Is it really November? Wow!
So a lot has happened since I wrote last. Well not a lot. We had our one week of The Wedding Singer, which went very well. By far my favorite show I've done so far. I made some of the most amazing friends in that show and I will be forever be grateful for that!
So one of the groups on campus I am apart of is the McCain Student Ambassadors. We are the group that advocates the arts on campus and specifically the McCain Performance Series (www.ksu.edu/mccain). The Monday after we closed the Wedding Singer we had our first recruitment event of the year. Students were able to get discounted tickets to Brian Regan and then come to a reception after the show and learn about what the McCain Student Ambassadors do! We had 13ish people sign up for more information! (If you are a KSU Student interested in serving on the McCain Student Ambassadors group please email us at mccainstudentambassadors@gmail.com and request more information!).
Also this past Friday, Memphis the Musical came to McCain Auditorium and I was able to work the show. I am on the over-hire crew at McCain Auditorium which means that I come in and help set up the big shows that come through the venue. For Memphis I was able to work load-in--Which is unloading the show from the trucks and setting up; I worked the show as a dresser in the wardrobe department. What an experience! It's a professional tour and being backstage during the performance showed me what it's like to be an actor or stagehand on a tour/proshow!
I am also happy to announce that in the spring I will be singing/acting in the KSU School of Music, Theatre, and Dance production of Trial By Jury which is a one act opera by Gilbert and Sullivan. I am very nervous and excited as this is my first opera.
I wonder if anyone actually reads this blog?
Sincerely,
Jonathan D. Strom
