hey willy wonka fans!

i'm sending you this link to the promo on youtube so you can watch it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpcEBvfM4SQ

it's really really awesome! 

~veruca~

 this drawing was by Marylyn Monroe Gone Blue designed the costumes for the oompa loompas!! this is her drawing! (and the picture thing might not work)

~veruca~

Buh-Bye Willy (veruca)

ok, i can't say it better than violet did. i don't know what i'm going to do with my life now!!!! i guess i'll just have to try out for Miracle On 34th Street this fall....... when i did the show Oliver! last winter (i was a pickpocket and an orphan), i thought i was sad then. but now..... i'm DEVASTATED!!!!! being a bigger character means so much more.  the pool/cast party at one of the oompa loompa's house was great! they had a diving board and everyone was doing tricks.... except me though. the best i can do is a toe touch into the water. anyway..... i am going to miss everyone sosososososoooooooooooo darn much it'll make me sick! luckily i got some of my friends' emials so we can at least communicate. what we will do with this blog, i don't know but i like violet's idea.

~veruca~  

THE END

It's over. i am kinda shocked. nix that, i am extremely shocked. i am going to miss the whole cast so incredibly much it is insane. when the five of us (me, veruca, charlie, orange juice, and marilyn monroe gone blue) woke up, we watched some of a new movie that we had recorded off the tv, played with water balloons, and took showers. then, we got to the auditorium at one-ten. we had a good show, but it was tanged with sadness. without speaking, every one backstage knew that it was the end. (this is where i get dramatic) the four golden ticket winners were about to go out before the show, and we all decided on a group hug to silently reminisce. i don't think that anyone of us thought that the four of us would end up so close. before the show, the whole cast went in a huddle and shouted 'willy wonka' on three. like i said, the show went great. veruca dropped her ticket once, but that was it. after the show, most of the cast went to a cast party at some of the cast members' house. they had a pool, so the four of us golden ticket winners (and charlie and a few others) had a great time. it was hard to put the bitter-sweet end out of my head, so i decided to try to embrace it. it didn't really work, but it helped a little. before i left the ren. center, i made sure to take two of the golden tickets, and two of the programs. i think that i will spend the next few days writing about my favorite parts of the willy wonka experience. 

*violet*

it didn't

Hey every body, i know we just posted, but here we stand again. i think i figured out how to do the picture thing.  (PS, this probably won't work)

ALL OF US!!!!

HEY EVERY BODY! if you thought that me and veruca writing together was incredible,  you are going to love this! we are writing from my (Violet) house, and if you are wondering who 'we' is, i have Veruca, me, Charlie, Marilyn Monroe gone Blue (an oompa loompa), and Orange Juice (another oompa loompa) are writing today. yesterday we had a show, and it went relatively smoothly. both of us girls remembered our tickets, so that was an unexpected plus. if you are wondering, the five of us our having a HUGE sleepover at my house. that is why we are writing so late...... or so early. Veruca came home with me, when we woke up, we headed strait to the auditorium. once we got there, we put on our Willy Wonka t-shirts and went out to the fire fly festival. it was a festival that was right on the outskirts of the renaissance center's land. it was BIOLING!!!!! 109 degrees F. we were sweat monsters! i (veruca) was sooo sweaty that my back was driping! the concert that we did was hot..... in both ways. we had a show at seven, but in between that, we walked around the festival, listened to some music, and played sardines in the downstairs. we saw some friends, and we stayed inside (IN THE AIR CONDITIONER) for a very little time.  we just did the second to last show of the run. it went well, we remembered our tickets. after that, Veruca, Charlie, Orange Juice, and Marilyn Monroe Gone Blue all came home with me. and now, here we sit. none of us can believe that tomorrow is the END OF WILLY WONKA!!!!! it seems like the end of the world. what are we going to do on the weekends? what are we going to do every night from six to eight... every night??? biggest question: WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH THIS BLOG???? any suggestions? write us comments. 

~veruca~

*violet*

>charlie<

}orange juice{

--marilyn monroe gone blue--

finally back from a week off! (veruca)

yo peeps! it's veruca here to tell you that everyone in willy wonka just got back to practice after a week off! last night (june 25), we started off by practicing what everyone is gonna do for the Firefly Arts Festival coming up tomorrow. we will only be running a selection of songs cuz there are only five standing mics on the stage. we will only be on for about 30 minutes. then we all did pictures so we just posed every scene in the show. now you would think that would only take about half an hour right? WRONG!!!!! we ended up staying at the Renaissance Center until 10:30pm!!!!!!! and practice only starts at 6! and i live thirty minutes away so i didn't even get home til 11! but we had fun anyway. it was just a little teeny bit hard to forget the horrible rumbling in our tummies cuz we didn't have dinner. tonight we have a show at 6:00pm so i'm super excited!

~veruca~

tonight is pickup rehearsal!

~veruca~

one more day until the pick up rehearsal!

*violet*

veruca

hey everyone! i'm just blogging about how violet and i won't see each other for three days!! aaahhh!!!! in fact, we won't see anyone at willy wonka for three days! the entire cast is having a little break time until pickup rehearsal on thursday. so there will be really nothing to write about for a while so see ya!
~veruca~

WE DID IT!.......... AGAIN!

we've done it again! WE DID IT!!!!! we had two shows today, and the first one went great. their was some stumbling with lines, but that was it. the crowd was really tough. it is a funny show, and they barely even laughed! during the wait between shows, we had a potluck lunch, and watched the movie Hoodwinked. it was great! unfortunately, i twisted my ankle during the break, so i think the only bump in the road for that show was that i did the whole thing limping. i don't think any one noticed. that is good, because we had a great family (that pretty much the WHOLE cast knows) come to the show. i think they liked it. me and Veruca both noticed all of the little girls who walk out staring at us shyly when they leave the show. i personally think that it is both gratifying and embarrassing. we had a reporter come and take pictures of the cast after the show. that was pretty cool! 

*Violet*

WE DID IT! WE DID IT! WE DID IT!

hear me, hear me, this Violet!(before i celebrate, my last post was started a while ago, and finished just a little earlier)WE SURVIVED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  tonight was opening night of the show, and it was great!!!!! Veruca and I both remembered to bring our golden tickets on stage with us, and i blew up just like a real blueberry! it was so great! yesterday we had an open dress, and it was kind of scary because the pipe that Augustus had to go 'up' in almost toppled over! it was really scary, and the whole audience gasped in unision. thankfully, every one was alright, including the oompa loompas waiting backstage. tomorrow we have two shows, and most of the cast (including veruca and i will be staying between shows for the potluck lunch at the ren. center. 

Veruca

Guess what??!! ONLY TWO MORE DAYS TIL THE SHOW OPENS!!!!!!!!!!!
what will we do with our blog when it's finished??? can anyone give me ideas?????
~veruca~

hey every one, this is Violet! tech week was awesome, and we open tonight. yesterday we had an open dress rehearsal, and with a few minor bumps, we made it through. i get the feeling that this is going to be a GREAT show, and you should really come and see it. as Veruca might have mentioned, there is a video on youtube that is labeled 'willy wonka promo'. look at it, and then send a link to the show!!! 

*Violet*

veruca

hey everyone! it's veruca. i was just blogging to say that opening night is gonna be in a few more nights (the 19th of june to be exact) and i am sooooooooo excited! if someone asked me if i was nervous, i would say no. i feel like i am almost ready, and that 'almost' will be redused to nothing to make "i am ready!" by the end of rehearsals! only........THREE MORE REHEARSALS 'TILL OPENING NIGHT!!!!!!!!
~veruca~

hey peeps! (veruca)

hey guys! it's veruca here. So, last rehearsal, guess what????!! everyone got mikes!! as cool as it sounds, mikes hurt! the reason: to keep the mike in place, you have to wear this special kind of tape and when you take it off----- well lets just say when you get the tape stuck in your hair it hurts like crud! sadly, violet wasn't there at practice so it was just me and the two crazy boys playing augustas gloop and mike teavee. but luckily the girl playing charlie was there so that was a relief!

~veruca~

Veruca AND violet together

SPECIAL TREAT!!!! this is veruca AND violet. this is a rare occasion when we are actually both in the same room with a computer. sorry, we said we were going to run the whole show... we didn't. we only got to act two. it was fun though. this was because the oompa loompas finally got their costumes. they all have colorful teeshirts, colorful shirts or shorts, and (the best part, we both agree) socks, and wigs. the socks are all striped, and they are wearing one pair on their arms and one pair on their feet. they also have wigs, which are a mixture of bright purple, light purple, red, blue, teal, yellow, pink, green, and orange. they are all different types, and totally oompa-ish. (I) violet got my costume yesterday, and it is really funny. it is a blue skirt with a track jacket. it goes over a suit with a fan attached so that it can blow up.  

days til opening countdown: 9 days (violet put how many more practices we have on the calendar.) 

we'll have more tomorrow

since i came out of a different arch, i didn't know that Augustus kept hitting his head. lol. well, there isn't much to post right now, but there will be when we run the show every night this week starting tuesday. if anyone was wondering about out schedule: 

June 9th- June 12th we will run the show once a night

June 16th- June 18th will be tech week, so we'll run the show with lights, makeup, and action!

June 19th we open, and then we run the show until the 28th (The Renaissance Center in Dickson, TN 

you don't realize how close opening is until you lay it out like that. we only have 8 more days until we do the show for an audience. AAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! 

*Violet*

Veruca

ok, Violet has just told you what happened with the funny arch set problem. Here's the rest of the story: the guy playing Augustas Gloop and I have to go into the same archway to get to different archways (i know it's confusing) and since i sing my part first i go in first. but augustas comes right after me (now are you seeing the problem?) and....... well, he kept hitting his head on the part just above him when he was supposed to be singing his part! it was pretty funny and he came out late like......... four times! but we finally figured it out!

~veruca~

Violet

HEAR ME, HEAR ME!!!! hey all, this is violet. as veruca said, we are having an absolute BLAST doing willy. she also said that we got our set in too. well, what she didn't mention was the first time we tried to do "In This Room Here" with it. "In This Room Here" is the song/scene where the golden ticket winners first see the inside of the willy wonka factory. the tempo of the song is quite fast to move to, and there is this one part when the four brats have to run out of these arches that are in the set. (to describe the set, think Oh the Things you can think by Dr. Suess. it was originally used  for the play Suessical.) we all have to yell something about the rooms that wonka is pointing out to us. well, we have to high tale it off of a high platform, worm our way under it, and then run out from under it in the time of seconds. it is fun, but hard. we had to stop the song because only half of us were able to get there on time. naturally, the whole theater was laughing our heads off.  

just blogging! (veruca)

Sorry about having to leave my last blog unfinished.  I had to go see a movie! Well, just to finish off.......... a couple rehearsals ago this guy who's a squirrel was-- wait a minute-- just to clear you up on things, everyone was just getting used to the new set and a lot of people were confusified by the change from walking up imaginary steps to real steps and so on-- anyway... this guy who's a squirrel was coming down a ramp thing in the set and he falls flat on his face! well, he's good natured so he starts laughing with the rest of us. But, he's laughing so he doesn't see the corner of an archway in the set. as you most likely have guessed, he bangs his noggin and falls backwards. by now, everyone in the theater is laughing 'til their sides split. and as if it isn't funny enough, the squirrel gets up, starts walking to the edge of the stage and trips on his own feet!!! IT WAS  HILARIOUS!!! when he finally gets backstage everyone (including him) is cracking up with stuff like: "Hey, you need training wheels!" said one kid. then i said "yeah and a helmet complete with arm pads, knee guards and bubble wrap!" but this kid who was so clumsy wasn't mean about it or getting mad at us. he was laughing along with us! 

It is I, Veruca Back From Camping!!!!

hey peeps!! its veruca and im back from camping! i had soooo much fun. well, violet and i have been having a blast doing rehearsals for the past week and a half, so we haven't had time to blog! Running act one and act two has been incredibly awesome! i just got my slide (or garbage chute) yesterday and i tried it out! it's super fun!  the girl playing charlie got to test out her 'flying machine' for the fizzy lifting drink room and i'm jealous! :-) it looks great! got to go now!!!

~veruca~

(Violet)

hey every body! this is violet again. veruca is back in town, but i still haven't talked to her. we will have our first rehearsal since my last blog tomorrow. we will be running the first act, and we will have more for you then. bye for now!!!