My experiences in Drama Club

During the 1st~2nd term in GCA, I joined the Drama Club. This club are organized by Vermoutha in 11-B and Tina in 11-A.There are also three teachers: Ms. Mitschrich, Ms. Chan and Mr. Burt. They are the directors and producers. I really learned a lot and made some good friends in this club.


You may want to ask me a question: Why do you join this club? Well, it’s very simple, because I’m interested in drama. I used to act in dramas when I studied in the junior high school. In fact, at the beginning of the term 1, when many students introduced their clubs, I was attracted by the Drama Club. Not only to bring up a good sense of acting, but also to learn more about the classical dramas. So I signed up, and some days later, I knew that I was chosen by the club.
So, the practise started. This year, we also acted a drama which was written by Shakespeare. It is called: The Taming of the Shrew. Almost none of us had been ever read it before. So it became a problem. We first needed to learn it in Chinese at home, and then turned it into our own words. In order to act as perfectly as possible, we nearly went to Ms. Chan’s classroom (12-C) everyday and practised the play book. I acted the 1st page. Though I didn’t have too many sentences that I had to say, but I should always act. Action and expression are very important. Also, cooperate with each other is pivotal.


At the very beginning, many impersonators didn’t come to practise at all. Usually, the two leaders looked for them everywhere, and the result was most of time, they couldn’t find them. This status lasted about one month! The three teachers became very angry, they decided to take some actions. They warned us that if we don’t come there on time, we will be kicked out. This order was very useful, each club member changed a lot. Everyone entered in his role and realized the character’s sensation. It seemed much better than before! Sometimes, we felt very tired, but we all had a faith. We had full of confidence to act well.


In December, all of us became much busier than before. Because, our performance would be shown! We went to Ms. Chan’s classroom everyday and sometimes, we needed to go the art room after school. Teachers gave us a lot of suggestions and showed us the movie of The Taming of the Shrew. We learned a lot from it. During the last week, we were all very excited but also very atwitter because last year, The Romeo and Juliet was a big success. At this time, our teachers encouraged us to believe ourselves, we were the best! We practiced every day after school until 7 p.m. Everybody acted well than before and teachers provided us the fine stage properties.


Finally, the exciting day arrived! On December 19th, I got up very early in the morning with excitement. At 4:30 p.m, I went to the hall above the canteen. Teachers dressed us up and encouraged us the last time. We believed that today’s show would be a big success! Oh, it started! We could see many audiences from the tiring-room. Mr. Gallinelli, Ms. Morgan, Mr Zalba, etc. Our show lasted about 2 hours, we all enjoyed ourselves during the show. When the show was over, we have heard the thunderous applause. We raised a lot of money of the charity in Jiangsu.


I have worked in the Drama Club for about 60 hours. I have made some new friends: Vermouth, Rachel, David, Laura, etc. I really learned a lot about how to work in a group and adjust our relationships. I also won an award for the Best Transition Work with Rachel in grade 12. I felt
very rich and I also want to join it next year!