Two more weeks to go!

Bye! Good bye! See ya'! So long! Ciao! Au revoir! Adios! Ta-ta! Cheerio! You might "wonder" what I'm doing. Well, I just wanted to see how depressing it's going to be when I finally have to say farewell to the opera. Do you realize It's almost over!!! (Buu-juu!)

Let me see if I can give you a quick update of the last few weeks. Well, just before leaving on Spring Break, we finally met with the Puerto Rico Chapter representative for Habitat for Humanity, Amanda Silva. Now our relationship is finally official! WOOOO-HOOOO!(you don't see it but I'm jumping around!)We discussed several additional ideas to make more money for this cause during the evening of the Gala Performance as part of the Historian Exhibition.

Then, upon returning from Spring Break it has been non-stop building...producing and producing. I missed two work days because I was sick. The bad thing was, Ms. Susan told me that the Whole Company kind'a fell apart when I wasn't there. On the bright side...they needed me! That's a sign I've been doing a good job... THANK GOD!

It has been exciting to see how costumes and sets have taken shape. I couldn't believe carpenters used an electric saw...oooh, dangerous! So skillful!

Lights are done...and they are awesome! Now they have to go over the electrical design...what a jigsaw puzzle that's going to be. There are so many light cues to go over!

Public service announcements and press releases have been sent. Did you know, our PR team called the press and nobody took them seriously because they were kids. They just thought it was another sell! We don't need to sell our play...it sells itself. Our families alone fill the theater! WE WANT TO BE COVERED! So, we changed our strategy. We sent press releases with the title "Cobertura...NO VENTA" (Coverage...not sale), to see if it improves the odds of the press coming to see the play and/or interviewing us about the educational benefits of this project. We believe the message of our play is important as well as the job we've done. People should get to know about it; it's an example for other youths.


We also began selling tickets. The PR team has been very responsible delegating tasks and showing up in the afternoons to sell. Our sales have gone very well these first three days. We're hoping to make more money through the sale of advertising in our playbill and collecting additional donations for Habitat for Humanity. You are all welcome to give your donations directly to Habitat for Humanity and let them know EAG Kids Opera Company in Puerto Rico sent you.

We are down to our last rehearsals. This week we finally put together music and acting. Let's see how that goes. Getting performers to remember their lines and movements hasn't been easy. It hasn't been easy either for composers to complete and fine tune musical compositions. So, I wonder what's going to happen when we put these two groups together. I'm praying everything goes well...better yet...I KNOW IT WILL...IT HAS TO!

Well, that's all for now. I hope to write to let you know how it went in our tech rehearsal two Saturday's from now. But for now, I have to work on my speech for the performance opening. Suddenly, I'm really nervous...I HAVE TO READ THIS IN FRONT OF AN AUDIENCE! YIKES!

Wish me luck!