POP!

So as our final, we were to prepare a show together with the other Eths 210 classes. POP, Producing our Power, showcases the different ideas that we all learned in class and what we will take along with us for the future. For our class, we decided to divide up into groups, each focusing on a different element- dance, skits, poetry, video and music. As apart of the skit group, we decided to split up into two groups so we can make two skits. When given the theme of Stereotypes and the struggle of Asian Americans, we tried to think of different ideas to incorporate them into a skit. We decided on making a skit about our whole experience in the class and the activities we did. One person would be blogging, just like how our assignments are, and another person reads it in the background as if they were the inside voice, while the others acted out the scene. The concept seemed really coo and different, but we were short on time so we had to figure out how we were going to pull it off. Our group met up about once or twice, but all the time was spent on thinking about what we were going to do as oppose to actually rehearsing it. Me, Ria and Abigail even went to Lawrence's on Sunday but we weren't able to do much without our whole group. When it came to the day of the show @ Brava Theater, me and Ria were actually pretty excited because we never really done anything like this before. Although we were kinna worried about the performance because we hardly had time to rehearse all together. Seeing all the other students in the other classes was nice and how we all came together to put on this show. When it came down to show time,our class opened up with a News video. I wasn't able to actually watch it there, but I seen it on our MySpace and the commercials they made were pretty hilarious. The other skit group went second, and it was coo how they used popular reality shows as their model. The dance group started off with a hip-hop routine, then brought it back to a cultural dance and ended it with a contemporary piece. Our skit group was up next, and I'm not sure if it showed our unpreparedness but we tried our best. The poetry and music groups went next. But there were technical difficulties with the songs. Props to Jon and Ben for their performance though! And lastly, we concluded our part of the show with a commemoration video for the whole class. Overall, the whole experience was fun. It gave us a chance to interact with people outside of our regular groups and show everyone what we have learned. Despite the short amount of time to prepare and some technical difficulties during the show, we still pulled it off and everyone did their best.

- Angelie