Fringe -- FE awards --Cats

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 This is one of the most popular songs that have been produced this year and because of this it has been featured in much of the media. Its popularity makes it a hit with both the young people and their parents. Many people have made their own choreography and flash mobs therefore obtaining inspiration would not be difficult. On that popularity subject the song just makes the cut because unlike the song happy produced last year people have made flash mobs for it but not as many as there are for the song happy. It is also fairly new therefore it is not at the point were people are getting annoyed with the song because they have heard too many times.


FE Awards


For this performance we incorporated numerous songs from musicals that have been done in our college allowing us to work with the ex students from the college. I think what made our piece special was that it was a mash up in contrast to having one five minute song like the other colleges did. In a space of 5 minutes we sang six songs that  had different energy levels allowing us to take the audience in an emotional journey. The other colleges had one song which I thought was of a high standard because they lots of time to focus on it and that showed in their performance however if that was someone's first time encounting musical theatre they would have felt left out. Another element to why our performance worked was that we tried to keep the movement to a minimum but not just stand still like a choir because no one wants to eat a meal to a choir.


Cats


The two songs I chose contrasted each other and I think that they helped express my strengths and weaknesses in my vocals which would contribute to the director's decision. One of the songs I sang was written by the author of the musical. This helped show that I could cop with songs of that genre and tone , while the other song helped express one of my strengths which was holding notes. This would make a good candidate for the songs that require a male role holding notes. Having tried tried a few other songs I chose these two because they allowed me to keep the same key while moving up and down the scales