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| Scene 8 |
The moment I finished
the duet ‘You Raised Me Up’ with Daniel in Scene 8, I ran to the back stage,
took out my mic and into the changing room right away. Christine has my gown ready in the room. I just need to step in, took off my clothes
and pull it up. Still, it took awhile to tie up the cancan properly. And immediately when the door was opened,
they put a chair for me to sit down there and then. Right there in front of the
changing room, two senior hair stylists were doing my hair assisted by another
two senior hair stylists; Irene was putting lipstick and blushers for me; Siang
Ling and Siew Sun helped me with the earring and necklace; whilst the sound
crew was telling the others, ‘Give me some time to put her mic back!’ I was trying to withhold my laughter as I sat
there helplessly. That was the moment I
actually felt like a Hollywood star.
So much attention. Everyone was
so tense. 15 minutes was all that we had.
When I was done,
Sharmani and I ran all the way up to the entrance and Susanne was already there
hurrying us. The Bridal March was played and
I walked down the isle, hastening my step.
At the rehearsal, I was too slow.
So this time, I kept telling myself: Walk faster, walk faster. My heart was still pumping so fast, but I knew
everything is in good hand. The show was
incredibly well done thus far.
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| Scene 9 |
The last scene was
very straight forward. We sang the song
‘People Need the Lord’ to wrap up the musical.
When Amanda brought my ‘baby’ out, I heard the crowd ‘Awww…’
The show has finally
come to an end. The curtain closed and
we bow as the crowd cheered and clapped.
That’s it. We made it! With all the limited resources and time we
had, we pulled it through. All glory to
God.
I was really glad to
see the youth smiling and snapping tons of pictures that evening. This was their moment – enjoying the fruits
of their labour. Retreating to the
backstage, Nancy Grace, Nancy Teo and their team were keeping the stuff. So thankful to have all these wonderful
people around. They have been there for
the past few practices and their hard work was not seen by many. But there could be no show without their
sweat.
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| Susanne, me and Siang Ling |
My only regret is we
didn’t have a nice group photograph. And my dear husband only took one and only photo with me (*angry).
The success of this
musical was a miracle. Besides giving
credits to the cast mainly the youth who have battled through the many
activities and exams; their parents who chauffeured them around; the adults who
sacrifice their family time; a heartfelt thanks to Sharmini who oversaw the
whole project and the rest of the backstage crews; I am so grateful to my two
kiddos as well. There were times they had no
choice but to join me during some of the practices; yet they did not complain
about the long waiting hours. Bravo to
the daddy as well, who takes over the children whenever I was on call. And… a pat on the shoulder to yours sincerely
who restricted her intake of icy cold drink and fried stuff for the past 6 months, practicing the
songs over and over again, fighting to complete her assignment, project and
study for her exam which was due 2 weeks after the musical while continuing playing the role of a mother.
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