Learning Log 4

Lets start from the very beginning when Mrs Woo was using her famous number selector to arrange our groups for the Macbeth Play from the first to the last. It was quite nerve-wrecking waiting to see my group number to be chosen. Boy was Lady Luck on my side that very day as my group was one of the few other groups to perform later! Anyway, my group leader Dawn didn't waste any time assigning us our tasks. My group consists of Dawn, Jamie and me. I was tasked to find the sounds and design the props. Jamie was tasked to bring a box which was part of the props. Dawn had more of the heavier tasks like making the costumes out of black trash bags, the background picture and the other props. When I saw the witches costumes she had made, I was horrified. I appreciate her effort of making it but the costumes really wasn't what I had imagined. It was then when I remembered that my mom had a few long dresses that could be worn for the play. Dawn was ecstatic when she heard about it and told me to bring it to school so that we could practice with it. With that, Dawn had one less thing to be worried about. The day when we rehearsed our lines and tried our scenes was very memorable and fun. We tried to imitate the voice of the three witches and their way of walking. It was a bit challenging for Dawn but she managed to do it anyway. The day of the performance was a bit hectic. My group was supposed to perform after recess so we had no choice but to sacrifice our break to dress up. With messy hair and a sneer on our faces, we looked like witches already! But Dawn felt that it would be much better if we could apply some makeup to make us look more witch-like so she went in search of Sanjna who fortunately brought along her make-up box. However, we searched for her high and low but my group couldn't find her and alas we thought we had to make do without make-up. When it was minutes away from my group's performance, Sanjna came in with her make-up box and her group members. Dawn hurriedly borrowed the make-up box and applied make-up on us and herself. Soon, our performance started. I felt so nervous in the beginning that I almost forgot my lines but the rest of the performance proceeded quite smoothly. After the performance, I felt a sense of relief overcome me. Finally, the play was over! I watched the rest of the other performances by my classmates and especially enjoyed Sanjna's group performance. I came to realise that Dawn did a good job on the prop of the bloody hand and the hats. I also thought that without my group members teamwork and dedication, this play wouldn't be such a success. Thus, I had a very memorable time going through this play with my classmates as I await our next play which would be Romeo and Juliet!!