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INKTOBER 52 2024 Week #36: MUSIC.

“I don’t even know what to say about this one. As usual, after pondering this prompt, one of the first things my Brain went to was what I ended up going with. In this case, it was ‘The Music of the Night’. I don’t know that I’ve ever heard the whole song. I know I’ve never seen ‘The Phantom of the Opera’. I do have a sort of soft spot for musicals, though. I enjoy them just like I enjoy really old movies (which were heavily influenced by stage shows in the beginning), though I haven’t really seen a ton. I remember going to one of our high school musicals sophomore year because some of my friends were in the show, and I was surprised at how much I enjoyed it. I really loved the sets, too, so the following year I, and a bunch of my friends, joined the stage crew headed up by my favorite teacher (my art teacher Mr. Phaneuf). It was such a blast to be in school after-hours building sets and painting backdrops and things, problem solving how to bring some magic to the production. The actual show nights were also super fun, dressing in all black (some of us donned ninja masks to complete the look), waiting backstage for the lights to dim or the curtains to close so we could dash out and place all our hand-crafted sets and props in the perfect spots. A good chunk of my favorite memories from high school are those two years I was on stage crew (I did return for one other production after my senior year of college to help out. I was mentally in a rough spot, and being able to be with my favorite teacher again was immensely helpful, as was being in that stage crew environment, although the others weren’t my close friends anymore so it was a little weird. I was kind of like a big brother, I guess.).
So yeah, I have a soft spot for musicals, and I really ought to make an effort to see some more.”

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