Hi All!
Crazy day today plus the last rehearsal.
Wednesday, July 2, 2014
BMT Day #4
Hi All!
Fourth day here at berklee. Tonight I sang a song at a coffee house thing with my friend Samantha, which I will upload as soon as possible!
Fourth day here at berklee. Tonight I sang a song at a coffee house thing with my friend Samantha, which I will upload as soon as possible!
Monday, June 30, 2014
BMT Day #3
Hi All!
I think one of my favorite things about Berklee is that they have guacamole at every single meal. I'm not kidding, it's always in the salad bar! And this morning, there was raspberries, blueberries and strawberries in the salad bar too! Talk about being spoiled zomg. So today, in addition to the usual dance, voice and acting classes - I took beat boxing. And let me tell you, beat boxing is hard!! But now I can beat box in simple 4/4 time. It sounds like dum st ck st dum st ck st. He also taught us some more complicated beats that I am too lazy to spell out.
In the evening we took a slam poetry class and boy can these people talk! Have you ever heard of slam poetry? It's beautiful. You should watch this: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zQucWXWXp3k (seriously! Now!)
So slam poetry is acting. But it's acting your truth and that's what makes it special.
Love
Phoebe
I think one of my favorite things about Berklee is that they have guacamole at every single meal. I'm not kidding, it's always in the salad bar! And this morning, there was raspberries, blueberries and strawberries in the salad bar too! Talk about being spoiled zomg. So today, in addition to the usual dance, voice and acting classes - I took beat boxing. And let me tell you, beat boxing is hard!! But now I can beat box in simple 4/4 time. It sounds like dum st ck st dum st ck st. He also taught us some more complicated beats that I am too lazy to spell out.
In the evening we took a slam poetry class and boy can these people talk! Have you ever heard of slam poetry? It's beautiful. You should watch this: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zQucWXWXp3k (seriously! Now!)
So slam poetry is acting. But it's acting your truth and that's what makes it special.
Love
Phoebe
Sunday, June 29, 2014
BMT Day #2
Hi All!
Day 2 at Berklee passed pretty quickly, even though it was crazy crazy busy. I think my favorite class today was dance because I just love musical theatre dance stuff. We started one song from In the Heights the musical and another from Damn Yankees, which was also cool! Voice was also really fun...and we started a song called 96,000 from In the Heights, which is the dance we're learning. In acting we talked about active verbs and brainstormed methods of showing the audience. Yoga was also fun, as was stage combat!
In Stage Combat I learnt how to slap someone, push someone, grab their head, grab their ear, as well as fall, pretend to be slapped etc! It was actually so cool I can't wait to teach Pennie...and potentially slap her (accidentally of course!) in the process! Tehe it's difficult though!
In the evening we played Musical Theatre Trivia! You would be so shocked how nerdy these people are. They literally know every single musical out there and I feel so inadequate. But don't worry, the vast majority know less than me! I was able to get a few answers right, stuff like West Side Story and Mamma Mia. After Trivia we played Name that Tune, which got verryyy competative, of course!
Samantha and I chilled in the dorm from 8:30 onwards and rehearsed some of our songs and dances for tomorrow...Anyways i'm tired so maybe I'll have time to write more tomorrow!
Also, in case you want to hear what's up in the feminism world, i'd watch this short video! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjJQBjWYDTs#t=15 - pretty cool! and this http://www.buzzfeed.com/hnigatu/the-realest-tumblr-posts-about-being-a-women...
Day 2 at Berklee passed pretty quickly, even though it was crazy crazy busy. I think my favorite class today was dance because I just love musical theatre dance stuff. We started one song from In the Heights the musical and another from Damn Yankees, which was also cool! Voice was also really fun...and we started a song called 96,000 from In the Heights, which is the dance we're learning. In acting we talked about active verbs and brainstormed methods of showing the audience. Yoga was also fun, as was stage combat!
In Stage Combat I learnt how to slap someone, push someone, grab their head, grab their ear, as well as fall, pretend to be slapped etc! It was actually so cool I can't wait to teach Pennie...and potentially slap her (accidentally of course!) in the process! Tehe it's difficult though!
In the evening we played Musical Theatre Trivia! You would be so shocked how nerdy these people are. They literally know every single musical out there and I feel so inadequate. But don't worry, the vast majority know less than me! I was able to get a few answers right, stuff like West Side Story and Mamma Mia. After Trivia we played Name that Tune, which got verryyy competative, of course!
Samantha and I chilled in the dorm from 8:30 onwards and rehearsed some of our songs and dances for tomorrow...Anyways i'm tired so maybe I'll have time to write more tomorrow!
Also, in case you want to hear what's up in the feminism world, i'd watch this short video! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjJQBjWYDTs#t=15 - pretty cool! and this http://www.buzzfeed.com/hnigatu/the-realest-tumblr-posts-about-being-a-women...
Saturday, June 28, 2014
BMT Day #1
Hi All,
Day 1 at Berklee went pretty smoothly, I'd say! I sang reflection for my audition piece and received my schedule for the week. Needless to say, they will keep me busy! I've met some cool people, but i miss my NSLC friends a lot. They were just so awesome! Here's my schedule for the week, if you're interested!
Berklee is really cool though, people are literally playing music EVERYWHERE and singing and strumming and drinking coffee. It's the first real urban environment I've ever been in, which is good to see....Although everything is very expensive here! (hint hint you should add more money to my debit card hint hint)... My new bathrobe is just fabulous (it's ralph lauren btw) and overall i'm doing well! Except for the fact that i'm exhausted and will be going to bed now!
Day 1 at Berklee went pretty smoothly, I'd say! I sang reflection for my audition piece and received my schedule for the week. Needless to say, they will keep me busy! I've met some cool people, but i miss my NSLC friends a lot. They were just so awesome! Here's my schedule for the week, if you're interested!
Berklee is really cool though, people are literally playing music EVERYWHERE and singing and strumming and drinking coffee. It's the first real urban environment I've ever been in, which is good to see....Although everything is very expensive here! (hint hint you should add more money to my debit card hint hint)... My new bathrobe is just fabulous (it's ralph lauren btw) and overall i'm doing well! Except for the fact that i'm exhausted and will be going to bed now!
Goodnight!
Love,
Phoebe
NSLC Day #11
Hi All!
I just want to say that I already miss NSLC. The people were awesome and the experience was so fun. Thank you to everyone
Love,
Phoebe
I just want to say that I already miss NSLC. The people were awesome and the experience was so fun. Thank you to everyone
Love,
Phoebe
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
NSLC Day #10
Hi All!
Last full day at NSLC and it was full of activities. In the morning, we went to the National Mall, where we were free to roam around as we wanted.
Sydni and Marni and I went to the American History museum - i had never been! It was really cool actually. I saw Dorothy's slippers! My favorite exhibit focused on the change in transportation. We all have to go there together sometime because I could definitely spend five hours there - or maybe five hours just in the first ladies exhibit - there are SO many gorgeous dresses omg.
For lunch, we went to the Sculpture garden and i had a very yummy salad. Here's a pretty pic i took:
After we arrived back on campus, we had class until 4. In class today, we taped the live anchor recording - it looked very good! Hopefully by now you've seen the finished product of our particular section of the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loC2kYScCdM&feature=youtu.be I hope you like it!
In the evening we had a super emotional activity called "what i discovered" where people have the opportunity to share how they've learnt or grown in their time at NSLC. By the end of it, there is not a dry eye in the house let me tell you. Just writing it makes me sad so i'll stop now.
Then we had our final presentations! We got to watch all of the work we've been working on this week and it was so cool. People are so talented...Here's a photo of my team advisor Jen and my friend Mari. We love Jen so much, she's basically the best.
And that's about it! I booked a taxi at 12, so i should be at the airport veryyyy early! :)
lots of love,
phoebe
Last full day at NSLC and it was full of activities. In the morning, we went to the National Mall, where we were free to roam around as we wanted.
For lunch, we went to the Sculpture garden and i had a very yummy salad. Here's a pretty pic i took:
After we arrived back on campus, we had class until 4. In class today, we taped the live anchor recording - it looked very good! Hopefully by now you've seen the finished product of our particular section of the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loC2kYScCdM&feature=youtu.be I hope you like it!
In the evening we had a super emotional activity called "what i discovered" where people have the opportunity to share how they've learnt or grown in their time at NSLC. By the end of it, there is not a dry eye in the house let me tell you. Just writing it makes me sad so i'll stop now.
Then we had our final presentations! We got to watch all of the work we've been working on this week and it was so cool. People are so talented...Here's a photo of my team advisor Jen and my friend Mari. We love Jen so much, she's basically the best.
And that's about it! I booked a taxi at 12, so i should be at the airport veryyyy early! :)
lots of love,
phoebe
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