1s from all of the judges and we will be moving on to state. It really was excellent, but it was a drama and we had a small audience so the crowd was fairly tame. However, improv was an entirely different scene. When my group walking into to room we would perform in, we saw rows of people packed in, sitting, standing, even packed in sitting on the ground just to watch improv. Soon enough, we were up and it was our time to shine. During our performance we had the crowd rolling. It seemed like there was never a dull moment and the room was never without laughs. But, what I really want to talk about is one particular moment. One joke that had the entire crowd on the verge of tears from laughing. It was in that moment while we were on the stage with the blaring of the audiences laughter that I felt truly happy. It was if not the best moment of my life, easily the best feeling I've ever had. I felt absolutely incredibly in that one moment and I hope to recreate it at state and again at all state.
All my life I've played football and worked hard in school and those two things, aside from friends, have been my biggest two passions, the things that I've put all of my time and effort into. I know that we weren't supposed to make this blog a diary to pour all of our personal stuff into, but this recent competition has really made me reconsider. I loved that feeling of being on stage and having everyone react in such an awesome, positive way I've began to wonder if I still want to play football and instead be in a fall play. I wonder if I wouldn't like to persue not necessarily a career but more of a future in theatre. Yep, that's it.
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