First of all...
Well, it was a bit like being a freshman again. Wandering the halls of good old Cherry Hill High School West. However, this time, the people have really great accents, the scenery is rainy yet beautiful, and I'm 28 years old.
It was our first day of orientation week or "induction week" as it is called here. We met with our head of course, a guy named Rhys who seems too cool, and the rest of the MA Acting and MA Professional Theatre (writing/directing) students. There are about 30 of us and it is shaping up to be what seems to be a load of very sweet people. A good vibe. We spent the day learning about things like our pigeon holes (I think those are our mailboxes on campus), timetables, staff mentors, etc. It was a load of information to take in, but all necessary I suppose. We also learned that we would all be getting our professional headshots taken tomorrow. This is included in our fees for the year and in order for our pictures to make it into the London casting bible, Spotlight, we have to take them tomorrow! Well, nothing like jumping in feet first, right?
After our first day of information overload, in true English fashion, we all went down the pub. The Plume of Feathers is our "local," as they say, and we have already made friends with the bar staff. That's what happens when you live a stone's throw away. A group of us sat and chatted and got to know each other. It was nice. The pub culture here is such a treat, it really is. And then, for our evening's festivities, we headed back to campus for an Irish band and Irish dancing! It was a blast. Think square dancing in elementary school with a much more insane group of drama students! Ahhhhh! It was fun times.
It all feels so thrilling. Too thrilling for words, to be honest. Something that I have worked so hard and waited so long for is actually taking shape. What an incredible feeling. I can only assume it will get even better. More challenging, but better.
I look forward to sharing this journey with you and I do hope you will ride along with me...
posted by Eli @ 4:18 PM
3 Comments:
How marvelous! I am so envious! You are going to be having such a great adventure.
Shakspur
I'm sure a good number of the high school students in Cherry Hill, NJ have really great accents, too. Let's not sell them short.
The place looks beautiful. And it sounds like you are off and running. Go man, go! The updates are delightful. Thanks for keeping us in the know.
Your blog like totally inspired me to create one of my own, but then I thought about it and realized all I would need is one posting to cover my entire work week. Redundancy is a bitch! I'll just live vicariously through you and your episodic adventures. So now I've got Prison Break, The Office & Eli's London Adventure. Rock-n-Roll!!!
SReilly
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