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oh I am sorry. She must be so disappointed!

I had this problem for years and years. I remember in our production of Oklahoma, I was cast as Aunt Eller instead of Laurey, and for the same reason. I had a more mature voice and a more mature stage presence, and the girl cast as Laurey had a very sort of girlish, flittish personality. It was decided that I was the one who could carry the part. But Aunt Eller's songs aren't half as much fun as Laurey's and young me was very disappointed.

I don't have any good advice because the advice given to me was, life goes on honey, get over yourself. LOL. But I would not say that to a young person disappointed in the role to which she was cast. Just that I've been there, and it's okay to feel disappointed, if only just for a little while.

I later sang "People Will Say We're in Love" as a duet in my senior recital and it wasn't all that satisfying after all that. I didn't use it as an audition tape. I ended up using "Sull' aria" and it was a much better piece to learn anyway.

I hear her pain! What a great theater department you have to have done 5 shows since last March in a middle school! Even my high school only did 3 shows per year. My nephew is at a middle school with a good theater department and I think they just do 2 shows a year.

I had similar issues in high school. I was performing professionally and had difficulty getting a part in a high school show! When I did, I was cast in adult roles. In the professional company, I generally did more age appropriate roles. Same for when I was in college. It was only an issue for me in high school. When your dd gets to high school, it will likely work to her advantage. It's hard to cast a 14 yr old in a leading role when they still sound like a kid next to the 17 and 18 yr olds. Easier if they already sound like them.

That said, Dragon is a fabulous role! Saw it done at a local high school and the girl who sang the role had an incredible voice!

MIL your son only make 260 a week that does not leave a lot of room for us to pay your bills.

Hey girl, I know you had a difficult time getting pregnant and now you have a beautiful little girl! But we already saw your pregnancy posts last year, what makes you think we want to read them all again via the TimeHop app? Unfollow.

Here's the song: Forever

Dear family members: get over yourself. We're not doing it your way because that's not what speaks to us as a testament of who we are. If you're not going to get over your sulky, snarky, nothing we ever do is going to be good enough attitudes, don't bother showing up. It would be for the best because I don't want to waste money on you and our costs will come down if you just don't bother coming. We will incorporate some traditions from your culture, you don't have to worry about that. But the more you decide to snark about the decisions we have made (that are perfectly appropriate but different from what you want), the less I want to be with you and the less your son/brother/nephew wants to spend time with you. You know how people talk about how men spend more time with their wife's family instead of their own. Well, in this case it won't be because I'm forcing him to, it's because he'd prefer it. So suck it up, smarten up and stop trying to be controlling douchebags who want us to do it your way instead of the way we think is right for us. Because it's our day not yours. Want to do it your way, have your own damn wedding.

Oooh, I have one. I've blocked an acquaintance from dds dance studio because of the incessant grifting via her Go Fund Me page for her DD to attend a summer ballet intensive- and not 1, but 2 this summer. Her kids are in school and she is a Sahm, and her dh works a government job the exact same pay scale as mine. Yes, it's a high cost of living area and an expensive pursuit- I totally get that. But when it became clear we could not afford to send DD to a summer program and she needs to go, know what I did? Got a job! It's weekends, 12 hour days, because we home school and so I can't work daytimes. It kind of sucks, dh and I rarely see much of each other and I have zero social life now. But we've managed to put away full tuition for DD this summer by next month, and the remaining saving months will go to fund travel up there and a vacation when we go to pick her up. that's what you do when you want something, right? You work for it? You save?

Its been non stop, on the studio page (hey, we are ALL trying to afford this hobby, your special snowflake and her "amazing opportunity" is not any different!), on instagram, it's just yuck. I could see maybe hitting up relatives, but soliciting money from every random person is gross. And DD had an "amazing opportunity" last year with a partial scholarship to am program in NYC, but they didn't offer housing for her age so it was just not possible for us to afford it...so she didn't go. I imagine many at our studio have had the same thing. So funding your kids 2 intensives this summer? Really? Get a tricking job like the rest of us!

Whew, I feel better, lol.

Wait, you are being asked to fund someone's spring break party trip? Now that's hilarious! And rude!