Dixon: Stream of Consciousness

Posted by Bradford on May 24, 2012

School Shows

I must confess my friends, I’ve been up since 5:30 am and I am absolutely exhausted. But as I sit at my trusty lap top, fighting off the Sand Man (for a few more minutes at least); I thought I’d write a quick blog, stream of consciousness style, about why the Monkeys put the A in Awesome.

Teaching: Though it’s only been a few weeks since the residency ended, it will truly be nice to see all the kiddos at Dixon. Performing in school shows are always a blast, but they’re even more fun when you’ve taught there. You get the privilege of seeing a story develop from the time a student writes it in the class room through the adaption process, from countless hours of rehearsal to the big performance back at the school. It is too, too cool baby.One of many things I love about being a Monkeys.

Musicians: Emjoy G, Jason (J Squad) Sperling, and even my dreaded arch rival Ricky Harris were absolute rock stars in rehearsal this week. Not only great actors, these wacky guys help make a Monkey Show a Monkey Show. Creating ambiance and writing songs; energizing the crowd and helping us warm up the old vocal cords. And who can keep track of the countless mad dashes from behind the keys to intro a scene. All in a days work to you, but it’s what we love about you guys. So here’s to ALL of our wonderful musicians. Thanks for your hard work this year!

Start The Show: Oh yeah, it’s always cool before a round of That’s Weird Grandma. But when you kick it off at a school show and 60 plus students jump in with you, there’s nothing like it. If that doesn’t get you pumped up to take the stage nothing will. You better believe the house is gonna be a rocking about 10am tomorrow at the old Dixon school.

Hope to see you there good people, the show is going to be great. Tune in tomorrow for pics from the show. And with that I bid you adieu. Time to catch up on some much needed rest.