CACTUS concert

so my concert is over. yes CAC+US (or cactus) concert. I'm under the cac sub club, jazzttitude. (cac, seriously thanks for spelling our sub club name wrongly for our door... -.-)

so lets take a look back on the jazzttitude journey before i start blogging on cactus!

i think street jazz was never my first choice for dance, in sem 1. but i chose it over synergy because i thought i wasn't good enough and was scared of the commitment. anyway, its still jazz so kind of what i wanted. well, i guess i was wrong cos there weren't many spins and jumps but more sassy/sexy movements. and i really couldn't keep up with some of the choreo for each sem class. which was scary cos we would be video-ed down. but after some time i learnt to enjoy the dance genre. and made friends! (yay abigail and wee teck!) we also had weekly dinners before dance lessons. dance became something i looked forward to every week, though it was a still a burden to come to sch on thurs (cos it was sometimes my free day last sem) and bring a shoe bag to sch on the days ive tutorials.

decided not to audition for crew cos i felt that i was not good enough but to audition for the annual cactus concert instead.
it was a good choice! eagerly awaited the results for the audition and got in!!!! was a bit disappointed that i couldn't go for jazz camp but hope to go for the next one! and i told myself to diet and lose weight before the performance but nope, didn't manage to. in fact i think i ate even more food cos it was the hols and kept going out. hehe.

practice for the item started in sem 2 week 1. yes we only had about 7 official rehearsals for the items, plus 1 full dress, 2 official self prac and 1 bump in. we also did 2 dry runs before the actual performance on each performance day. cactus became something that i looked forward to. the big milestone in week 5! 12-13 feb.
got really worried after the first rehearsal cos i couldn't keep up with the steps. so asked weeteck and abigail out to practice. met at scape, found a quiet corner and we did improve a lot i think. thanks to the both of you!!! :)
future rehearsals were as tough, cos  i still struggled with the new choreo. ended up being a burden to others around me (like novi) who patiently taught me the each and every step! there were others too, whom i kept going to for help! blocking wasn't as scary as i thought it'll be.
and then came the next bomb, costumes. emerald green, solid blue, bright yellow, bright pink. need to have at least 2 colors, and have a black base. get black shoes. great, i didn't have any of these. so had to go to buy!! chance upon a $3.50 bright yellow/green shirt. went shopping with wee teck, abigail and friends that abigail introduced to us, weiling, gwen, marlene and samantha(she's from jj and soci too!) shopped at bugis where i got my black skirt. and llao llao after :) finally got my shoes from cotton on, the kind that is 2 for $30. and black stockings cos tights look too black. needed something see through. accessories were very last min, but managed to get a cute blue bow rubber band for the hair and blue arm band for the hand. yay! all under $50. so my whole outfit is bought! ( bought another set of stockings cos the first one split)

then week 5 came and its time for the final pract. i wasn't that good with the choreo yet but with help from my friends again, it was better! we had a really big dressing room with many 4 long rows of lockers (i think there were almost 60 lockers) and a set of mirrors on one side of the wall. mirrors were quite pretty cos of the lights around it. i got locker number 30! wee teck and zhuomin were beside me. hehe. think i spent a lot of the 3 days (that we were in the dressing room) with wee teck cos our lockers were side by side, and abigail, whenever we had to do something. bump in day wasn't a good one. 12th's performance was better then bump in but could be improved and 13th's performance was the best!!!
so thankful to all who came down to see me, even if its just a 3+min item on stage. we danced to bang bang by ariana grande and calling at hearts. didn't like the song choices at first but the steps and lighting really made everything look nice! thought that we were still messy cos of the dance steps and costumes (we were the most colorful of the lot!)  but friday's concert seemed good!

it seems like ive been looking forward to this concert so much that after its over, theres no more motivation for this sem, nothing big to look forward to. maybe i'll go back for sem classes. need to have another goal for this sem!

thanks for giving me this opp to perform in cactus. thanks to those who supported me throughout this period. and thanks for all the memories.
love confessions by jazzttitude! in cactus 2015!