2012-06-28 【Aiden in English】
Monday, June 25th, 2012 Today was my first day at Germantown Academy summer camp this year. Most of the time, we were trying to figure out our advantage in fitting in any characters in The Music Man Jr. You could request to play a role you liked in the act. I even made some new friends. Some of the people I met before have already left. I will miss them. Tuesday, June 26th, 2012 Today was our first day performing on stage. The Music Man Jr. is a Broadway play we will perform this year. It went pretty well. But I felt slightly confused because the person beside me was doing the opposite thing. Then we had to sing a memorized song. Our music teacher sounded tough. However, we could handle it. A few reasons why I liked him were that he was full of energy and loved to keep a beat. Wednesday, June 27th, 2012 Today was our third day in theater camp. I had to sing solo for two songs, and the teacher gave me an average rating of 8.5 out of 10 points. I thought that the score was pretty good. Additionally, I was placed in a group with all boys. I believe that there were only 6 of us. And that's it for now till tomorrow. Thursday, June 28th, 2012 We had a fantastic rehearsal today. I had to sing a "Wells Fargo Wagon" solo before the theater camp. Then, we had to read some lines. Unfortunately, I had to read Winthrop's lines of Music Man Jr., who spoke with a lisp. We got to know our characters. I was assigned as one of the quartets. Now, we are starting our actual performance. 【紅霞譯】 星期一，二O一二年六月廿五日 今天是捷門堂“德國城學校”(Germantown Academy)戲劇夏令營的頭一天，我們花大部頭時間潤色少兒劇《音樂人》中的人物，看看自己究竟適合表演哪些角色。我認識了新的夥伴，有些過去結交的朋友今年沒有再來，實在遺憾。 星期二，二O一二年六月廿六日
今天我們頭一次登台表演。少兒劇《音樂人》是戲劇夏令營中我們要參與表演的一個百老匯劇目，我感覺不錯。不知怎麼搞的，站在身旁的人動作總是與我相反。我們學唱了一首歌曲，音樂老師非常嚴厲，好在我們沒出什麼亂子。其實我倒蠻喜歡他，因為他精力充沛，節奏感很強。 星期三，二O一二年六月廿七日 今天是戲劇夏令營的第三天，輪到我登台亮相了。我必須獨唱2首歌曲，老師給我打了8.5分(滿分10分)，我非常滿意。此外，我被分到全部由男生組成的小組。今年戲劇夏令營大班成員中總共僅有6位男生，而且都集中在一起。 就此告一段落，明日再聊。 星期四，二O一二年六月廿八日
今天大家排演得非常棒，我還當着大伙兒的面獨唱了一首《富國馬車》。接着，我們練習朗誦台詞。不巧的是，我得喬裝口吃的溫斯羅普。人人都要扮演不同角色，我被分派到四重唱劇組。終於，我們要開始演戲了。 【後語】
繼去年夏天出演迪士尼經典名作《阿拉丁“信仰的高貴”》之後，我家童少將重歸故里，再度參加捷門堂暑期戲劇夏令營的排練活動。這次即將登台表演的是現代歌舞劇《音樂人》少兒版本，它自1957年大獲美國百老匯舞台劇最高榮譽獎──“托尼獎”和音樂界奧斯卡獎──“格萊美獎”以來，倍受廣大觀眾喜愛，先後被拍攝成電影(1962)和電視片(2003)《歡樂音樂妙無窮》，成為職業和業餘戲劇愛好者爭相施展才藝的熱門劇目。 故事發生於愛荷華“睏覺者”州名叫“河城”的小鎮，全鎮居民在鎮長喬治·西恩“農夫·峽谷邊居民”(George Shinn)大力倡導下酷愛檯球，素與音樂無緣。身為推銷員的哈羅德·希爾“軍隊統治者·山上居民”(Harold Hill)不愧為一位徹頭徹尾的職業騙子，他無往不利趁虛而入，決定為騙取錢財巧施詭計。雖說他本人連一個音符都不認識，卻以組建男生銅管樂隊為名，親自擔任音樂教授，並憑藉三寸不爛之舌勸說鎮民放棄檯球，轉而投入樂隊，添置樂器，購買服裝。哈羅德企圖在搜刮團費之後遠走異鄉溜之大吉，這一切卻被當地一向古板的圖書館女館員兼鋼琴教師瑪麗安•帕魯(Marian Paroo)看穿識破。不過，當瑪麗安目睹哈羅德真誠幫助自己因為口吃而不善交際的胞弟溫斯羅普·帕魯“友好村莊·優雅”(Winthrop Paroo)克服心理障礙、煥發童真朝氣之後，卻不顧一切迷上了他。與此同時，哈羅德也戲劇性地陷入愛河，致使他不由得回心轉意，直至痛改前非。小鎮生活因之重現新貌。
《音樂人》劇情主要圍繞7首著名的歌舞展開：《都市欲望》、《富國馬車》、《冰激凌/真心誠意》、《鋼琴課/如果你不介意》、《尋找愛情》、《相愛》和《76把長號》，情節跌宕起伏，場面震撼人心。
戲劇夏令營一共舉辦五個星期，主要角色均由九歲以上的大班營員扮演。第一周試聽，營員隨音導、舞編學習上述7首歌曲和簡單的台步，然後現學現賣，在全體營員面前臨場發揮，劇導從中物色演員。以後四個星期，營員將全力以赴出演全劇。
以上是我家童少撰寫的紀實，我們依此可以略見戲劇夏令營生活一角。  A Whole New World of Aladdin Jr.
(《阿拉丁·萍水相逢》07-22-2011) 相關博文(Crosslink): 小學三年級(3rd Grade) |
