WOW! I haven't updated this in a LONGGGGG time!
Where to begin?! So much has happened since the last blog. Well, i can say that generally, life has been kind and I am a very happy girl at the moment. I hope it stays this way because I love life right now :)
This summer has been AMAZING! I have done so much and through that met so many new people and experienced so many memorable things.
The first week of the Summer was spent at GSA - the most amazing, inspiring, creative place I have ever been to. I did the one week intensive acting course and I can honestly say I learnt more in those 5 days than in 3 years of BTEC and A Level at school. That kind of worries and scares me but i guess it just shows how good it is there. I met so many amazing people - both teachers and other summer school pupils, and it was so nice to meet so many people who have the same interests as me. We had so much to talk about and get excited about - it was amazing. One of my best memories from GSA would have to be pancake night. We all got back to our block, got into our pj's, and made pancakes while singing songs from the musicals. Perfect! Everyday i would walk through the doors and just thought about all the amazing people who had trained with the people who were teaching me and I just felt so lucky and privileged to be there. It had an amazing family atmosphere and is deffinantly somewhere i would love to go in the future.
The second week of the holidays was spent at home :) The day after i came home I went to my friends sisters wedding and it was gorgeous. She looked stunning and I had a great time! On the Saturday Mum and I took my Nan to see The Sound Of Music at the Birmingham Hippodrome for her 70th birthday. She loved it (as did I)! Connie Fisher was good as Maria but the Mother Superior stole the show. Her voice was incredible. When she sung climb every mountain I was so moved I just sat there and cried. It was a brilliant show.
After that, I spent 10 whole days with my amazing best friend! This might not seem that great to many people but when your best friend lives 5 hours away and you haven't seen them for 2 months - its a big deal! We had such an amazing time and I loved every second! We managed to see lots of shows including Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance, Legally Blonde, Into The Woods and The 39 Steps all of which were amazing! We also made a very special trip back up to Birmingham to see "The Night Of Six Voices" which was a charity concert to raise money for Bex and Sal's walk to the west end in September. They did amazingly well raising £600 and the show itself was fantastic! The 10 days with Nat were amazing but went all too quickly for my liking as I was back home in what felt like a couple of days!
Being home wasn't all that bad though. Mum, Dad and Tom were all on holiday in Greece so when I arrived back in Lichfield my Gran and Pops came to pick me up along with my cousin Ellie and Auntie Sue who both live in Wimbledon. It was lovely to see them all, especially my cousin and Auntie who I hadn't seen for more than a few hours since April! I got home on the Thursday and on spent all of Friday with them staying at my Gran's overnight. I had a brilliant time and especially loved the fact that my cousin told me she loves musicals. I was a very proud older cousin! ;)
On the Saturday morning, I was up bright and early as I was heading back to London to see my two favourite Mancunians Beth and Rach who, again, i hadn't seen in an eternity (or 6 months to be precise)! We went to the Legally Blonde CD signing where Alex was telling us all about WWRY and then walked around London all day. It was so much fun! I love Beth and Rach so much - they're funny and kind and two of my bestest friends in the world. It felt so good to see them again. Next time I see them will probably be November which will be amazing as they are taking me to see Ruthie Henshall in concert for my birthday! BLEGH!!!!!! Exciting much?!
I then came home and Mum, Dad and Tom all came back late on Tuesday night. After 15 days of being apart it was lovely to see them, even if I do look like a milk bottle next to them all! The next few days were spent catching up with family and clearing the enormous pile of washing that 4 people make when away for just over 2 weeks. The next exciting thing to come along was seeing the national tour of Joseph. I was excited to see it as I knew Trina from the WWRY tour was in it, but it wasn't until i got to the theatre that I found out she was playing the narrator. When the announcement for understudies came on, I hoped and prayed that her name would not be announced and was relived when it didn't. The curtain went up, the overture was played, Trina walked out on stage and sang and I honestly think I stopped breathing for a few seconds. WOW. I knew she could sing, but I never knew she could sing like that! She has this amazing ability to sing with a gorgeous pure, soprano voice but then belt from her chest like there's no tomorrow. She stole the show.
That's pretty much it for summer. I going to London for one last time this weekend to see Billy Elliot and Priscilla with our refunded tickets from last time when it was cancelled due to the bus breaking. I'm really excited but also don't want it to come as it means that summer is over and school and the hard work begins all again. I want to say a huge thank you to everyone who has made this summer so special for me. I have loved it so much and the memories from it will never leave me.
Summer 2010, you had a lot to live up to but you certainly beat 2009 and did it in style!