What a bad blogger I am..I know. I would feel guilty, but it's not like I get paid for this, plus none of you comment therefore making me feel like I have no readers even though I have 2 different sitemeters to know you are there!
Well last weekend (not to be confused with this past weekend) I went to the Miss Alabama Pageant. Shocking I know. Well my friend Michelle coordinates the Miss AU pageant and I have helped with some question prep twice. Plus our Miss AU Kimberly is a sweetheart so when Michelle invited me to go I couldn't say no - out of sheer curiosity. The pageant was in Birmingham at Samford University. The contestant are there all week for semifinals. Michelle told me to dress up a bit and I'm glad I did because it was like a fashion show in there...goodness. I think some of the people in the audience were more decked out than the contestants. The auditorium at Samford where it was held was BEAUTIFUL and huge. I would say it held a few thousand people and it was packed as far as I could tell. I was in the 8th row center sitting among all the other pageant directors since Michelle is a director.
Mind you I brought a notepad and took a few pages of notes that I wrote with the flashlight/shaker type thing we had to shake and light up when Kimberly was on stage.
The show opened with a dance number with all 48 Miss Alabama contestants and the "host" who really wasn't the host he was just the entertainer. Lots of bright sparkly dresses in this number and really throughout the competition. The girls all looked pretty normal...not too many giant teeth, or big hair, or bad tans.
The currently Miss Alabama did a lap around the stage in this mermaid type dress and nearly fell in it...hilarious.
Then then announced the top 10 for Miss Alabama...it was announced SO fast and sadly Kimberly didn't make top 10. Apparently it's all politics. Only one new girl made the top 10 this year. I should note that one of the ladies in top 10 had some meat on her bones unlike most of the contestants so I was pleased about that.
Next was swimsuits for the top 10, I was surprised that they could wear whatever they wanted for the most part. 2 girls did NOT pick flattering bikinis AT ALL. It was just super awkward - there was this terrible "music" really noise that played in a loop. I prefer watching it on tv where there are announcers telling you fun facts.
Then there were various local pageant and director awards and Michelle won Director of the Year!!!!!
The judges were introduced in the next break...blah blah.
Over $98,000 in scholarships were going to be awarded at this pageant..day-um.
There was another super cheesy group dance number, but we cheered loudly for Kimberly anyway. She always made such funny faces when she actually saw us!
Throughout the show there were awards breaks...Kimberly won a few awards!!!
Before the top 10's talent...four former Miss Alabamas performed "Ain't no mountain high enough." It was enjoyable.
The talent were:
First girl up sang...it was okay, but I didn't know the song. I think it was a Christian song...I wouldn't be surprised.
Second girl did a jazz dance...meh.
Third girl played the piano...not impressed and the girl looked like an bird.
Fourth girl did ballet...I wrote something next to it but I can't read my own notes.
Fifth girl sang some opera crap that I did not enjoy - I think...someone sang some crap opera and now I can't remember who it was.
Sixth girl did a tap routine...okay.
Seventh girl did a terrible ballet routine..she didn't do point.
Eighth girl sang...boring
Ninth girl did a jazz routine to a Lion King on Broadway song and I really enjoyed all of it.
Tenth girl sang...shocking. I think she did terrible opera too.
I have yet to mention the actual host of the pageant. She was a former Miss Alabama and she was fabulous...I enjoyed her an a host/time filler.
Next were evening gowns and all the contestants came out for this...one of the non finalists stepped on another girls dress going down the stairs...sadly no one fell, but it was pretty funny regardless.
I thought some of the dresses were pretty, but I'm not a fan of dresses with cut outs...yuck. Also I noticed there was a good bit of yellow throughout the whole competition.
The Miss American organization President was there...he was the least heterosexual "heterosexual" man ever...which is saying a lot because there were quite a bit of guys like him there. Anyway he was really there to peddle his new book, but he slammed the Miss USA pageant and made some other noise including the fact that Miss America is the world's largest scholarship giving away $45 million each year - scholarship...oy vey.
Then was the interview portion which I was told doesn't even count. They girls all were channeling their inner Jackie O...decked out in red, white, blue and black. They were all so "PC" in their answers...I guess after the Miss California (Miss USA) debacle everyone wants to mind their p's and q's.
All the former Miss Alabamas in the audience got recognized...one former Miss Alabama from 2004/2005 ended up winning Miss America.
The Miss Alabama 2008 her her final, final curtain call. She sang and performed piano with her 80+ year old grandfather who was a piano professor a Samford for years and years that taught her how to play. It was super cute seeing them play dueling pianos.
More cheesy group song and dance this time to "We are family."
Finally the results...lots of screaming from the audience. One woman behind us got confused and thought the girl who got runner up won and she was super pumped until she realized she in fact did not win. The girl who was was Miss Hoover..her name is Liz something - she did the Jazz dance to the Lion King song that I liked!
So mark your calendars folks...Miss America Pageant January 30, 2010 on TLC. (Writing 2010 is so gross)
Monday, June 15, 2009
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Zack Attack
Zack Morris on Jimmy Fallon...yes you read that right!
Ummmm I was not a Jimmy Fallon fan, but that clip has changed all that. Saved by the Bell Reunion...sign the petition here
http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com/blogs/2009/03/sign-the-saved-by-the-bell-petition/
Ummmm I was not a Jimmy Fallon fan, but that clip has changed all that. Saved by the Bell Reunion...sign the petition here
http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com/blogs/2009/03/sign-the-saved-by-the-bell-petition/
Monday, June 8, 2009
The Lights on Broadway
Last night were the Tony Awards and I was super excited because Neil Patrick Harris was the the host.
Below is a mini play by play of the night:
There were a lot of awesome shows up for consideration. The show opened with essentially a mash up of all the musicals up for awards...really awesome minus the sound glitches
The unintentional highlight of the opening number...Bret Michaels too busy trying to soak up applause to hit his mark and instead gets hit by the scenery - you can see him cowboy hat onstage throughout part of the opening.
According to the Associated Press Bret Michaels fractured his nose and busted up his lip requiring three stitches. As I was watching it I knew he had to have gotten hurt, it the scenery was moving fast and he fell hard.
Neil Patrick Harris aka NPH made a few remarks at the top of the show and only in one liners throughout...I was disappointed there wasn't more NPH and his tight shiny suit.
The Shrek number they did was pretty cool...that actor who played the Prince has to dance on his knees 8 shows a week...crazy.
Will Farrell referred to himself as a theatre veteran...love it. I wish I got to see his George W. Bush show...I wonder if it's on DVD?
The man himself Uncle Jesse aka John Stamos was a presenter and he is going to be in the revival of Bye Bye Birdie...too bad he won't be playing Conrad...that would have been saaaa-weet.
The lady who played Anita and won for West Side Story gave such a earnest speech.
Rock of Ages...I don't know how I feel. I wanted to like it, but I wasn't a fan from their performance. There were a bunch of awkward/random performance choices tonight.
WOW Next to Normal's performance was awesome...I had already looked up the show on Wikipedia when it won an award because I was unfamiliar with it. The scene the did was a show stopper - the female lead won the Tony last night! I listened to the whole soundtrack online today...fabulous. It was very contemporary...reminded me of RENT to degree.
Seriously we need more NPH.
Guys and Dolls number was okay minus the mic issues. Marlon Brando is the only Sky Masterson I will ever love...well besides Freeport High School's Ricardo Mercardo - he was fantastic in all the shows he did at FHS.
The theatre greats memorial made me tear up..especially set to "What I did for love" yet I couldn't help but think of Becky and Danny singing What I did for love on the Full House Telethon.
The scene they picked for Billy Elliot was a little creepy...yes there was lots of dancing, but there was far too much grunting.
I'm intrigued by the play To Be Pretty. Apparently it's filthy and full of curses. I looked it up on line and it's written by the guy who wrote The Shape of Things which was a cool/twisted movie with Paul Rudd. I may invest in the book.
Can that really be Harvey Fierstein's real voice...or did he get it from smoking like whoa? I also googled this yet googled failed me.
HAIR's performance was magical. I am so excited to see Hair...I only saw a community production of it which I loved and I also have the movie (love ya old school Treat Williams). Hair has so many great anthems that they really could have performed anything. I love that they got out in the crowd and free-loved it up. Hair will always make me think of my Dad...he loved singing the songs from it. This show also reiterates how I really wish I was around to have been a hippie...I would have be an awesome hippie.
Aww Kristen Chenowith is so cute..the fact that she's a natural brunette is like all I can think about when I see her because she is such a cute blonde. Seeing her makes me miss Pushing Daises already.
I already mentioned it, but the lead woman from Next to Normal won...she was redonk!
How cute/awkward were the 3 Billy Elliots who won.
Oh Jersey Boys...great music though I can't deny it.
I heart the theatre..I'm pumped about Auburn community theatre auditions next week!
Damn Billy Elliot is CLEANING UP.
There was not nearly enough NPH...but I'll settle for his closing number...sing it Neil I love you!
God bless the theatre...can't wait to be in NYC for a week this summer!
Below is a mini play by play of the night:
There were a lot of awesome shows up for consideration. The show opened with essentially a mash up of all the musicals up for awards...really awesome minus the sound glitches
The unintentional highlight of the opening number...Bret Michaels too busy trying to soak up applause to hit his mark and instead gets hit by the scenery - you can see him cowboy hat onstage throughout part of the opening.
According to the Associated Press Bret Michaels fractured his nose and busted up his lip requiring three stitches. As I was watching it I knew he had to have gotten hurt, it the scenery was moving fast and he fell hard.
Neil Patrick Harris aka NPH made a few remarks at the top of the show and only in one liners throughout...I was disappointed there wasn't more NPH and his tight shiny suit.
The Shrek number they did was pretty cool...that actor who played the Prince has to dance on his knees 8 shows a week...crazy.
Will Farrell referred to himself as a theatre veteran...love it. I wish I got to see his George W. Bush show...I wonder if it's on DVD?
The man himself Uncle Jesse aka John Stamos was a presenter and he is going to be in the revival of Bye Bye Birdie...too bad he won't be playing Conrad...that would have been saaaa-weet.
The lady who played Anita and won for West Side Story gave such a earnest speech.
Rock of Ages...I don't know how I feel. I wanted to like it, but I wasn't a fan from their performance. There were a bunch of awkward/random performance choices tonight.
WOW Next to Normal's performance was awesome...I had already looked up the show on Wikipedia when it won an award because I was unfamiliar with it. The scene the did was a show stopper - the female lead won the Tony last night! I listened to the whole soundtrack online today...fabulous. It was very contemporary...reminded me of RENT to degree.
Seriously we need more NPH.
Guys and Dolls number was okay minus the mic issues. Marlon Brando is the only Sky Masterson I will ever love...well besides Freeport High School's Ricardo Mercardo - he was fantastic in all the shows he did at FHS.
The theatre greats memorial made me tear up..especially set to "What I did for love" yet I couldn't help but think of Becky and Danny singing What I did for love on the Full House Telethon.
The scene they picked for Billy Elliot was a little creepy...yes there was lots of dancing, but there was far too much grunting.
I'm intrigued by the play To Be Pretty. Apparently it's filthy and full of curses. I looked it up on line and it's written by the guy who wrote The Shape of Things which was a cool/twisted movie with Paul Rudd. I may invest in the book.
Can that really be Harvey Fierstein's real voice...or did he get it from smoking like whoa? I also googled this yet googled failed me.
HAIR's performance was magical. I am so excited to see Hair...I only saw a community production of it which I loved and I also have the movie (love ya old school Treat Williams). Hair has so many great anthems that they really could have performed anything. I love that they got out in the crowd and free-loved it up. Hair will always make me think of my Dad...he loved singing the songs from it. This show also reiterates how I really wish I was around to have been a hippie...I would have be an awesome hippie.
Aww Kristen Chenowith is so cute..the fact that she's a natural brunette is like all I can think about when I see her because she is such a cute blonde. Seeing her makes me miss Pushing Daises already.
I already mentioned it, but the lead woman from Next to Normal won...she was redonk!
How cute/awkward were the 3 Billy Elliots who won.
Oh Jersey Boys...great music though I can't deny it.
I heart the theatre..I'm pumped about Auburn community theatre auditions next week!
Damn Billy Elliot is CLEANING UP.
There was not nearly enough NPH...but I'll settle for his closing number...sing it Neil I love you!
God bless the theatre...can't wait to be in NYC for a week this summer!
Friday, June 5, 2009
Sleep to Dream
Last night/this morning I woke up thinking that my alarm was about to go off (I don't know about you, but I tend to wake up like 5 minutes before my alarm goes off which drives me crazy because it deprives me of those precious 5 minutes of sleep) well it turns out it was 4:45am. I went to the bathroom and drank some water all the while thinking that I love "winning the sleep lottery." I seriously felt like I had slept about 7 or 8 hours only to discover that I got another 2 hours of sleep. Glorious. So whem my alaram DID go off this morning I popped out of bed like a poptart (5 points to anyone who know what is a reference from...sister if you don't get it right I will be disappointed).
Well the other night I also had a super random dream. I dreamt I met David Cook (who was really short in my dream) and Neil his guitarist (who was really tall in my dream) at like a random 7-11 and they were so awesome, David was really hot despite being disappointly short and he liek whispered that he loved me in my eat.Then after I met him I was so excited that I couldnt find my way home...like kept getting lost and having to try and ask for directions. I got mad because I was like OMG I just met David and he was so cute and funny and now I can't find my way home to tell everyone. I think I woke up before I ever made it home.
I very excited to sleep a solid 12-14 hours tonight - I have an interesting day ahead of me tomorrow, but you will have to just wait and see!
Well the other night I also had a super random dream. I dreamt I met David Cook (who was really short in my dream) and Neil his guitarist (who was really tall in my dream) at like a random 7-11 and they were so awesome, David was really hot despite being disappointly short and he liek whispered that he loved me in my eat.Then after I met him I was so excited that I couldnt find my way home...like kept getting lost and having to try and ask for directions. I got mad because I was like OMG I just met David and he was so cute and funny and now I can't find my way home to tell everyone. I think I woke up before I ever made it home.
I very excited to sleep a solid 12-14 hours tonight - I have an interesting day ahead of me tomorrow, but you will have to just wait and see!
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Worth it?
So as you may or may not remember I took a community writing class this past fall which turned out to not be that enjoyable for a number of reasons. Despite it not being what I wanted it to be, I was glad I put myself out there. I was looking at the current community course offerings and I saw one titled "Calligraphy for Beginners" and it's little blurb says: "This class will introduce the elegant art of hand lettering and will provide a great opportunity for maintenance and review for previous students as well. Participants will learn and practice the rules of letter construction, spacing, and flourishes, as well as how to develop skills through the use of tools, materials, and techniques. Finding the best pens, inks, and papers to use, will be discussed, as will the practical uses for calligraphy and good reference books. Be ready for a myriad of ideas and several useful projects! A supply list will be provided upon registration. The cost of supplies is nominal."
This class has 3 - three hour sessions and it would cost $45. I have terrbile penmanship/handwriting I blame both my mother and my 3rd grade teacher for it. I'm intrigued, but I'm not sure if it should take it - I need to sign up soon. Thoughts?
Also next week I am planning on auditioning for Auburn's community theatre's summer "Scene Works 2009: Great American Playwrights." It would be a small commitment with just 1 performance so I figure what the heck. I actually may look into directing instead of acting or both...who knows.
This class has 3 - three hour sessions and it would cost $45. I have terrbile penmanship/handwriting I blame both my mother and my 3rd grade teacher for it. I'm intrigued, but I'm not sure if it should take it - I need to sign up soon. Thoughts?
Also next week I am planning on auditioning for Auburn's community theatre's summer "Scene Works 2009: Great American Playwrights." It would be a small commitment with just 1 performance so I figure what the heck. I actually may look into directing instead of acting or both...who knows.
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