How we got on Broadway

A Mini-Musical

It was Wednesday, and I was at band practice. I sat next to Kay,chatting with her, as I pulled out my violin and bow. I rubbed rosin on the bow, and started a few scales when Mr.Aaron stood at the front of the room.

"May I have your attention please?", he called. The room gradually (That's an odd word.) quieted down."Okay, this is mostly for the thespians. Next Friday, when we do our usual demo of the musical, we will be having some preschoolers and kindergartners be viewing the demo as well. Continue."

I smiled widely. Seriously, my face probably looked mutated, my smile was so big. Kay turned toward me. "So, Hannah, I guess you're excited about the little kids seeing the demo." I hadn't thought about the demo yet! Every year, people at Oakstone saw about thirty minutes of an upcoming performance. It was supposed to motivate us the see the plays.

"Kay, you know I adore little kids." I said, and softened my smile some.

"Really? I never knew that about you, Hannah." Tony commented. Yes, he was there. The band room lay out ended up like this: violins and flutes were up front, with saxes and french horns in the second row. Then there were the trumpets, with the drums at the back of the room. The trombones were on the left side of the violins, with the oboes on the right side. So, I was at the front with Kay, Tony and Brooke were behind us and Hannah was off to the left side.

I turned around to face Tony and said, "Well, now you do." Tony had opened his mouth like he was about to say something when the band teacher shouted for us to turn around and start our scales. The usual loud symphony ( I LOVE that word) of various instruments began. I had loved that sound of the instruments since a few weeks after I started here. It was quite literally music to my ears. That was sooooo cheesy. LIke, stupidly cheesy. Excuse my stupid... no Hannah, think of a different word...idoitic (much better) cheesiness. The loud symphony continued for forty-five minutes until it was time to go. I packed my stuff and went.

A week and a half later, it was time for the demo. D-E-M-O LET ME SEE YOUR DEMO!! Sorry, that was an old cheer from and old cheer camp. The word demo keeps being used and that cheer goes on and on and on in my head. I had to let it out! Sorry! Okay, random cheer aside, I was in the fine arts room, getting ready for the demo. One really exciting thing about the demo was the BIG COSTUME REVEAL. The all caps was on purpose. Seriously everyone said it in a way that it needed all caps. But, the demo also gave us the first peek of all the costumes.

I was standing with my friends excitedly awaiting the costume reveal. We were talking about how we thought the costumes might look, when Mr.Aaron came in pushing two racks with several hangers one each. Immeadatley, he was bombarded by several thrilled people trying to get a glimpse of the costumes. It was mostly girls.

"Okay, settle down. I will call out a cast members name and they may calmly come up and get their costume. Then they may wait for everyone else to get their costume."Mr.Aaron announced. He called out various names and everyone got a costume, which was sadly covered on of the balck coat cover thingies. I don't know what it's called. Mr.Aaron ordered us not to peek at the outfits.

Finally, when the last person got their outfit Mr.Aaron started talking,"Okay, now you can go to your girls or boys locker room according to your gender. You will be changing seperatley." He emphasized seperatley which earned a few giggles and some blushing. Everyone sprinted off to their seperate locker rooms. I eagerly unzipped my bag thingie and pulled on my dress. I went over to the mirror and smiled at the dress. It was amazing. The dress was a beautiful shade of light blue with short sleeves, a square neckline, an empire waist and came down to just above my knees. It also had a number of feathers, symbolizing my role as a bird. on I also pulled on the tights and little blue slippers that were in the bag. Hannah bounced up to me wearing a similar dress in a more flamboyant shade of pink. She tossed her feather boa, also pink, that was included with the outfit.