Take Flight

Hey! I'm doing another blog for the week, and this one is abut my field trip to a great regional theatre located in New Jersey, the McCarter Theatre.









One day, my shop (The Performing Arts Academy) and I went to take a field trip to the McCarter Theatre. We have done this plenty of times before, but today was going to be a special one. Sure, we have seen great shows in the past in McCarter, (Twelfth Night, In the Red and Brown Water, She Stoops To Conquer, and American Buffalo just to name a few.) but this brand-new show premiere ever to be seen in America was finally making it's American debut. It was a new musical called Take Flight, and it was written by three ingenious people who won and were nominated for numerous Tony Awards. this show was surely going to be a treat. When we got over there, we were told that the show was located in the other theatre that was used for In the Red and Brown Water (the one with all the stairs). As we went to the other theatre, I couldn't help but notice that it looked different from the other show. The theatre somewhat started to remind me of a blackbox. Before the show started, We performing arts academy decided to show off our talents by singing for some of the employees and theatre comers when we went inside and took our seats. The people enjoyed our short performance, and renamed us a s "Camden County Glee". When the show finally started, we saw the Wright Brothers standing on the shore, each holding one side of a chest. I looked at the scenery, and thought "Well, that's way different from the last time I came and saw the other production here." The Wright brothers were the funniest characters in the show. One song that they were singing, they shouted "Everybody!" but we were so focused on the show, there was a strange silence, then people started to engage in laughter. During anther scene of the show, We see Amelia Airheart flying her plane, and while she was singing, we realized that she was cross-eyed! We couldn't help but laugh, we tried as hard as we could to control ourselves. When the show had ended, The whole audience had clapped and cheered, and we all went back to our bus. During the bus ride home, My friend Briana, (her blog: mrbriana.blogspot.com) decided to make a hilarious imitation of a singing cross-eyed Amelia. On a serious note, please come and watch this show! This show takes history and it makes it very fun and entertaining. Because of this fact, I would give it five stars, plus the wonderful music, and the fantasic singers and actors. Come see it!

Dear Esther

Hey! Here's another blog about a show I went to see.
One day, I went to the Goodwin Holocaust Center to see this small show being performed called "Dear Esther". This show was about a survivor by the name of Esther who escaped a death camp during the Holocaust. In this show, an older Esther confronts her younger self as she tries to tell children of all ages and sizes her story. She comes face to face with something that she was well known for. During this show, letters are read aloud from children telling Esther about how they felt when she spoke to them. Actual letters from actual children. When I came to see this show, I wasn't really sure what to think. I was wondering how exactly it would work, because all I have seen was an empty stage. No scenery or anything. After the show, I was pretty surprised. There was a lot of dialogue, it made me wonder how the two Esthers could memorize all of those lines, but they did a good job. There were also other actors, who would pop in here and there to play a Nazi, or a victim in the camp that Esther went to.But overall, the show was pretty good. It wasn't bad for what it was, and I would recommend everyone to see this show.

Performing Arts

Hey! I have decided to write a blog about one thing that I absolutely love. This thing that I love is my shop, or career program. If you don't know, my career program is Performing Arts. If you do know, than congrats. My shop is the CCTS Performing Arts Academy.




Back in middle school, I have finally decided that my passion officially is to perform. The first official show that I have done was Seussical the Musical. I was a part of ensamble. I played a Who, a Cadet, and a Hunter. During the end of that school year, I wasn't sure what I was going to do when I went to High school. Until the school's vice principal, Mr. Edmund Cetrullo showed me an advertisement for this, "Performing Arts program" that was opening in September of 2008. It caught my interest, so I decided to go to the audition that was being held in this room that had computers in it. It looked like an office. I did my audition, and they liked me and decided to let me (And some other Glen Landing students) join the academy. So, in September of 2008, during my first day of high school, I walked into my Performing Arts shop. I noticed that it was the same exact room that I had done my audition, only with the computers removed. I looked around at the students, some old and some new, and I saw her. The same exact woman from my audition. I never knew this, but she was going to be the one who would help us build the strong foundation from that beginning, to when I will graduate. Her name is Mrs. Terry Bles, and she is the mother of the Performing Arts Academy. A lot of things have happened since September of 2008. We moved to a much larger space, We had two student teachers from this year and last year, we lost a pretty large amount of kids, and we are gaining a large amount of kids in the process. Our program went from traditional classes, to the new I.S.P. program. And we are about to move again, from our larger space, to a newly built black box theatre in our campus. We are constantly growing, and I highly doubt that it will stop. The shows that we have done so far: Act one, Stomp Odyssey & The Seussification of Romeo and Juliet, Little shop of Horrors, Grease (Summer Performing Arts), Act one: Scene Two, The Diary of Anne Frank, and the most recent, Cabaret. The Performing Arts Academy is also going to be doing another show in the summer, The Wizard of Oz. I really can't wait for it! And I also can't wait for next year, because every year, Performing Arts always brings something new to the table. So maybe one day, you can go and see a performance from the Performing Arts Academy at CCTS. You won't be disappointed!

Strange Changes

Hey! I am feeling pretty bored today, so I decided to make a blog about changes that I've went, or currently going through. One change is the big one. Puberty. Right now, I'm a sophomore in high school, and I still do feel certain symptoms of it. Surprisingly, (to me) I'm actually still growing. I thought I reached my maximum height during Freshman year, but I was wrong. I'm not really sure how many inches I grew. But I know that I grew a couple. Another change that I am going through, is my surroundings. Throughout my life I have been constantly been moving from house to house. From Erial, to Laurel Springs, to Glendora, to Williamstown, to Somerdale, (I've been everywhere, man.) but throughout the many movements I have made in southern New Jersey I have found that I enjoyed looking at the new sights and hearing the new sounds when I would move. (even though I hated moving.) Also, I notice that there are certain changes around the people that I'm with. I notice that my parents are starting to look older, and also my sister. I notice that the friends that I made throughout the years have changed too. But no matter what will happen to me, I will always be Julian. Sure, I'll go through some experiences that I never went through before, and my life will change for better or worse, but no matter what, I will aways be that happy little kid that I was long ago.

I simply can't wait.

Ah, the school days are rolling past, and now summer is just around the corner. Honestly, I really can't wait for the summer to come. Why? because school is going to be out, and there will be summer vacation. I like summer vacation because I'll be able to sleep in. The usual time that I would have to wake up would be around five thirty. I HATE waking up at that time. That's why I love summer vacation. I can sleep in. I can wake up at around eight or nine thirty, and not have to worry about taking a large yellow bus to a place that can sometimes be a pain in my butt. Another reason that I like summer vacation is because I can just relax. I don't need to be going anywhere or doing anything, (unless I have intended to) because I'll be at home. There would be no need to be doing any projects, or studying for any tests. I'll just be laying on my sofa watching tv. But the number one reason to why I like summer vacation, is because of the work. Now, you're thinking, "But I thought you didn't like school work." well, that's not what I'm writing about. I really mean work for my future career. I plan to become an actor in the near future. So I'm currently in the CCTS Performing Arts Academy to build a strong foundation for my future career, and to gain expierence as a professional actor. During the summer, some of the CCTS kids from Vokey and Penn Tech, plus a couple of incoming eigth graders, all perform in one show. This year, the second annual, is going to be "The Wizzard of Oz". I plan to try out for the Cowardly Lion. Also, during that summer, I'm going to have a small role in an independent film. a good friend of mine, Joe Raffa, is going to be directing this movie around the New jersey Philly area called "You'll Know My Name", and he's decided to put a small part in the script just for me. Now, just because we're good friends, doesn't mean that he was going to put me on there in the first place. He knows how talented I am. He has seen me play Herr Shultz in "Cabaret". Because of my talent, He's decided to give me a chance. And I'm very thankful for it. So I really can't wait. Summer of 2010, here I come!!

Superman Cape

Today, I wore a suit with a superman cape. Why did I wear a suit with a superman cape? Because I wanted to. Usually in CCTS, We would have to wear a light blue polo with black slacks. But teachers and faculty like it when students wear button downs, ties, sportcoats, and dress shoes. In a way, I feel like I'm part of the faculty. In another way, I feel like I'm getting away with bending the rules. But today especially, with a superman cape. I just felt like wearing mine because it makes me feel like a kid again. I bought this superman cape from one saturday when My friends, and I went to Six Flags. Some of my friends bought wonder woman capes. It's funny because I've never seen Wonder Woman wear a cape before. Another of my friends bought a glow in the dark batman cape. (well, I thought it was glow in the dark.) The day kind of sucked though. We never went on a single ride because the wind had to pick up. It was like if mother nature (that whale who is always acting like a complete female dog) didn't intend for us to have ay fun on that day (like always). The point is, I bought the cape because The little kid in me wanted it. And I like spoiling the little kid in me.