Day 21: Rapture day? if there still is a world; Show day tomorrow!!!

Daily Practice:
Minutes: 45
Songs worked on: show songs over and over and over and over

warm up - technique, sound production and quality - SONG INTERPRETATION. Grounding and building the story.

there is NOT enough time in the day. seriously.

Coaching #1:
Coach: Garrit Guadan

Great session- playing through working on songs, working with the piano - getting to hear and work with it better--- Garrett is GREAT!!!! I think this is the start of something beautiful-- I really do. :) & I'm really looking forward to working with Garrit on more songs!!! THANKS GARRIT!!!!

Healthy Meals 22 & 23:
Breakfast #22: optimum cereal, organic banana & almond milk, tall glass 'o water & organic ginger tea.

Lunch #23: Organic, Macro, Gluten Free, Vegan, rice, dumplings & soy protein

Day 20 -phewph! 1 day to SHOWTIME!!!

and in related exciting news--- rehearsal for Sunday's show was today - it was fantastic!! The other singers are GREAT, super talented, I really enjoyed watching them and I'm so much more excited for Sunday - John (Mr. Producer) and Garrett (Mr. Piano Man) are awesome too - so stoked --- It's gonna be a really fun night!

 ---and as a lil teaser - I couldn't resist taking a 'rehearsal pic': 

-this is what I look like when I sing - haha -a lil preview of Sunday... ;)

(do u like that I am clad in jean?)

(with a pashmina & tom's shoes?)

(who dresses this girl?)

wanna see more? 

Come out on Sunday to the 

'BOUND FOR BROADWAY SINGERS SHOWCASE' at

The Duplex Cabaret Theatre (in the upstairs theater)

61 Christopher Street @ 7th Ave

9:30pm THIS Sunday May 22!!!

tix r $15 from me- msg me and I'll book one for u- 

(I promise I'll pick a better outfit. I may have to rock my old skool gold reeboks tho - I dunno if I can peel those off my feet...)

GOOD DEED UPDATE:

I also collected some more donations for the Lyme Disease walk for my Good Deed! yay!!! Thanks guys!!! Let me know if you're interested in donating!!!

Daily Practice:
Mins: 30
Songs worked on: Show songs!!!! (weee!!!!)

Today was good- more solidifying, really getting those notes, worked on smoothing out the unnecessary glottal stops in my songs, worked with breathing and placement.

Healthy Meal 20 & 21:
Lunch #20: Veggie Soup, hibiscus tea and a peach!

Dinner #21: smoked salmon wrap & salad

GOOD DEED #2: Fundraising for Lyme Disease Walk - Help by donating!!!

And for good deed #2, I am doing this: 

HELP ME RAISE MONEY 

FOR LYME DISEASE 

RESEARCH AND AWARENESS!!!! 

I'm participating in the Lyme disease Awareness walk Sunday to raise money for the Lyme Disease Association in order to to raise awareness and to help fund research. 


-please contact me if you would like to make a donation! $1, $5, $20, $14 - u name it - it all helps!!! Thank you! 


for more info on Lyme disease and the walk: 


http://www.lymediseaseassociation.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=713%3Aspotlightonlyme2011&catid=7%3Aconflict-report&Itemid=398

***so, as I have the show Sunday night, but I'd already started collecting donations, I am going to do a 5k walk the entire winding length of central park and then some on Saturday - this way, I'm still holding up my end o' the bargain ;) wish I could be there tho! Plus the Jersey Shore would be way awesomer than central park - Thanks for your support!!!

The 19th Day! 2 days till show day on Sunday!!!

Daily Practice:
Minutes: 50
Songs Worked on - songs for show! ON SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY!!!

feeling good - getting more settled in the song - voice felt warm and clicked in quickly and easily this morning. yum. I feel like I made some good progress with the songs - all in all, more work to be done, but I'm feeling pretty good :)

Fitness #12:
Type of Class: Ballet
Instructor: Jamie Salmon

I really enjoyed this class- it's always good to work with a new teacher & try a new style of choreo & hear new ways of working, new ideas.

haha- I'm all Ballet'd out-  I'd've done a prettier position if I'd known she was taking a full body shot lol

Fitness #13:
Type Of Class: Pilates
Instructor: Holly Kerr

Yup- I'm liking pilates and I can feel that it's good for me. Definitely strengthening is very good for me - good stretching too- definitely gonna add this to my regular regimen! Sweet!

Unfortunately, I had to run to my Singing lesson (on the Upper East Side -phewph now THAT's a commute - not easy or fast to get to fr BDC) and the Pilates class was running over, so I had to make my exit while the class was finishing, so I took a creeper pic with Holly in the BG. My singing lesson was putting me out $150 (totally worth it I'll point out) - u'd leave too- lol

Singing Lesson #4:
Instructor: Mary Setrakian

I just LOVE working with Mary. I have so many awesome adjustments to work on, I really feel like she showed me some new ways of working which make it more 'economical' as Mary would say. GREAT! Hopefully I can work some of it into my songs for Sunday and singing for always - she also helped me pin point and fix some little issues I've been confused by and also worked on story for my songs. SUCH a good class- I love ya Mary! -She's taken me SO FAR with my voice - really, I started working with her in Spring of 2008 and thank heavens I did - it's like night and day, really. huge - SMILEY FACE on this singer today!

I was so excited to see Mary (it's been since November) I totally forgot to take a pic with her --- but here are some photos of the receipt she gave me.

AND!!! AS OF THIS CLASS!!! I have fulfilled my Singing Lesson Requirements for the challenge!!! Boo-yeah!

Still lots more to do - 7 dance classes on Monday and Tuesday! haha --- oh man, and so much more too---

Healthy Meal #19:
Salad & Veggie wraps! mmmmmm...

ok- so let's take a quick stock of where I'm at with the challenge requirements: 

19 healthy meals - 4 to go  - no problem! 

4 singing lessons: DONE!

13 dance classes done, 7 to go (tight, but do-able - I got it planned out - don't you worry)

Performance - Sunday! soon to be DONE! 

Good Deeds 2 done ***3 to go --- IDEAS people - PLEASE!!!

Daily Practice - got it!

**2 Coaching Sessions...

***Song Recording

***Live Performance (hopefully Anything Goes with Sutton Foster on Tuesday!)

***Audition (tomorrow time permitting -cross dem fingers I tell you! )

Getting there- Getting there- still more work to do...

Day number 11 aka the day of dance

AMAZING DAY TODAY and I am SO TIRED.

ok:

Daily Practice:
Minutes: 30
Songs Worked On: I have a love, I'm not at all in love, I am what I am.

Today I focused again on placement and worked at learning these new songs. I also worked a 16 bar cut of I am what I am.

Healthy Meals:
Lunch: Organic green-curry tofu, and organic apple and 1/2 slice of sunflower bread. Yes, and a tall glass of water. Boo-yeah

Dinner: (on the run)
Grilled Chicken, yams, portobello mushroom, avocado, grapefruit, red pepper and pineapple. Healthy meals on the go in NYC midtown are not always easy on a budget.

Fitness: #4
Type of Class: Theatre Dance
Instructor: Diana Laurenson

Fitness Class that doesn't count - but I did it - so I'll blog it - I did my regular ballet class with Mr Atwood @ Ailey - LOVE his class! due to guidelines set out by the school, photos are not allowed :( anyway - good class - I love a solid ballet class with the instructor who helped my re-find my love of ballet- thank you Mr. Atwood -


Fitness: #5
Type of Class: Tap
Instructor: Lainie Munro

Private Lessons and Coaching Sessions:
Instructor: Carey Yaruss
Songs worked on: I am what I am 16 Bar Cut

Day 18 --she works hard for her money...wait, I didn't make any money...um...

Daily Practice:
Minutes: am: 30
              pm: 90
Songs Worked On: more practicing of songs for sundays show at the Duplex!!! everything is going great! I'm on track - more work to be done - but getting there.

Private Lesson #3:
Instructor: Carey Yaruss

Songs worked on: the songs for my show on Sunday (which you are coming to right?)

yup - really enjoying working with Carey too - she gave me some GREAT ideas for the songs and performance - keeping me on track with notes etc - sweeet!

THANK YOU CAREY!!!! YOUR'RE THE BEST!!!!!! :) XOXOXOXOXXO

Links for Carey: 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/careynote

Website: www.careyspassionvoicestudio.com

Yelp: http://www.yelp.com/biz/careys-passion-voice-studio-new-york

***if you're interested in taking lessons with her - I highly recommend her - tell Carey I sent you!!! :)  

(she's totally affordable too - great for the starving artist budget ;)

Fitness #8:
Type of Class: Theatre (Fosse ;)
Instructor: Diana Laurenson

I love Diana's class - always have, she's wonderful. And of course, let's not forget that I love fosse - so it is the most perfect of combinations.

dude- I have like crazy, but poorly sculpted 80's bangs in this pic - ai-yai-ai ahaha

Fitness #9:
Type of Class: Contemporary
Teacher: Slam

sooo- class was great, continued on from yesterday's combo - enjoyed it... and then, at the end of class... how do I put this... Slam, didn't want to take his pic again??? sooo- um, yeah, sadly, I don't have a proper pic today for this. And - I guess I'm gonna go to a different class next week so I can get my pics which I need for the blog and this competition. BUT - because I'm a determined creeper (hey! that's a new one) I took a pic of him in the hall, you can see the shoulder of my lovely friend Karina Teran concerned and saying, just take it now HAHAHA - I love you Kraina and it was so nice to take class with you again - xo

Anyway, I dunno how to handle this - I suppose I'll email someone from BDC about it so I and others doing the challenge don't run in to this too-

so, here's my creeper pic (ugh)

Fitness #10:
Type of Class: Jazz Funk
Instructor: Sheryl Murakami

Another class I haven't taken in a while and Waaaaaaaay outta yee ol comfort zone! I almost NEVER go to hip hop etc classes these days - I'm happy to hit up Ballet, Theatre, Graham, Horton... but it was good - I feel like I kept up and was pretty good - not my strongest, but good. I enjoyed it and I really like Sheryl - I dunno how to describe it - #1 she's an amazing dancer and she's got technique too (boo-ya), great teacher, hilarious, confidant - AWESOME! Thanks for the class Sheryl!!!!

I will never pose like this for a photo again. the end. 

Fitness #11: (wahoo! over half way done!!!)

Type of Class: Broadway Tap

Instructor: Lainie Munro

My brain is working better in tap - hooray! yup! I really love tap! Today we did 2 combos  - a Fred Astaire piece from 'Blue Skies' to puttin on the ritz & part of Singing in the rain mmmmm Lainie is a great teacher and I'm really enjoying her class. I'll get there - superstar tapper again! 

this is our umbrella for Singing in the Rain (which I did quite a bit of today - literally)

--- and oddly enough, she reminds me SO much of my singing teacher...

Healthy Meal #18:

Dinner: Falafel - whole wheat pita and all the fixings!! yum! 

I don't know why everything is underlined. but it is annoying. And at that I shall call it a night. 

Good. Night.

here;s another pic of spandex world so you can dream of spandex in every pattern, color, shimmer you can and cannot imagine...

Day Numero 17!

Whooo-ah!!!!! busy day! and tomorrow is going to be even more intense:

Daily Practice:
Mins: am: 44
          pm: 90
Songs Worked on: I am what I am, Isn't it better AND 2 songs for Sunday's show which r secret.

In the morning, I warmed up and went through some audition material and cuts. In the pm, I warmed up and worked, worked worked WORKED on my songs for Sunday's show - it's coming and I feel good just gotta get to know the songs better - still feeling tentative - I don't own them yet - ya know?

Fitness Class #6:
Type of class: Contemporary
Instructor: Slam

I am really enjoying Slams classes - they feel well-rounded and I'm starting to feel more comfortable/familiar with his style of choreo. Hooray.

Fitness Class #7:
Type of Class: Theatre Dance
Instructor: David Marquez

This was the 1st class I've taken with David Marquez since my old skool days of BCD summer internship back in '07 - whoa - time, huh? So it was a very new class for me, new warm up, new style - it was a bit of a struggle- but I really feel like I got it in the end - ok, so the part that goes "step, step step step" I screwed up - man, it's so hard to keep those "steps" straight in the ol nogan - gimme grande jetee's and piroettes and I'm cool, but step step----oy ---haha, anyway, great class- I'll be there next week!

...and thanks David for taking your pic with me, even tho you don't want sweaty dance pics on the net- it  is much appreciated, and believe me, you are not alone -- haha, so thanks to all the awesome teachers who've posed for a pot-class photo op with me!

Healthy Meal #15:
Breaky: Fave cereal - organic, Optimum w/ omega 3s, Almond milk and today I chose to go with some organic banana :)

Healthy Meal #16:
Lunch - Vegetarian Falafel Sandwich on whole wheat pita, with chickpeas, carrots, beets, tabbouleh, tahini, broccoli, cauliflower...

 tabouleih

Healthy Meal #17:
Dinner: Treated myself to some extra spicy Indian cuisine --- basmati rice, chicken and curry!

I also got an acupuncture session with my beloved acupuncturist here in NY - 

Bianca @ Sacred Spaces - 

she's been so helpful over the years. AND she's touring with Usher treating him and his dancers so I'm lucky to get an appointment the 2 days a week she flies back to NY to treat her patients here--

- thanks Bianca!!! xo!

http://www.sacredspaceacupuncture.com/

... I gotta admit - I'm not sure how Imma manage to fit in 13 more dance classes and an audition before I head to VanCity next Wednesday - It's gonna be really tough - I hope I can do it--- I'm wary, but determined.

...and also sleepy - good night. Today was a great day- doing what I love to do---

oh yes and I'll leave you with a nice surprise that I finally passed by -yes, friends, this place exists...

Just think of all the awesomely-ridiculous unitards could make and find excuses to wear!!!! 

(insert choir of angels)