| | Posted by Sloan
Hi everybody! Long time, no post.
Sorry about that, it’s been a busy few weeks.
By the way, a happy belated turkey day to everyone

So in the last newsletter we suggested that the contributors tell us a bit about their first time on stage.
Megan was the first, writing about her experience in The King & I with Nureyev. (amazing!)

My first stage experience was not quite as glamourous, but it was also in The King & I. I was also one of the little girls, but it was in a production by the Natick High School in Massachusetts, where I lived. Unfortunately, I was not very well suited to the role with my blonde hair, so every day for the run of the show my mom would spray my hair with this black stuff that we would then have to wash out at the end of the night. That was my strongest memory… coming home incredibly tired and just wanting to go to bed, and mom telling me I had to get in the bathtub to wash out my hair. I guess it prepared me a bit for some of the rigors of performing on a daily basis.

I remember loving the music and wishing I could sing like the “adults”… I was totally in awe of the high school drama students who were playing the leading roles. Then I saw the movie and thought Yul Brynner was just about the coolest person I’d ever seen.

I think that was it for me and the stage for a while, unless my mom remembers something else that I don’t. I eventually began ice skating, which soon led to ballet, and ultimately led me here.

If anyone out there feels inspired to SHARE their first performing experience with us… send it our way!

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