Actually I should probably go and read my last post to remember what I have and haven't written, since the last time I posted here was the day we broke up for the Easter holiday. Hang on a minute then.
(I would advise going back to read over a couple of previous posts, just so you know what I'm talking about. Unless you fancy a bit of confusion.)
Right. Okay. I got to the first day, i.e. the 26th March... did I write about HYF? Hang on.Nope. So after we'd finished opening presents and being random, we went to Accessorize (which they also have in Denmark; thank God for multi-national corporations) and THEN we went to Starbucks (which they don't have in Denmark. Well, I've been to the one Starbucks they do have - in Copenhagen airport, which, let's face it, is a bit crap. God, imagine life without Starbucks. I hate coffee and even I'm addicted! The Frappuccinos are LOOOOVE.)
Anyway. So after we'd left Starbucks we went back to college to see Hannah, like I said in my last post (or the one before that.) It was, as I'd anticipated, hilarious... I was just basking in the amazingness of seeing Hannah and Cora in the same room. (Even if Hannah did tell Cora she had to embarrass me.) I thought it would never happen, but you don't get if you don't ask! And oh, my god, Hannah guessed who I like! I can't say much about this now and I'll tell you why later, but she guessed who I fancy the bloody first time she tried. And then a couple of days later, my friend guessed too. Is it that obvious?!
Anyway. After that we went back into Henley for our Henley Youth Festival rehearsal, which was obviously the first time we'd rehearsed on account of us being, you know, in different countries... (except for the obvious reasons, that was why I chose For Good for us to sing - there isn't much moving around so we didn't need to work out a routine or anything)... but it went well. Better than the real thing, in my point of view. Even my high notes weren't too bad (a miracle of epic proportions). But seriously, it was great. Even the little organiser person was like "That sounded good!" when she hadn't complimented anyone else. But then, it would have been good; it was Cora. I just tag along, hanging on the coat tails of her talent.
So, with a good rehearsal under our belt, we then went to meet my parents, Freddie and my auntie Ruth and cousin Hannah (yep - another Hannah) in Pizza Express. We ate quickly and then Cora and I went back to the theatre where they were holding HYF. We were on in the second half, in the middle, so we had a while to wait, but we sat in the front of the audience during the first half, watching the performances and worrying about microphone issues (on my part anyway.) And there was this extremely cocky kid who said - pretty much - that he was better than everyone else. He was good, I'll give him that, but... URGH. I just wanted to slap him. And he shook his head to do vibrato. Epic fail.
So, when it was finally the second half, we went backstage to get changed and shiz and just sat there warming up and talking. I'm sure Cora will have something to say about how nervous I got, but we won't go into that now! (Yes, it was embarrassing. Hannah got her wish.)
And then it was our turn. We befriended a nice girl called Lottie while we were waiting to go on who said she loved the song we were singing (which means I automatically liked her. Anyone who likes Wicked has to be awesome.) And we did a little mic test (we had radio mics, you know, the ones which clip on) and went out onstage. Cora was, obviously, better than me - she has such stage presence, and such a beautiful voice. She's just amazing. I doubt she even needed her mic, to be honest, she has the power in her voice that I can only dream about - and typically it was my mic that broke. Hopefully I can increase the volume in Audacity before putting it on YouTube; otherwise you'll hardly be able to hear me. Which I'm not complaining about but it is a shame.
So after the show we went home with the family and my dad put the video of it on the TV so we could watch it - it wasn't too bad, as far as I can remember, but still. Then nothing much else happened so we went to bed.
The next day Zoe came over about 11:15 and we went to Marion's birthday shizzle, which was good. We sang some stuff, but only five of Octava turned up so it wasn't as good as it could have been. Oh well. It was still fun. And then we left about three and got the train into London, where - and this is what you've all been waiting for, right? - WE SAW WICKED.
The train was fun. I went a bit hyper and lay on the seat, with Cora reminding me that everyone could see my pants (there was nobody else even in the carriage. Sort of. I don't know what she was on about.) and there was this adorable little boy sitting in the seat behind Zoe who kept popping his head up to say hi. Bless.
Anyway so we got to Paddington and then to Victoria and went for a Maccy D's, and then we went (really early) to Wicked and just hung around until they opened the doors. It was a full house, unsurprisingly - I'd never been in a cast change audience before but there's such an energy to it, it's such an electric atmosphere. Probably because most - if not all - of the audience are fans of the show, and they know what's coming and want to savour every last minute of it. And the cast didn't fail to live up to our expectations - they were literally giving it everything they had and really just making the most of it. Defying Gravity especially was breathtaking - everyone in the audience was leaning forward on their seats; I was gripping Cora's and Zoe's hands really tightly... it was magical. I mean... I can't even describe it. All I can say is: why the hell weren't you there?
Apologies if you were.
Before the show started, Cora bought a Wicked t-shirt and Elphaba's awesome hat necklace, and she was quite persuasive in me letting her buy one for me too. But they're expensive, and I wouldn't... so we came to the arrangement of we buy half each. It's so awesome and I love it, and I love her to bits for doing that for me (I love her to bits anyway, but you know.) I was wearing it yesterday, but I'm actually not right now... it wouldn't go with my outfit, since it's white and red. But seriously. It's just awesome. But Cora gives me too much stuff! I have to stop that girl.
So yeah. After Wicked we went to the stage door, which was madness - there were so many people! They actually moved the stage door from the stage door to the front of the theatre, so the actors came out one by one --
And now it's lunchtime and time for Starbucks Friday, so I'll finish this later.
Molly x
