THE SHOW MUST GO ON

Tonight, tonight... I watched West Side Story for the billionth time. I cried. Again.
The picture up top is from my senior year of high school when I performed in West Side Story. That scene is Dance at the Gym. I don't know if you can see me... I am in a red polka dot dress with a big white belt. West Side had been previously done by OHS in 1998. The guy who played Baby John in the 1998 cast brilliantly choreographed our 2008 cast.
I looked very Puerto Rican out of a lot of people in the cast. I was a Jet. I perfered it that way. When you're a jet you're a jet all the way. (Had to throw that in there)
I had the most amazing dance partner Mr. Steven. We had danced together in the same dance studio and then he moved on to bigger and better things. I was so lucky to have him as a partner. With the experience we already had together coming into rehersals made a huge difference. He and Sarah, who is AMAZING did the Dream Sequence. Jake played Bernado for the Dream Sequence. Jake and I also danced together both in West Side and in other dance classes. Cool huh? Steven, Jake, and Sarah performed THIS at a Shakespear Festival. It isn't the original choreography from West Side but it's close. Watch it. Love it. Do it now.
I miss performing. I was in my element on the stage. I started performing when I was really little. I danced for Colleen Collin Smith's School of Performing Arts for 13 years. Count it, 13. In jr. high my passion for the theater came to life. In fact, that's where I met Brett, in the musical Annie. I started singing in jr. high as well. That lead me to musicals at OHS. I had heard so many stories about their theater department and never in a million years thought I would make it into a play. But I did and I did quite a few.
Maybe one day I'll perform again?