Doin' what comes naturally!

Hello readers!

I apologize for my absence this week. I have been feeling a little under the weather -- the Balli-bug, if you will. I'm going to try to get to the doctor this week and clear it all up, but until then, I feel the need to reflect on a rehearsal I was part of last night. The instrumental music, musical theater, and dance departments are currently in the midst of preparing for a show next week called "Follies." It is a night of pieces that have been rehearsed during evening activities, and for the first time this year, I am assisting with the staging of one of the pieces.

I am working with five campers, most of whom are in the youngest girls cabin, on a song from the show "Annie Get Your Gun." We started rehearsing the song, which is called "Doin' What Comes Naturally," less than a week ago, but the girls have latched onto the song in such a strong way that we have made major progress in a short amount of time. It's quite fitting that the title of the song matches the performance styles of the campers in the piece: these campers live and breathe musical theater, to the point where it simply "comes naturally" to them. The moment they get into rehearsal, they beg to perform the piece over and over again. Last night, Hope P. suggested, "We should probably just do it thirteen times in a row!" Luckily for you (and for us!), John was able to stop into our Follies rehearsal to tape a snippet of the girls running through the piece, and I can share it with all of you right here!

They're real naturals, aren't they?

More soon,
Elizabeth C.
Ballibay Blogger