Showing posts with label EMILE RUDDOCK. Show all posts
Showing posts with label EMILE RUDDOCK. Show all posts
Sunday, 29 July 2012
Wednesday, 10 August 2011
Crazy For You
I have to apologise in advance; this IS one of those posts where I ramble on about how marvellous one of my children is. He is, everyone who sees him says so, so there...
Anyway, if you're still with me?
Every Summer, the Theatre in our little town runs a Youth Project. They hold auditions early in the year and then for two weeks, 100 children sing and dance their little socks off to perform a show for six day/nights. That's just over 10 days to learn a whole show; pretty impressive!
My boys have been involved in it for a few years. The eldest with the technical side, painting props and playing with wires. The youngest has been in the chorus and had minor roles. Until this year that is, this year he was given the lead part. 'eeeeeek'! It was just the most perfect part for him too.
'Crazy For You' is billed as the 'New Gershwin Musical Comedy'. It has the most wonderful score as you'd expect and features songs such as 'Nice Work If You Can Get It' & 'Shall We Dance', heaven!
The story thus follows,
Bobby Child, a well to do 1930's playboy has one dream in life; to dance (sounds familiar!)
His mother and his fiance want him to work in a Bank. But Bobby has 'dream girls' in his head
His Mother sends him from New York to Theatre in Nevada to deliver a letter of forclosure from the Bank. Here Bobby falls in love with Polly whose father owns the Theatre. They dance & they kiss 'ooooooo'
Then she finds out why he has come and slaps him, telling him that the only person she wants to is Bela Zangler. who will put on a show and save their Theatre. Bobby has an idea...
You guessed it - wig, glasses and a stick on beard for Emile.That plus a Hungarian accent made for a lot of funny routines and a few dozen very quick costume changes as he played both parts. In the later part of the show the poor chaps face was bright red.
But a few more dance numbers, six more kisses and two slaps later all is well and Bobby gets his girl.
Cue a starlit finale and a tearful Mumma as 'Bobby' sang his solo then spun his girl around.
Here is a little video clip of Emile singing and dancing on a car (carefully) in the first musical number in the show. I know the quality at the beginning isn't good - it's very hard to video without disturbing people and I couldn't see where I was filming! (It does get better)
I spent two weeks chaperoning and working in the girls dressing rooms, making head dresses and generally having a long but fabulous two weeks with the most amazingly talented group of young people. There were lots more tears on the last night and I know we all can't wait for next years show.
Hope everyone is having as much fun this summer holidays!
Love,
Anyway, if you're still with me?
Every Summer, the Theatre in our little town runs a Youth Project. They hold auditions early in the year and then for two weeks, 100 children sing and dance their little socks off to perform a show for six day/nights. That's just over 10 days to learn a whole show; pretty impressive!
My boys have been involved in it for a few years. The eldest with the technical side, painting props and playing with wires. The youngest has been in the chorus and had minor roles. Until this year that is, this year he was given the lead part. 'eeeeeek'! It was just the most perfect part for him too.
'Crazy For You' is billed as the 'New Gershwin Musical Comedy'. It has the most wonderful score as you'd expect and features songs such as 'Nice Work If You Can Get It' & 'Shall We Dance', heaven!
The story thus follows,
Bobby Child, a well to do 1930's playboy has one dream in life; to dance (sounds familiar!)
His mother and his fiance want him to work in a Bank. But Bobby has 'dream girls' in his head
He only wants to work with Bela Zangler; the famous follies director.
His Mother sends him from New York to Theatre in Nevada to deliver a letter of forclosure from the Bank. Here Bobby falls in love with Polly whose father owns the Theatre. They dance & they kiss 'ooooooo'
Then she finds out why he has come and slaps him, telling him that the only person she wants to is Bela Zangler. who will put on a show and save their Theatre. Bobby has an idea...
You guessed it - wig, glasses and a stick on beard for Emile.That plus a Hungarian accent made for a lot of funny routines and a few dozen very quick costume changes as he played both parts. In the later part of the show the poor chaps face was bright red.
Well of course; Polly falls in love with 'Zangler' and wont have anything to do with poor Bobby.... 'sniff'.
But a few more dance numbers, six more kisses and two slaps later all is well and Bobby gets his girl.
Cue a starlit finale and a tearful Mumma as 'Bobby' sang his solo then spun his girl around.
Here is a little video clip of Emile singing and dancing on a car (carefully) in the first musical number in the show. I know the quality at the beginning isn't good - it's very hard to video without disturbing people and I couldn't see where I was filming! (It does get better)
I spent two weeks chaperoning and working in the girls dressing rooms, making head dresses and generally having a long but fabulous two weeks with the most amazingly talented group of young people. There were lots more tears on the last night and I know we all can't wait for next years show.
Hope everyone is having as much fun this summer holidays!
Love,
Sunday, 7 August 2011
Monday, 25 July 2011
Wednesday, 23 March 2011
The Gallery - Education
This is number two son Emile, having a full days Hoofing Masterclass with Tap giants Avi Miller & Ofer Ben of the New York Jazz Centre during their recent visit to London.
Jazz hands anyone?
And you thought it was going to be an old school pic, ha ha!
Some other brave souls may have posted some over on The Gallery?
Love,
And you thought it was going to be an old school pic, ha ha!
Some other brave souls may have posted some over on The Gallery?
Love,
Monday, 1 June 2009
Gotta Dance!
What a weekend!
My youngest son just lives to Dance - especially Tap.
So when I heard that Rusty Frank (whose book we just happened to have!) was over in London from the USA, doing a three day Tap Workshop I knew I just had to take him down there.
Here is Rusty in action, she makes it look so easy! :-)
American Style tap classes are virtually unknown here in the UK and the style is so relaxed and easy compared to ours here in the UK. It's just a joy to watch!
Of course, thanks to British Rail at it's finest there were NO trains early that Saturday morning.... so it was a taxi from home at 5:15 am, then a coach to Victoria and a couple of tubes to the dance studio in Old Street for 9:30...... We were sooo tired! I don't know how my son managed to dance all day but............
I don't know who enjoyed the day more, he or I :-)
He came out beaming from ear to ear from every class and I sat and listened to all those feet and that fabulous jazz, grinning from ear to ear! LOL.
He had two classes booked, beginners and intermediate. I wasn't sure how he would do.
You never know how hard these things are going to be do you?
In the end he did both of these and the advanced class.
I was so happy for him!
He's fifteen, loves to Tap, loves swing and jazz music and has just the best smile in the world :-) He's my baby, can ya tell?? Mummy was just more than proud of him!!!
Rusty turned out to be just amazing too.
After lunch she did a wonderful clip show of some fabulous tap dancers.
My all time favourite clip was included- that amazing dance with Fred Astaire and Eleanor Powell, when they dance in front of mirrors?
If you haven't seen it, it's so adorable, makes me smile every time I watch it. Here it is on youtube
It was a lovely way to spend an hour for me (non- dancers were allowed to watch ) and despite having worked with and met some of the most famous names in the business Rusty was just so friendly.
Emile came away with a huge smile, a huge hug from Rusty and a dvd to practice all those moves he had learnt that day.
I don't think he will forget it for a long time and I know that he will keep tapping and hoofing until he is very old!
Thanks so much to Sam from Sam Hawkins Dance School for making us feel so welcome, we had just the best day and of course to Rusty who I hope we get to meet up with again if we manage to get over to the States.
Have a great one!
Fran x
My youngest son just lives to Dance - especially Tap.
So when I heard that Rusty Frank (whose book we just happened to have!) was over in London from the USA, doing a three day Tap Workshop I knew I just had to take him down there.
Here is Rusty in action, she makes it look so easy! :-)
American Style tap classes are virtually unknown here in the UK and the style is so relaxed and easy compared to ours here in the UK. It's just a joy to watch!
Of course, thanks to British Rail at it's finest there were NO trains early that Saturday morning.... so it was a taxi from home at 5:15 am, then a coach to Victoria and a couple of tubes to the dance studio in Old Street for 9:30...... We were sooo tired! I don't know how my son managed to dance all day but............
I don't know who enjoyed the day more, he or I :-)
He came out beaming from ear to ear from every class and I sat and listened to all those feet and that fabulous jazz, grinning from ear to ear! LOL.
He had two classes booked, beginners and intermediate. I wasn't sure how he would do.
You never know how hard these things are going to be do you?
In the end he did both of these and the advanced class.
I was so happy for him!
He's fifteen, loves to Tap, loves swing and jazz music and has just the best smile in the world :-) He's my baby, can ya tell?? Mummy was just more than proud of him!!!
Rusty turned out to be just amazing too.
After lunch she did a wonderful clip show of some fabulous tap dancers.
My all time favourite clip was included- that amazing dance with Fred Astaire and Eleanor Powell, when they dance in front of mirrors?
If you haven't seen it, it's so adorable, makes me smile every time I watch it. Here it is on youtube
It was a lovely way to spend an hour for me (non- dancers were allowed to watch ) and despite having worked with and met some of the most famous names in the business Rusty was just so friendly.
Emile came away with a huge smile, a huge hug from Rusty and a dvd to practice all those moves he had learnt that day.
I don't think he will forget it for a long time and I know that he will keep tapping and hoofing until he is very old!
Thanks so much to Sam from Sam Hawkins Dance School for making us feel so welcome, we had just the best day and of course to Rusty who I hope we get to meet up with again if we manage to get over to the States.
Have a great one!
Fran x
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