Cats by Ocracy in Wollongong
Thu, 17 May 2007, 11:06 amBIL20 posts in thread
Cats by Ocracy in Wollongong
Thu, 17 May 2007, 11:06 amDiscussion about the recent production of Cats in Wollongong by The 'Ocracy.
I was involved in Cats at
Wed, 6 June 2007, 09:10 amWalter Plinge
I was involved in Cats at Win Entertainment Centre and i think that everyone involved in the production both on and off stage played a significant part in the over all success that was the Ocracy's CATS.. those poeple above who critisize certain poeple on stage and their performance have no idea the dedication and stamina each of these poeple have and the passion they have to perform.. id like to see you get up in front of 1600 poeple and nail a note or dance step that requires much concertration and hard wokr.. we had been rehursing for 9 hr days both in dance, music and singing and the amount of work that was put in behind the scenes and on the stage was phenominal.. not only did it require the hard work of all involved, but also required determination and heart, and provided a once in a lifetime opportunity for many of our performers to expeirence being part of this incredible production.. the feeling we all got on stage was incredible and no amount of critisism can change our experience of this show and performance.. Grizabella has an amazing range in her singing voice, Memory is on of the hardest songs vocally to perform and she nailed it. Sillabub and Jemima are young girls who have found their angelic voices and were given the opportunity to use those voices on stage, which they did an exceptional job, the person above who critisised them; you try and get up in front of a crowd at 11 years old and sing by yourself.. and you have the nerve to critisise Griddlebone? this girl is a classical soprano, and has performed in more plays and musicals than you would know of, you should have seen her profile in the programme.. you try hitting notes two octaves above an average note, then we'll see what ppl say about your performance..she did fabulously..all of the prnicipals studied their characters for months, not just their voice and chorregraphy, but their facial expressions, hand movements, positions of the legs and back to mimic the physiche of a CAT.. the show was amazing and anyone who wishes to critisise keep it to yourself and dont blatently pick out characters who may not have impressed you as much.. all the principal characters, principal dance cor, suporting dance cor, junior dance cor, pussycats, and memebrs of the orchestra and choir created a team of determined performers.. the expeirence that mslef and every person involved in this production had is priceless and no amount of critisism from anybody can change what we learnt, what we did, or how we performed.. we were up there on that stage doing what we do, what we love to do and what we were given the opportunity to do, and that is to perform... :)