Thursday, July 23, 2009

Downtown Tonight Performance #1 (7/16/09)

The Next Step Prep students performed at the Downtown Tonight venue at Caras Park on July 16th, where they sang pieces from "Rent" and an unpublished piece by Jason Robert Brown entitled, "Brand New You". This evening's performance featured solo artists Eden, Petrea, Kyler and Liz.

Greg introduces the students to the crowd and gives a brief explanation of Next Step Prep and the intensive summer schedule to which the students adhere...




Eden performs "Broadway Baby". Way to go, Eden!


Petrea performs "Look to the Rainbow". Beautiful job!


Kalene rocks out in a solo portion of one of the ensemble numbers...



Sara hits the high note....crowd goes wild :)


Kyler performing "I've Got The World on a String". Good ol' Frank would be proud, Kyler...


Liz peforms "Something Good" from "The Sound of Music"... it sounded wonderful...


None of the soloists was intimidated by the crowd, which numbered around a thousand at any given time. Downtown Tonight is a popular event in Missoula and a LOT of people show up for great food and great entertainment. They were not disappointed...

The group rocks out for "Brand New You". This was the song that Jason Robert Brown taught them the first night he worked with them. It was a thrill to see it all come together and see how the soloists and ensemble worked seamlessly tonight. Great job, everyone!!!


The students were really excited to perform this number, and it showed throughout the entire song...





Well done, performers! I will be posting images of tonight's repeat performance in just a little bit.

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