Writer's Week

Monday-Boy was I excited for Writer's Week. When monday came, however, I was kind of disappointed. Julie Halpern presented but not well. I thought her story was just wierd. Sure it was very interesting but I, even if it may be true, do not believe all of her story entirely. A 6'6" satanist that roamed around and would randomly pray to the dark lord? Sure it's funny and interesting, but not very believable. She was down to earth when she spoke though. You could tell she was very comfortable with five hundred teenagers staring at her. She "understands us." Overall though, I did not enjoy her very much.

Tuesday-This was a much better day than monday. Seeing students perform, while I'd rather see proffessionals, was very nice. Of course, the highlight was Unser's "PENAS." No one could go the rest of the day without hearing people scream "PENAS in the hallways. I also liked the bird-lady story as well. I really don't know why, but it was enjoyable. Tuesday was good overall and it got me enjoying Writer's Week again.

Wednesday-Sierra was one of the best this year. She was so enjoyable and fun to watch the entire time. She knew when to be serious as well. Her poems were amazing too. The way she presented them was awesome in itself. The emotions she put in with the poems gave them life and I loved them. She is obviously a very down-to-earth person and would probably be really fun to hang out with. She used this when playing with the audience too. I don't know if there was a girl that actually requested "Garden," but just seeing her call out for that girl made things fun. This day was probably the best out of the week.

Thursday-This day was awesome. I know people aren't really supposed to do music, but this was one of the best days. Writing is cool, but adding music to it gives it an entirely new meaning. Hannah Fox was the best this year too. Her voice had that cool soulful sound and she did this to a nice guitar sound that gives her her own sound. An encore was appropriate too. I do feel bad for Maggie Dever when she went up after everyone was cheering for Hannah to perform again. In all this day was extremely good and I can't wait for the music day next year.

Friday-This day was bad only because it was the end of writer's week. Billy Lombardo performed and I'm sure everyone else will agree, this guy seemed super boring. After a few readings, though, I really started to listen and hear his story. It got really good when he began to speak of his childhood. He grew up in the ghetto and poor and he now is very happy and pretty well off I assume. He knew how to speak to us teenagers as well. He defended himself agianst fake laughs and could talk to us on a personal level very easily.

Overall-Writer's Week was a huge success this year. the proffessionals were great as always, but the students' talent really stood out this year. The music day was especially good and fun to watch. The people in charge could do a better job with the technical stuff, however. At times there were brakes because of microphones in the wrong place of the microphones not working at all. Other than that, this year was a big success. Writer's Week is one of the things I love most about Fremd and I cannot wait until next year. It'll be tough to beat this years show though.