Me and a group of student got the chance to be in one of the biggest play's in canada. this is the hi-lights of the trip.
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On the bus leaving Toronto, we are on our way to Ottawa. We are all pumped and redy to go. We know how fun the next few days will be and the wait is bairly manageable. Minutes feel like hours on this long bus ride. Even if I have a lot of good friends with me on the bus we all feel like it takes forever to get there.
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After a few hours of bordom, drowzines kicks in. Most of my friends fall right asleep as soon as the conversation dies off. I cant sleep on the bus so Mr. Ipod becomes my new best friend. The light fades fast outside and I think the bus driver got lost… We are on little single laine roads with no sings anywhere. I don’t think it’s the right way to Ottawa.
3)
We arrive at destination! We finally get out of the bus. We are tired, hungry and happy to be here. The school we are sleeping in brings back a lot of memories from the year before when we did it for the first time. We have a good night sleep… for a good 4 hours! At like 6 am we got waken up by the radio playing on the p.a. system. Since we cant fall beck asleep we did the most natural thing that came in mind… PILLOW FIGHT!!! For some strange reason the girls dint like getting awaken by people running bare foot on a gym floor.
4)
First stop the museum of cultures in Quebec on the other side of the river. I really love that museum because of all the nice things we saw the year before and a lot when I was a kid my parents took me there many times so I did bring a nostalgia mood. A long walk, a lot of talking, the smell of old houses and over prices food is what this trip gave. Still never the less was a pretty cool trip.
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A full day or exploring ahead! We start at the museum of civilisation at Hull on the other side of the river, then we start our long journey by foot towards the Bi-market in down town ottawa. At the same time when in many gardens and paths beside the Rideau Canal. I have been trough Ottawa many times so I knew all the nice spots to go. At our arrival at the market we did the same as Obama. We got a beaver tail. After the walk we are on our way to go eat and wait till sun down to see the play we have been waiting for.
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Like last year the show is just breath taking. Over 250 casts, 500$ of special effect every show, a boat mounted on a bus and many more surprises. This got to be the best play I have ever seen. The entire show brings emotion and excitement, especially during the combat scene where 200 people fight at the same time on stage. A other thing on our mind is that we will be playing in it the next night. Me and all the other people who already did it the year before know that it will be fun but the new ones where starting to get nervous after they say the play and the crowd of about 2500 people a night.
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After a very short night we begin our full day of training and briefing. So we basically have to learn and perfect in a day what can take months for a real cast to learn. We only stop at 12 that day to get food but since time was short we hade to get more explanations while we ate. Everyone was stressed, tired, hungry but we hade a smile on our face because we knew the show was coming up and it would be all worth it. So just a few minutes before the show we gave the best smile we could and took a picture. Then we rush to our spots and let the show begin!
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Yet a other shorter night and a longer day of training. Now we have to get choreography because we have a fight seen tonight. At the end of that brutal day we take are still standing and manage to get in costumes and still be ready for tonight’s show. When we thought that this would be our last show we where upset but when we thought that we would be a combat scène with an other 100 people gave us a rush that maid us last trough the last show.
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THE SHOW IS OVER! At the moment that the ending song finished playing half the group started crying. We all got to know everyone so much and the thought of saying good bye tomorrow really upset us. But shortly after we got cheered up because the cast threw a after party just for us. We party most of the night and when no one could stand we left the stage for the last time back the school to get a bit of sleep. It took only a few minutes after I got off the bus to be in my sleeping bag fast asleep.
10)
Time to go. We wanted to do it again but we hade to leave. The thought of having to sit in that bus again for a other trip from Ottawa to Toronto dint please me. Even if I was very tired I wasn’t able to sleep. Mr. Ipod kept me going for a little while. I thought I was fine after I got off the bus but after I got home, I was very upset and almost depressed. This tripe has been the highlight or this summer and the one before. I was already looking forward for it next year.
