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Hello everyone!

I hope you have been enjoying the holiday.  I am spending time with my family in Idaho, and unfortunately I don't have a strong enough internet connection to be as active as I would like on this blog.  But don't let that stop you!  Comment below and discuss away!

"It's hard to take that first step.
It sometimes takes other individuals who step up and act
before the rest of us recognize that this is an event that needs to be addressed."

- Carrie Keating



Who will be those other individuals who step up and act?

Putting Together the Pieces of the Show

Both Friday and Monday's rehearsals were dedicated to a long and tedious discussion.  The topic?
What should we include in our show?
Well, here's what we've got so far:
I'm Afraid That When I Grow Up...
Cyberbullying
Passports
America poems
Kenya
Beauty (music scene)
Oppression (dance scene)
What the World Needs Now Is (spoken word scene)
Mugger scene
bin Laden scene
racism
protests/revolution
gender and sexuality
The Next Generation

There are also a few topics that we might include later on if it fits with the rest of the show.  We will also have some transitions.  It's so exciting!

Street Art

I live on the same block as a school.  Walking home the other day, I noticed some graffiti on the school's outer wall.  It reads:
"WE ARE OUTCIDERS"
Do you think that the misspelling of "outsiders" on the wall of a school was intentional?  I found it very interesting.

Winter Break

Beaver Country Day School is on winter break, so we are not having rehearsals until after the new year.  But don't worry!  We will continue to blog and work on the show. 

Happy Holidays!

Banksy

We are currently working on creating the poster for our show.  As I was thinking of ideas and inspiration for the poster, I thought of Banksy, an infamous British street artist.  Maybe he will inspire you, too.
Check out some of Banksy's work here!

Time Person of the Year: The Protestor

Time Person of the Year: The Protester

From Tunisia to Egypt to Libya to Wall St., 2011 has been ripe with protests.  Time has chosen to honor the protester as person of the year.
In rehearsal, we have talked a lot about protests.  How are protests in other countries viewed?  How are the Occupy protesters here in the US viewed?
Does it surprise you that Time magazine has chosen to honor the protester in this way?
Is protesting the way to revolution?