To mic or not to mic

We're doing our first naked voices performance tomorrow which is going to be fun, but the biggest question is to be mic or not to mic. The pro's of having a mic is that we don't have to shout our poems, there'll be more clarity in our words and it is a nice confidence blanket. However, today we had tchnical issues with the mic today which ccould prove a problem tomorrow. I personally love having a mic even if my voice is loud enough (I am a bit of a loud mouth) I guess it's just gonna be one of thse we'll-see-tomorrow-if-it-works kind of situaton. I am really excited forr all of us to perform, it's going to be really fun.
Afterwards me and Sonis got together to discuss what was going on with our group project. She had designed some awesome cover page work (which as an artist is kind of her forte) so we just went through what we thought would work. We assembled the arrangement of the poems and it flows really nicely. We also talked about our presentation to the class, we're going to do little envelope things with three poems and a ninja star which should look really good once we start them up.
A problem with having a printed journal is that we have to get multiple copies at places, so we need to find somewhere that can do a one-off for us because you know, we're poor students.
I am feeling alot more excited about our collaborations now because we have a successful plan and we just need to see it through. I think once the excitement of the performances is over we'll have a better headspace for our group work.

Back to the performances, I am so glad that Grace Taylor was able to come in and workshop with us as she has a very encouraging and engaging personality. She's helped me and everyone performing to get over ourselves and just go there without hesitation. We did the dress rehearsals with the year two class as well and I think having them in really brings more of a balance to the voices on stage. I had felt it was very Poly proud, which i'm not against but misrepresented the class as a whole. It's alot more even stevens now.

I have also decided on an outfit which is, in my opinion, the most important part of a performance, so i'm very happy about that.
I do hope that we get a good turn out in terms of audience because the worst feeling is not feeling like anyone is listening.
It's gonna be amazing!!

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