Day 30...What a Month!

Daily Practice
Minutes: 30 min
Songs worked on: "Get Back" by Demi Lovato, "Everything Else" from Next to Normal, and "Rolling in the Deep" by Adele

Private Lessons and Coaching Sessions
Instructor: 30 min
Songs worked on: "How Lovely to be a Woman" and "One Boy" both from Bye Bye Birdie

Fitness
Type of class: Yoga
Instructor: Amber Paul

Type of class: Contemporary Jazz
Instructor: Calen

Well here we are, 30 days later! It seems like yesterday was orientation and we were all trying to figure out how we were going to fit 5 good deeds and 20 dance classes into one month along with everything else. I really don't know what to say other than it has been an amazing road and in a lot of ways I wish it wasn't ending! If only I had done it when I first moved to NYC! I would like to thank Kurt Robinson and Broadway Dance Center for giving all of us the opportunity to do this challenge and to help us become the performers we dream of becoming! Even more importantly though, I would like to thank all of my friends, teachers, and family for your support! I cannot sufficiently express my gratitude to all of you so I will just say that it is because of you that I have made it to this point. I have accomplished so much this month and look forward to doing the challenge next year! 

We all know the saying "Tomorrow is the first day of the rest of your life." Well, I think that is true for all of us challengers now more than ever! This challenge has changed so much in my life and I look forward to continuing everything we were required to do!

Thank you again for everything!

xxSylvia

Day 29

What a crazy day! Today I completed my 5th and final good deed, recorded by demo, and took two dance classes. All I can say is that I am so grateful that this is my life!

Daily Practice
Minutes: 30 min
Songs worked on: "What It Means To Be A Friend" from 13, "One Boy" from Bye Bye Birdie, and "Joey is a Punk Rocker"

New Song



Fitness
Type of class: Contemporary
Instructor: Justin Coute subbing for Mishay Petronelli (Sorry the picture is blurry!)

Type of class: Theater

Instructor: Jacob Brent

Good Deeds (#5!)
Today I went to St. Francis Xavier Church to volunteer all morning to set up for the soup kitchens lunch. I had a few different jobs including cutting oranges, setting up 400 glasses of juice, and rolling silverware for the week. It was a lot of fun and I met some really great people! Here is a picture of me after I finished a roll up and a picture of the volunteer board and cafeteria...

Vocal Performance!

Here is my vocal performance! Its hard to hear me with all the talking, also I was starting to loose my voice by this point so its not my best work but here it is!

My Live Performance

Show/Venue: The Duplex
Song(s) performed: Joey is a Punk Rocker

Day 28

Daily Practice
Minutes: 30 min
Songs worked on: Lip trills, Meow's, Goos/Gees, Scales, "E-Ah"s, "Joey is a Punk Rocker," "Rolling in the Deep," and "How Lovely to be a Woman"

Good Deeds (#4)
Today I volunteered for Meals On Wheels! It was so much fun and so great to see how happy people where to get these meals, and one less thing to worry about. Here is a picture of be with one of the bags we carried around, by route sheet, and the sign in sheet...

Day 27

Daily Practice
Minutes: 30 min
Songs worked on: Lip trills, Meow's, Goos/Gees, Scales, "Joey is a Punk Rocker" and "How Lovely to be a Woman"

Private Lessons and Coaching Sessions
Instructor: Brad Ross
Songs worked on: "Joey is a Punk Rocker" and "How Lovely to be a Woman"

Healthy Meals
Description: After class today I stopped by Jamba Juice and got a Smoothie and California Flatbread with beans, corn, and chicken

Fitness
Type of class: Floor-Barre
Instructor: Rickey Tripp

Type of class: Pointe
Instructor: Denise LaPointe subbing for Joy Karley

Why am I dressed? Well, Denise had to go into another class right after we finished, so I got a picture after!

Good Deeds (#3)
Today I was asked to go back for the last day of the children's book fair at PS11. My job today included sorting books to give to teachers, helping to ring people up, and at one point managing...

Missing Photos!

Here are the pictures that I had promised! There aren't to many of them but I'm very sorry they didn't come sooner!

Day 11; Voice Lesson with Kurt Robinson...

And...

Day 15; Good Deed #1, volunteering at the AIDS Walk in Central Park

Day 26

Daily Practice
Minutes: 30 min
Songs worked on: Lip trills, Meow's, Goos/Gees, Scales, "Joey is a Punk Rocker," "How Lovely to be a Woman," and "One Boy"

Healthy Meals
Description: For dinner tonight I had a cup of tomato and red pepper soup and a cheese sandwich on whole grain bread...

Fitness
Type of class: Theater
Instructor: Crystal Chapman

Type of class: Tap
Instructor: Germaine Salsberg

Live Audition

Today I went to the Singers Call for Disney Cruise Lines, here is a picture of the list of names on my page. This was the closest thing they had to a breakdown...

 

Good Deeds

Today I went to PS 11 to volunteer at the children's book fair. For the most part I helped Kids find a book to take home...