Saturday, March 5, 2011

English Drama Club

Last year in February, when I knew that I entered English Drama Club, I was filled with disappointment and unhappiness. My first choice CCA was Table Tennis, while English Drama Club was my second. I did not bother to try loving my CCA, instead, I hated it, and I kept appealing to get in. Sometimes, I played with some of the weaker players in the Table Tennis Team Squad for fun. I could defeat the bottom 2 ranked players. I once told that to the coach, but he said,"If you can defeat my top player, I will let you in." After some time, I felt really tired of it. And I started to think: Why don't I just stop trying to appeal, if the CCA works like that, perhaps it was a blessing in disguise that I got into English Drama Club?
Gradually, I stopped slacking off. I started concentrating on learning in English Drama Club, I took trainings seriously and stopped fooling around. I wanted to make the best out of it.
It was tough at first, when I was not good at certain things, like "freezing" on stage. I was a little blur at first. And it really feels silly to sit backstage and have only a minor role in one scene for the Annual Production. Well, it was understandeable. The secondary 2s,3s, and 4s were much better actors than the sec 1s. And obviously we should see how they act, and learn from them.
Months later, after production was over, the sec 1s were training to participate in Humanities in Celebration, an event in school. There were 8 of us, and I was the main character. This was when my enthusiasm started to grow faster than ever. Because I finally had the opportunity, I finally had the chance. Our seniors were there to direct us, they were there to do the blocking, and give us pointers to work on. Only then did I start to feel how addictive drama is. It feels like a drug, when I am acting, I feel so "high"! And the more I act, the "high"-er I get! Drama starts to feel like a virtual world, an outlet for release. Sometimes, when I get tired out during PE lesson, I feel like skipping drama trainings. But then, there is this force, which always draws me to attend my CCA. Had I not changed my attitude, I would not have found out how addictive drama can get.

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