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Arkansas Shakespeare Festival

2007-06-25T21:59:00.000-07:00

Well...it came and went. We laughed, we cried, and we worked our asses off. This was the first experience of this caliber that i have worked, ever. It is amazing to me the group of people who all met that day at Mikes Place in down town Conway, Not many people knowing each other. We all came together and made some pretty kick ass theater, and we did it in 6 weeks. My girlfriend and i got to work together in our first ever professional jobs. It was a really good experience, and we may never have a chance to do that again.
We met some really good people along the way. Some from New York, a wonderful lady named Anna Stone. Full of knowledge and life, was a blast and knew how to host a party. Also from New York, the man who stole the Midsummer Nights Dream, Dan Matissa. One of the coolest guys i have ever met. Full of information about the business and was more than willing to let us newbies know the ropes. Also the lead role in the Man of La Mancha, Steven Hauck, was an amazing actor and singer. Jeffrey France was the director for Midsummer and it was stated by some to be the best production of the show they had ever seen. My designer Matt Bassett was a great person to work under, he taught me lots of things i didn't know about the process before hand, but most importantly we became great friends. And to mention one more name, they didn't hire Matt Chiorini for nothing. After six weeks of loosing his hair and biting his fingers off, he pulled off a great show.
Most importantly, we brought together lots of awesome people from all over the country and got to have a great time. It was bittersweet walking out of the auditorium that last night. So glad and so sad at the same time that it was over. Loved the stress that it brought to all of our lives, yet was stress at the same time. It was the first Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre ever, and i was a part of it. I'm in its books, all of us are. That is a beautiful thing. To all who helped, contributed, and came to watch, Thank you for the best and most tiring six weeks of my life.
I wanted to keep this blog informative and not as personal, but this experience deserved this type of recognition. It touched us all.

Red, White, Black Ball? No more. Curtain Call Ball is in Town

2007-04-25T20:42:00.000-07:00

Well the Red White and Black Ball is no longer such. The as you could probably guess, the red white and black themed end of the year "ball" hosted by Alpha Psi Omega, doesn't require those colors anymore. Wear what ever colors you like, its all good in the new hood! Now the "Curtain Call Ball" will be held on Center Stage at the University of Central Arkansas tomorrow night starting 6pm. The ball usually consists of some finger foods, n/a punch, some goofy outfits, a nice slide show, some awards, and good byes. Don't forget about the afterparty that will run into the morning hours as they usually do.

Common pulls a no show

2007-04-25T19:59:00.000-07:00

The University of Central Arkansas hosted Lupe Fiasco and headlined Common on Tuesday night. The show started at roughly 8:30 and Around 10 they announced that Common was not coming due to weather in Dallas. The ticket sales for the show were very poor and only around 600 were sold. Word of mouth between SGA and students is that the no show was caused by this lack of sales. I attended the show wanting to see Common as one of my 'ol school favorite MCs's, only to be largely let down by the stunt. They are giving half refunds for the mishap, only when i took my ticket stub to the box office to get my refund, i was told it would be in the form of a check that i would receive in 6 to 8 weeks. WAK! Come on Common all you had to do was come and rock the house for a podunk ass college and everything would have worked out just fine. You let us down hard. Play on Playa'.