Beyond the Front Line, day five

Today was wet, and not in the good way.

It was a British drizzle, not even good enough to call rain really, in fact I would imagine the fine stuff we experienced today is what gets bullied in the playground of precipitation by other, more hardier down pours. That said, it was still enough to get us somewhat damp, and my coat needed drying when I got home.

Weather aside and I would say today was not that interesting at all really, we spent the morning doing exactly what we did yesterday, which was improvise some choreography that Blue company can do in its individual groups, to make the show go over a little smoother and give that natural feel to the audience. We did this outside in the rain (all of us) and suffice to say there were not a lot of happy bunnies.

If I am to be brutally honest (and why change the habit of a lifetime, right?) I would say that it was much harder today to stay positive than it has been all week, simply because so many people have already given in and 'eaten a box of frownies', which is essentially a nice way of calling them a bunch of sour faced whinge bags (and still, that was a nice way of putting it in my opinion.) There were a select few who were able to crack jokes at the end of the day (and very few people inclined to laugh or even remotely cheer up) which makes enthusiasm a hard task to keep. The afternoon was simply spent trying costumes on, which look fabulous I must say (and I would say that, because they probably use different terminology in the army.) Again I would say the biggest challenge so far hasn't been with performance, its been with attitude. Luckily I have a some-what cheery disposition with these sort of things simply because I am used to being patient in respect of the 'bigger picture', it will look amazing on the night and I am even looking forward to seeing it all come together tomorrow in dress rehearsal. The more tired I become (and believe me, I'm tired) the more driven I seem to be to put more effort into the piece. Equally, you can really start to see who are the people who will do well by the end of the year and who will have 'settled for a pass', I will not be one of those people.