Where Did the Time Go?
...And somehow I've managed to go almost another whole month without posting. Sorry, all!
I've thought of some many things between then and now that I want to tell you!
Each of these subjects deserves a whole posting in and of itself, but as the semester is coming to a close (What? I'm in my last week of classes!?), I really want to make sure I get all this information out there:
1. The Art Club is still kicking. Today, they created animation art outside in honor of World AIDS Day. I'm very sad I didn't get to see it but I heard wonderful things about it!
2. The student theatre production that I worked on crew for had its run a few weekends ago and did amazingly well; every show was sold out with hopeful people in line right up to the opening of the house! All the actors and everyone on crew pulled the show off seamlessly, and the audiences seemed impressed by such a modern and different take on Greek tragedy. From reading the posts of the other student bloggers, I know Hannah saw it and liked it!
So congratulations to Kevin Black on his unique and successful adaption and presentation of Iphigenia by Euripides, Agamemnon by Aeschylus, and Electra by Sophocles. Breaking the Cycle was a smash!
3. If I haven't posted about the wonderful new videos on the Theatre, Dance and Film page, or you haven't seen them, then you should definitely check them out here. They have some great info about the department!
4. We are currently rehearsing for the upcoming production, Waiting for Lefty by Clifford Odetes. I'm extremely excited to tell you that I have a part and I absolutely cannot wait for February to put the show on. It's going to be great!
5. ROTC's Professor of Military Science, Lieutenant Colonel McKinley, can now officially be addressed as Lieutenant Colonel as his promotion ceremony took place in the beautiful grotto in front of the Chapel this morning. Congratulations, sir!
6. ROTC also recently held a Commissioning Ceremony, to recognize the new contractees to the program, and on the same day we honored Veterans' Day. It was a small and dignified ceremony, also held in the Grotto, for both of the important occassionas. Congratulations to our newly-contracted cadets!
7. Much earlier in the semester, ROTC also successfully completed this term's Field Training Exercise, which involves the battallion taking the weekend to head out to the woods and focus on much of our training. I was placed, this time around, in some leadership positions I'd never had the opportunity to explore before and I think I did pretty well. I definitely learned a lot from the experience!
8. The library here on campus is almost completely renovated! The construction crews, who halted temporarily for the main part of the semester, will resume working over Christmas break in order to take care of final touch-ups! We have new, moving bookshelves and a beautifully-renovated upstairs! You can see all the before, during, an dafter photos here on the library's Flickr account!
9. This semester's production class in the Department of Theatre, Dance and Film puts on performances every Friday afternoon. All plays are original (!), or an excerpt from a well-known production (such as La Cage aux Folles). I'm sad to say that I haven't been able to go yet (I've heard such great things!) and I'm hoping to rectify that this Friday. If I don't, I won't have any more opportunities.
Also, I saw that my fellow-blogger Thomas Nailor was cast in one of these shows! Break a leg!
Similarly, the Opera Workshop that has been practicing nearly all semester will be performing Thursday and Friday night this week in the concert hall. They'll have everything, with scenes from Don Giovanni, The Pirates of Penance, Werther, Hänsel & Gretel, The Marriage of Figaro, Elixer of Love and Down in the Valley!
Best of all, of these performances are free!
10. Every Friday, the Music Department puts on Fridays at Four, where the music majors showcase what they've been working on! The shows are always free and so impressive!
I know there's so much more, but I felt so bad that I hadn't updated in a while. I promise to try my best to post some of the other things I have in mind before I go home on the 13th!
(Which is so close!) Hopefully I'll be able to attend tomorrow's Christmas Tree Lighting so I can let you know how it was!

