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| Blog Name: |
Classic Players |
| Url: |
http://mhfaclassicplayers.blogspot.com/ |
| Language: |
English |
| Topics: |
Drama, Classic Literature, Homeschool |
| Description: |
This group is for students in grades eight to twelve. In addition to continuing improvement in basic acting techniques and character development, participants learn what it takes to produce a complete production, taking responsibilities and jobs in theater that will prepare them to perform or work in dramatic productions. Activities also include more challenging dramatic and improvisational games and a program or play presented each semester. |
| Popularity: |
4 Followers |
Practice Makes Perfect
Today the students threw themselves into a successful practice of our upcoming program A Salute to Veterans. They are truly beginning to work as a Team. Together with the Concert Chorale the program is working out to be a true tribute to our nations Veterans. Keep up the good work class, today poetry, tomorrow, Shakespe
What Should I Wear?
A "Salute to Veterans" is a combination of our MHFA drama and choir groups. For this reason, costuming for our Classic Players is very simple. ("Families" will be provided with a few extra pieces to their costumes). Students are expected to wear "Concert Attire" as described in the MHFA Handbook.
Band of Brothers
While participating in interpretation exercises the class had a chance to practice vocal techniques, and the use of emotional images taught in class recently. Using sensory images students were encouraged to visualize their surroundings, hear the sounds of those surroundings, smell, feel and ultimately see their surroundings. Our students did an admirable job of interpreting Henry V, by William Shakespeare. This play contains a Shakespeare's famous speech containing the often quoted phrase, "Band of Brothers."
Learning the Importance of Vocal Quality
Today students received their first in a series of "Actor Notes." These notes share techniques for improving vocal quality and basic acting techniques. Students even had a chance to practice the exercisers suggested in today's notes. For further study of oral interpretation, visit Your Speaking Voice.To encourage the students to practice what we covered in class, they were given a clipping from William Shakespeare's Henry V, Band of Brothers speech. This segment of Shakespeare's work has been repeatedly used in military novels and films. Next week, we will use this selection in a special class e
A Salute to Veterans
Heroes of all truth and lightMen who Live And DieAnd FightThat all might live on freedom's soi
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