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To say that the Monster Ball was amazing may be an understatement. I enjoyed the show from start to finish. Some of my personal highlights would have to be when Lady Gaga sang “Speechless” and the audience sang the chorus back to her. Her vocal on this performance was outstanding! Another highlight would have to be when the crowd started to chant ‘Oh oh oh oh oh oh, caught in a bad romance’ whilst the lights had gone down as she changed for her encore of “Bad Romance’” which set the crowd on fire! The atmosphere was electric and the show was second to none. Lady Gaga showed that she IS the new queen of pop and that pop music is not dead! Lady Gaga definetly showed that she is a performer and truly successful artist.(  Photos by Getty Images)

As The Days Grow Closer And Closer Until The Opening Night And The Curtains Go Up All The Members Of The Theatre Company Are Mixed Emotions, Nervous and Excited!! For Me I Am Not Really That Nervous At The Moment But I Will Be Nervous, I Am Also Very Excited Aswell!! We Have Dress And Technical Rehersals On Sunday 31st January, It Lasts  For About 10 Hours! It Is A Long Day! We Also Have Another Dress Rehersal On Monday 1st February That Lasts Just 3 Hours! Not As Long! On The Opening Night Tuesday 2nd February We Have All To Meet At The Falkirk Town Hall For 5:30pm! It Is The Same All Week!! So Break A Leg Everyone!!!!!!!! xx

This Is Just To Let You Know All About My Hopes And Dreams For The Future!!

I Would Love To Be On A West End Stage One Day And Pursuit My Dream Of Becoming A Successful Actor And Sing In Front Of Thousands Of People 8 Times A Night! It Would Be Great!! I Know Alot Of People Don’t Get Into The Musical Theatre Business, But I Would Try And Try Over And Over Again To Fullfill My Hopes!

I Started Dancing When I Was 4 Years Old And I Am Still Doing It, It Is Something I Love To Do! I Hope Of Getting Into A Musical Theatre School In London!! It Would Be Amazing! My Friend Is At Mountview Academy In London!

If Everybody Could Give Me A Few Pointer Tips! It Would Be Much Appreciated!! You Never Know It Could Come In Help To Me In The Near Future!!

On The 1st March 2010, I Will Be Going To See Lady GaGa With Friends! Lady GaGa Is The Biggest Selling Artist Of 2009, She Has Had The Most Downloaded Song Of 2009 Which Is “Poker Face” With 700,000 Downloads! WOW!! She Has Had 4 UK Number 1 Singles Which Is More Than Any Artist Since 2002!!

The Monster Ball Tour is the second concert tour by American recording artist Lady GaGa to promote her second studio album, The Fame Monster. The tour was officially announced on October 15, 2009, after her joint concert tour with rapper Kanye West, titled Fame Kills, was suddenly canceled. Described by Gaga as “the first-ever ‘pop electro opera’”, The Monster Ball began four days after the release of The Fame Monster. Rapper Kid Cudi and singer Jason DeRulo were confirmed as the supporting act for the American stop of the tour, while the band Alphabeat will support the UK stop of the tour. Virgin Mobile USAHaus of Gaga designed the poster and the stage of the concert, including a giant contraption called “The Orbit”. sponsored the tour. Gaga’s production team

Gaga and her production team developed a stage that looks like a frame with forced perspectives and everything for the show fitted within it. She felt that the design would allow her creative control. Since the album dealt with the paranoias faced by Gaga over the year, the main theme of the show became evolution, with Gaga portraying growth as the show progressed. She compared the setting of the stage with that of a hollowed-out television set. Elements of the cancelled tour with Kanye West were incorporated in some parts. The set list of the tour consisted of songs from The Fame Monster as well as her debut album The Fame.

The show was divided into five segments with the last one being the encore. Each segment featured Gaga in a new dress and was followed by a video interlude, portraying Gaga in Gothic and artsy poses, to the next one. The show began with Gaga appearing from behind an electric maze of lights. It continued with acoustic piano playing, dancing in costumes made of guns, Cleopatra style head gears and fairy-tale Rapunzel style hair. Contemporary critics praised the show, commending Gaga’s singing abilities and sense of style and fashion. They were also impressed by the pompousness and the theatricality of the show, comparing it to the tours of artists like Madonna.

My Theatre Company (Big Bad Wolf) Are Putting On A Performance Of Disney’s Beauty And The Beast In February! Tickets Are £8 For Adult And £7 For Children And Concessions, You Can Book Tickets At The Steeple Box Office In Falkirk! It Will Be Just Like The Movie Or The Stage Show (If You Have Seen The Stage Show) I Having Been Offered A Principle Part! He Is A Very Nasty Man Called Monsieur D’Arque, He Tries To Put Belles Father Into His Asylum! I Will Not Tell You Much About It! Here Is A Summary Of What It Is About:

Hey Everybody!

It Has Been Ages Since I Have Updated This! Mrs Vass Has Inspired Me To Start Blogging Again!!!! Since I Heard That Another Pupil, Younger Than Me Has Started, I Thought I Would Too.

I Will Be Posting Some Posts Alot Of The Time! So Stay Tuned!!! xx

As we all know Christmas is a very special time of year because it honors the birth of Jesus. At Christmas modern customs of the holiday include:

• Gift Giving
• Church Celebrations
• Decorations Such As:  Tree, Lights, Miseltoe and More.

As we know The Nativity Scene is all about the Birth of Jesus.  Alot of Churches have a manger, but they leave it empty until Christmas Day to reflect that Jesus had not been born yet. Alot of people put it on as a show like - Schools, Theatre Groups, Churches and more.

Father Christmas as we all know is Santa Claus. Every Christmas Eve he goes around the world in 1 night and delivers all the presents to the children and on Christmas Morning we get up and Santa Claus has been to our houses. Some people put out a Carrot and a Glass of Milk and a cookie so Santa can give His Reindeer the Carrot and the Glass of milk and the cookie to himslef.

I would just like to say to eveyone, MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR.

On the 3rd of November the school took pupils who only took Drama and P.E in 2nd up to 6th year to go and see Mary Poppins in the Edinburgh Playhouse.  It was really good I was sitting in STALLS, ROW U, SEAT 23 which is really good seats.  It only cost £15 for a ticket.  It was nothing like the Movie Version of Mary Poppins it was different.  The costumes, songs, actors and sets were amazing!  I would go and see it again if it comes back to Scotland. Here are some songs from the show.  This is the London Cast recording.

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Hi folks I know I have not been talking for a long time I have been really busy with school stuff.  I would just like to say that I will be in a production of Cinderella And The Birkenstocks in January tickets cost £7 for Adult and £6 for Concession it is Big Bad Wolf’s 2nd production.  Finally I have been offered a principle part for a show I will be playing a dance instructor called Floyd Harvey.  The show has got a twist in it it is not like the Disney Movie Cinderella it is more modern and funny.  It is at the Falkirk Town Hall on 20th to the 24th of January 2009.  Here is a summary of what it is about.

“Who dances in glass slippers?” That’s what Cinderella thinks. This wacky modern adaptation of the classic tale has a twist where an impossible Cinderella terrorises her sweet stepmother and studious sisters. When the Prince announces he is having a ball they try to keep Cinderella home, not out of spite but for fear of embarrassment. Things take an interesting and hilarious turn when Paula ‘Abdulla’ turns up as her Fairy Godmother and with the help of Simon ‘Howell’ try to turn Cinderella into an elegant
young lady till the stroke of midnight.

Well, last week was my first week in 2nd year it was alright, as you know the first week back at school is always the worst. On the Tuesday when we started back it was the most worst day I have had in years going back to school. But lets look on the bright side I get to study my subjects which I’ve picked, so that is OK. After that day was over I was so happy. The rest of the week was better than Tuesday. On my timetable Thursday is my favourite. So i’m happy that the first week of school is over. I will write more posts about the exciting things that are happening at Larbert High School.

On Wednesday I went to Alton Towers with Fusion. We left at 5.00am in the morning and got their about 10.15am. We got in and went on The Spinball Whizzer first then we went on the extreme rides like - Air,Nemisis,Oblivion,Rita, Submission, Enterprise,Corkscrew and Ripsaw. They were really fun. Then we had lunch and went on the wet rides like  The Water Rapids And The Flume, then we went on Hex it is a really odd rise becasue you feel like you are upside down but your are not it is just the walls that move. Then we went on Duel it is a ride were you go into a haunted house and your sit in a carrage and you go round the house and try to shoot ghosts and gouls, you get 100 points for every ghost ot gouls you shoot. Then we went home and stopped for dinner we got home about 12.00am in the morning. I hope i will be able to go again!!!!!

Well People It Is Almost Summer. Tomorrow we finish school for 7 weeks. At Larbert High School we go to Period 1 & 2. Then we go to registration to get registered then we go over to the church for the end of term service. I am doing a little performance with the s2 Drama Club we are doing the Happy Prince from Oscar Wilde childrens story. It only lasts for about 13 minutes. Church lasts for about 1 hour. After that it is SUMMER!! I am going to the cinema with some friends from school we are going to see the new Narnia Movie Prince Caspian. So if I don’t speak to you during the holidays, Have a great Summer.

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