#664; this is the way that we love, like it's forever
Sunday, May 29, 2011
RAFFLES GUIDES ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
28 May 2011
I can't even begin to say how amazing last night was :) 14 hours on our feet- teaching/learning like 30% of the dance, ordering pizza, stressing about the sec ones, spamming glitter, stressing more, not being able to eat anything, trying out my cannibal king part for the first time and wow it was... it was one hell of a crazy morning.
And then 6.30 approached and some schools were already there and some weren't and there was a bunch of guides sitting by the canteen and I was thinking to myself- you know what would make this a truly amazing campfire experience for them? If we could entertain them right now. But we couldn't and I started feeling more and more guilty and scared and worried and what if this doesn't turn out the way we wanted it to? We had such big plans.
Then it neared 7 and b11atch huddled together and prepped ourself for AA and Rae-Ann said special words that made us feel so much better- because even if we screw up up there it doesn't matter because we have our love, our passion and our pride, and they're going to see it. It hit 7 and everything was so messy- the GOH wasn't here, Jocie selflessly went up to entertain the schools, and standing backstage in sweaty glitter and attendance far less than expected and it was so scary.
But then AA started. And it ended. And nothing was smooth, not a single bit of it. Lines forgotten, scenes missed out.
And that was perfect. Because we picked up so fast, we threw in things last minute, things didn't turn out the best way it could have, but what I know is that if everything ran so smoothly, I wouldn't be this happy right now.
After the guests left the amphitheatre (ok no while they were still at the amphi) batch screamed backstage and collapsed into this little makeshift sushi ball and screamed and screamed and screamed and then we went onstage and screamed somemore because this was
our AA, and this AA was perfect in so many ways.
B11ATCH, I love you guys so so so much. How everything was last minute, how everyone worked so hard trying to learn the five-song-long dance (!!), how there were so many copies of the script and so many lines, so many rehearsals, so many hiccups, major stress at the end and the problem column of commitee updates being longer than the completed column -
nobody complained. And that's why you guys are the bestest batch in the world. No one pushes the blame, everyone helps out, and along the way we have a hell lot of fun.
You guys are the ones I can count on to understand how I'm feeling at any moment in time, you guys are the ones I can count on to make my day better, every single time. I love you guys so so so much and I'm so glad that 22 stars aligned to bring us together :)
This is nearing mushiness x342935789 but :)))))))))))))))))))))))
I'm so damn proud of us. It wasn't just an AA, it wasn't just our AA, it's
the AA which I know will stay in our hearts forever and ever and ever and ahhhhhhhhh.
Our very last AA and DAMN WERE WE AWESOME. 8D
B14TCH, you guys are the cutest bunch ever <3 And there's no other group of people I'd be as willing to be the namesake of. I guess I was really pretty harsh with you guys during the hair tying and whatnot, but thank you so much for still sticking to the time-deadlines and doing everything willingly. You guys have made the ten or so AA preparations the most unforgettable ones ever :) I LOVE YOU GUYS SO SO MUCH :)
RGGUIDES, thank you so much for all the work you've had to do for AA <3 I hope as you looked at everything you've been working towards these past few months - the backdrop, the decor, the banner, everything, you remember that this shows exactly what guides is - we're family. And even though only a quarter of us are up onstage performing, the remaining seventy eight of you guys were so so so important and instrumental in making this happen. Thank you so much :)
B11ATCH: I'm sorry I can't stop there haha. Oh dear 24 hours ago we'd still have been in the midst of our show :) OUR SHOW! AND AHHHH REALIZATION YESTERDAY: we made it.
We made it. We made it amazing.
8:04 PM
