hello

hello darren and nat
im glad to see people are useing the blog again!!!!!
i miss you byyyyyyyyyyyyyyeeeeeeeeeeeee

Long time no see

Hey Everyone!! OMG it's been a long time since I have looked at the blog! Darren and Nat I'm missing you both. It's nice to see you've replaced us so soon :P  Hope everyone is having a great time. High school is AWESOME!! Hi to everyone at FCPS all grade 6's must come to FCC!!

Luv U All!!

XOXO

Hannah

in case you can't understand my cheer

It was midnite and I didn't want to annoy the neighbors so I was a little quiet.

here's the cheer:

I say V you say D
V! (D!)
V! (D!)
V-A-L-E-R-I-E-D-A-N-G
Valerie on the radio
Speak your mind
Go with the flow

Go Valerie!

FOUND!!!

Will somebody let Stephanie know that I found her Pikachu backpack at Performance Works while I was working last night? It's on its way back to her....

Sukleen and Edwin on the Radio

Listen to Sukleen, Edwin and Me talking on CBC about The Jury from Surrey.

go valerie

Listen to Valerie Dang from The Jury from Surrey on Co-op Radio/, Thursday Feb 12 at 9:00PM PST

photos from the ceremony

some shots from the ceremony. ripped from Anna Ribakov's Facebook, shot by Katia Bibal and Ellie O'Day.

Message from Peter Chin

Thank you so much Jury from Surrey and Darren O'Donnell for the 4 awards for Tribal Crackling Wind! Speaking for myself and the rest of the cast and crew, it is an honour to receive these Children's Choice Awards from such an esteemed, discerning, and honest jury! I am especially tickled by the "Longest Tongue" award! I will be citing these awards in my bio and all literature about Transmission of the Invisible from now on. These awards mean alot to me!

Sincerely, Peter Chin

more stuff to come

i've got a few photos from the ceremony and a bit more video to put up. will try to keep it coming daily for a few days.

is anyone reading this anymore? or are you all so over the Children's Choice Awards?

here's a message from Cheryl L'Hirondelle:

thanks again Darren, Donna and the Jury from Surrey for the generosity of the award for Most Joyful!  Now, you've given me even more hope - it's an honour!

kininaskomitinanawaw (I thank you all in a big way)

Cheryl L'Hirondelle

a massage from the director

AND THE WINNERS ARE..............

BEST BEGINNING: Transmission of the Invisible by Tribal Crackling Wind

BEST HAIR: Skydive by Real Wheels

MOST EDUCATIONAL FOR PARENTS: That Night Follows Day by Theatre Replacement

FUNNIEST VOICE: That Night Follows Day by Theatre Replacement

MOST JOYFUL: nikamon ohci askiy (songs because of the land) by Cheryl L'Hirondelle

BEST USE OF TECHNOLOGY: Siren by Ray Lee

MOST I DON’T CARE: Don McGlashon

BEST SOLO: while going to a condition + Accumulated Layout by Hiroaki Umeda

MOST SAD: Nanay: a testimonial play by Geraldine Pratt and Caleb Johnston in collaboration with the Philippine Women Centre of BC.

MOST FUNNY: Transmission of the Invisible by Tribal Crackling Wind

BEST MUSIC: That Night Follows Day by Theatre Replacement

MOST LOUD AND CLEAR: Siren by Ray Lee

BEST USE OF ADJECTIVES: That Night Follows Day by Theatre Replacement

THE LONGEST: Don McGlashon

BEST TEAMWORK: That Night Follows Day by Theatre Replacement

BEST USE OF PROPS: Siren by Ray Lee

CREEPIEST: while going to a condition + Accumulated Layout by Hiroaki Umeda

MOST INTERESTING: Nanay: a testimonial play by Geraldine Pratt and Caleb Johnston in collaboration with the Philippine Women Centre of BC.

MOST INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGES: Transmission of the Invisible by Tribal Crackling Wind

MOST WEIRD: while going to a condition + Accumulated Layout by Hiroaki Umeda

LONGEST TONGUE: Transmission of the Invisible by Tribal Crackling Wind

MOST REALISTIC: Nanay: a testimonial play by Geraldine Pratt and Caleb Johnston in collaboration with the Philippine Women Centre of BC.

MOST CHEERING APPLAUSE: That Night Follows Day by Theatre Replacement

BEST DRIVER: Alfred's Guest Services

BEST OVERALL: That Night Follows Day by Theatre Replacement

DJ Cancer

on the set

guessing ages

The Jury tries to guess the ages of the cast of That Night Follows Day

dlocdnatohdlocdnatoh

I didn't have time to edit a new video, so I've put an old one up, but made it run backwards. enjoy!

dead

Sukhleen Sings

sorry about the spelling of your name, Sukhleen, I cut this last week before I was corrected.

HIROAKI UMEDA

hotancoldandhotandcold

Donna on Hot and Cold

Screen Test

Screen Test

Sukhleen on Siren

sorry I spelled Sukhleen's name wrong. Will change it when i have a moment. thanks for the heads up, Valarie.

haha, jk: Valerie.

Jonebel

dang!! I got Jonebel's name wrong too. and when I say "dang!" I mean "DANG!"

Stupid Commentators Exhaust Me

someone posted this comment on an earlier entry:

"kids exhaust me...they did seem impressed you had an iPhone...young consumers of tomorrow."

The comment bugs me for a few obvious reasons.

All kids are not the same, some are exhausting, and some are not. Just like real people. Oh, wait a second, they are real people. And from there the commentator moves on to another dismissive and reductive comment. Duh, they're the young consumers of tomorrow, just like you are an old consumer of today. Get over it. You want to critique consumerism, knock yourself out, but don't associate it with these guys, as if they have any hand in the barrage of advertising they're constantly subjected to. And, finally, it's annoying that the person talks as if the kids in the jury have nothing to do with the blog, are not reading it and not posting on it. It's like speaking about someone in the 3rd person, while they're sitting in the room with you: it's rude.

Mac & Cheese + Van Ride =

Stephanie

Jeetpal

Darren

Jancy

randomness

just wanted to let the jury know what my favourite song is these days.

here it is:

Bribery

So Donna is the first Jury member to blog and so she will be the recipient of a SURPRISE!!!

all Jury members will receive a SURPRISE when they post their first post.

Maybe Paul should get something because he's been commenting.

but HURRY!!! BLOG!!

the world is watching.

im bored

hey everyone
im bored...u r probaly bored too....
has anyone seen any shows? well if u did why dont u guys
blog about them?

anyways.......be that way if u dont blog
people want to know what u do!!!!!!!

donna.kabonna.anteena :P
cyz, byez

this just in from Nash Damji, Superstar Trophies, Surrey

"They look better than some of the new ones!!! Job well done. It sure is nice to see them being recycled rather than throwing them away…Maybe, that is why I was hanging on to them!!! Also, I am sure the recipients will adore them."

Edwin

wondering about artist residencies in elementary schools

I wonder what would evolve if an artist were to be resident in an elementary school for an entire year. If they were required to attend staff meetings and participate in the administrative ecology of the school. If they were asked to spend a decent amount of time observing and getting to know the school - a month, say - and then they worked with the teachers and the students to evolve programs, or supplement and fortify things happening in the school. What if they were required to live in the neighborhood? What if they were always trying to get invited over for dinner? Would a figure who shuttles between the public officialdom of the school and the private world of the family be valuable, useful, fun, interesting, worth the effort? Anyone know of people who have done that?

trophy making

Ingredients:
50 trophies donated by superstar Nash Damji from Superstar Trophies, THANKS NASH!!!
2 bags of bulk baking chocolate
8 packages of paraffin canning wax
Double-boiler
Lots of craft supplies

(how annoying, blogger posts the first pics you post last, so imagine viewing these photos from the bottom up. the pic of the table covered with them should be the last, mind-blowing thing you see.)

a post from Donna

here's a post from Donna's blog, which you can find here

i'm not sure what she's done. it seems like it's a separate blog, but it's part of this blog, though it doesn't appear on the mainpage. hm. anyway, here's her post:

Monday, January 26, 2009
Skydive
hey everyone!
this is donna.kabonna.anteena!
well, on Saturday Darren, Donna, Daniela, Jeetpal, JC, Sukleen, stephanie, Alexa, Ron, and I went to a show called Skydive.
It kinda made me bored during the show, and i almost almost fell asleep! good thing i didnt!
the show was held at Arts Club Granville Island Stage.
all of us were sitting in row M 16.
the show was about 2 brothers skydiving....and one of them tries to face his fears. The one who tries to facs his fears always has dreams. The other brother named Morgan (in the show) is the oldest and he helps his brother overcome his fears...
After the show all of us voted and rated the show. it was between 5-0
i mostly rated between 3-0.....since i didnt really like it........

anyways.........
cyz, byez
donna.kabonna.anteena :P

the neighborhood surrounding the school

Don the Liar

We went to see singer Don McGlashan.

Here's some vintage stuff from him:


The Jury took great issue with the fact that the show's running time was advertised as 90 minutes, when really he went well over 2 hours, which made it tough for us since he was finishing as the Jury's parents were waiting at the school parking lot in Surrey, about 45 minutes away. We sneaked out, missing the encore and quickly made a flurry of phone calls, which smoothed everything out. The Jury dubbed him "Don the Liar" for exceeding his 90 minutes.

While we sat there, glancing at our watches, waiting for Don to get tired of singing, some of the Jury grew antsy and started to amuse themselves by cheering enthusiastically and chatting to each other, both activities drawing the scornful attention of a couple of audience members who wanted their McGlashan pure. To paraphrase a Jury member: "if you want to listen to music without some honest audience feedback, throw on a cd and stay at home."

The Politics of Burning the Patello Bridge

all converstations...

They're watching you...

"One of the neat things that happens at PuSh is the Children's Choice Awards, awards handed out by a group of elementary school kids from Surrey.  They get ferried around to all the performances and sure enough, they turned up at Siren.  The kids enjoyed almost getting their heads lopped off by whirling loudspeakers, bobbing around to distort the sound and pulsing their fingers over their ears.  I think this one was a hit."

www.geist.com/blog/kris/2009/01/siren

funny kids

Sherrie Johnson asked me, "what funny things have the kids said?" and I felt weird, like the project were about asking people to check out the funny kids who say crazy things. I understood what she was interested in - I'm interested in it too - but, pausing to think for a second, the project, for me, is about the quality of our life experience when an attempt is made to bring children into the mix as equals - not that we're ever going to be successful. And that, yes, kids are uniquely equipped to say funny things, but, most importantly, what does it mean for us nonkids, to accept those funny things as a norm. In Australia we got on some people's nerves because the kids squirmed around and whispered during some performances - well, what did you expect, they're kids! Learning how to incorporate the presence of fidgety children saying funny things, even when we're doing the serious stuff - like dramatic acting - is, to me, an interesting thing to attempt.

What We're Looking For

Here's a list of the criteria for what deserves the Jury's attention. They will examine the shows in the festival and determine which have managed to excel in the the following categories:

-most boring
-most creative
-most colourful
-most funny
-best props
-best actress
-best actor
-most interesting
-the most action
-longest tongue
-best dance
-best use of technology
-best team work
-biggest eyes
-most loud
-best solo
-best costumes
-standing ovations
-most make up
-most interesting choreography
–best hair
-best music
-most use of sarcasm
-most expression
-best adjectives
–most superstitious
–most cheering from the audience
-most sad
-most loud and clear
-most realistic
-most people / biggest cast
-most jaw dropping
-most emotional
-most energetic
–most awards
-craziest
–most joyful
-most annoying
-most gruesome
-most horrific
-longest
–best 70’s act
-most effort
-most educational
-biggest costume
-most popular
-best beginning
–most international languages
-simplest
–weirdest
-complicated
-funniest voice
-first act to have screaming applause
-most dramatic
-most “I don’t care”
-most sloppy
–best sci-fi

Siren by Ray Lee

meeting and greeting

I make it a point of meeting all the parents, thinking that they would like to have a little eye contact with the guy who is going to be taking their kids on a long van ride. But it does feel ridiculous. It feels so formal. I guess that's what it is. But it's worth laughing at, as Valerie proved when I stepped up to meet her mom. "You shake all the parents hands," She said. "Yeah," I said "I know."

Welcome to Vancouver

So we've started blogging again...

We're taking a look at the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival in Vancouver BC. The jury this time around is from Brigeview Elementary in Surrey - THE JURY FROM SURREY.

stay tuned for more posts -

in the van

The Jury from Surrey in the van on the way to the first show.

sad

how come no one ever posts stuff?
i dont like it come on guys post ANYTHING!!!!!!:'(

hi

i'm so bored!! but excited 2!!! 3 weeks till skool ends!! YAY!!! i can't wait till hi skool!! lalalalala

lalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalala!!!!!!

i luuuuurrrrrrvvvvvvvvvveeeeeeeeeeeee chhhhhooooccccooolllllllllaaaaaatttteeeee!! (i lurve chocolate)

it's shrn(so hot rite now)

lalalala

i think im hi

wat is ur problem?

c? i kew it!! i am hi

luv use all

holly :)

hello hello hello hello hello hello helllllllllllllllllllllllloooooooooooooooooooooooooooo


djbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbrubfgbbbbbbbbiiiiiiiiiiifffffffffffffffe
what should i do???????
byebyebey
p.s hello 2 kath, bj, rach, simz, shauna and annie

FRIENDS

memerios, memerios i hope i NEVER forget that giggly night( rachels tg par'tay)!!!!!!!! Annie, shauna , simz, rach & kath u guys are so amazing and SO perfect I LUV U GUYS (in a friend way) ok i am going to write about my friends

annnie( miss positive): annie is one of the funniest people on the earth and is ALWAYS looking on the bbright side of things and always shares (ecspecially JUICE)

shauna (miss outgoing); shauna is one of the most adventureous girls i know she is always showing us silly dances and laughing her head off at one thing or another and is always there when your sad :(

Rach (miss hyper) : rach is CRAZY and very hard to explain she is always making others laugh or trying out a crazy idea she is a great bf and always will be

simz (miss trustable) :

simz is VERY smart but not only is she smart she is also verry trustable with secrets and is great at aiming m&ms at peoples mouths!

kath (miss hilarious) :

kath is a total laugh she can make the dullest things seem funny and because i have known her since kinder i love it when she brings out a laugh

ok i hope u liked reading about my frriends and all this stuff is totally true!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

whatever

hey we r having a sleepover ( rach sims kath biz shauna) we are goingto be awake forever!!! muhahhahahahhahahahahahaha

P.S addi i did not steal ur party date u stole mine

P.P.S darren here is a script
(you have to sing this) i love having sleepovers with my BFFs and dancing to barbie girl it dosent annoy me i am such a girl and Rachel Simona Bizabelle Shauna Kathleen Annie are the awesomest people in the world

in transit

hey,
I'm in transit air the next 24 hours. I'll get to the videos and whatever else when I'm back in toronto.
Later
Xox

WELL DONE!!

Well done Darren!! (Clapping) The only suggestion I have to make that video better is that you sounded a bit like a news reporter and that sounds not what i was aiming for, I was aiming for a very chirpy and cheery Darren but that was good nonetheless. At first I thought it was just you lip-syncing but when you started singing yourself that was genius! Nice singing by the way I never thought I would ever hear you sing but obviously I thought wrong!

Well Done Darren!

XOXO

Hannah

hey, darren i got an idea of a video you can make then put on the blog. its for a school project and i would like you to do an advertisement for a stall. Me, rachel and simona are doing. All u have to do is wear a head band or tie some shoelaces around your head and read this script.

do you feel like there is something you need to brighten up your style? well come down to the HEADBAND HUT! [you can get shoelaces AND head bands for a cheap price! (in different voice) remeber all the cool people will be there so drop by and get a new look! (start dancing around)

Natalie's mini performance of Miles

Awards - The Best Person In The World to Bernadette Fitzgerald presented by Yakoub

Awards - The Most Awesomness to Hidden Republic by The Black Arm Band presented by Annie

Awards - Most Stupefying to Goran Bregovic & Band for Weddings & Funerals presented by Persia

Awards - Most Imaginitive to Eighth Blackbird presented by Samantha

Awards - Most Wacky Play to Two Faced Bastard by Chunky Move presented by Isabelle

Awards - Most Insightive (new word by Vera) to Patti Smith presented by Vera

Awards - The One That Was Better Than Chocolate to Goran Bregovic & Band for Weddings & Funerals presented by Kira

Awards - Most Boring to El Automovil Gris by Teatro de Ciertos Habitantes presented by Hugo

Awards - The One That Made Me Pee My Pants From Fright and Fear to Desert Island Dances by Wendy Houstoun presented by Tibby

Awards - The One That Made Me Pee My Pants From Laughter to The Newsboys by Suitecase Royale presented by Sweeney

Awards - Most Detailed to Eighth Blackbird presented by Eleanor

Awards - Most Moving to Patti Smith presented by Chi

Awards - The Saddest to Hidden Republic by The Black Arm Band presented by Isabella

Awards - Most Spontaneous to The Fake Paparazzi by Suitcase Royale presented by Ishaan

Awards - Most Entertaining to Goran Bregovic & Band for Weddings & Funerals presented by Patrick

Awards - Most Evil to That Night Follows Day by Tim Etchells presented by Kathleen

Awards - Most Like A Video Game to Corridor by Lucy Guerin presented by Miles

Awards - Best Music to Goran Bregovic & Band for Weddings & Funerals presented by William

Awards - Everyone Hated It But I Loved It to El Automovil Gris by Teatro de Ciertos Habitantes presented by Jiale

Awards - Best Role Model to Hidden Republic by The Black Arm Band presented by Fontine

Awards - Most Kid Friendly to The Newsboys by Suitcase Royale presented by Che

Awards - Most I Don't Know Why I Liked It But I Liked It Anway to Eighth Blackbird presented by Patrick

Awards - Most Unique to The Go Show by The Footscray Community Arts Centre and That Night Follows Day by Tim Etchells presented by Richard

Awards - Best Presented to Hidden Republic by The Black Arm Band with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra presented by Addi

Awards - Most ECO Friendly to DJ Spooky presented by Alexander

Awards - Most Enjoyable For Old People to El Automovil Gris by Teatro de Ciertos Habitantes presented by Oregon

Awards - Most Interactive to The Go Show by Footscray Community Arts Centre presented by Shauna

Awards - Best Sound Effects to 21:100:100 by Gertrude Contemporary Art Space presented by Tibby

Awards - Most Inspirational to Hidden Republic by The Black Arm Band with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra presented by Jeremy

Awards - Best Ideas to Ecstatic City by Chris Doyle presented by Harrison

Awards - Most Immature to The Big Game by Polyglot presented by Michael

Awards - Best Shoes to The Newsboys by Suitcase Royale and That Night Follows Day by Tim Etchells presented by Beverly

Awards - Most Confusing to An Oak Tree by Tim Crouch presented by Holly

Awards - Best Instrument to Eighth Blackbird presented by Sean

Awards - The Most Gangsta to El Automovil Gris by Teatro de Ciertos Habitantes presented by Gangsta Louis

Awards - Most Emotive to Hidden Republic by Black Arm Band with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra presented by Simona

Awards - Most Creative to 21:100:100 by Gertrude Contemporary Art Space presented by Rachel

Awards - Most Original to Desert Island Dances by Wendy Houstoun presented by Hannah

Awards - Most Fun to Goran Bregovic & Band for Weddings & Funerals presented by Vincent

Awards - Best Costumes to Two Faced Bastard by Chunky Move presented by Morgan

Awards - Best Choreographed Dance to Batsheva MAX presented by Moses

Awards Ceremony - The Crowd

Just Dance

script by Hannah, acting by Darren

Good luck with this one!

O.K. Darren as you suggested I will write you a script but even if you don't want to you have to say it and put the video on the blog. O.k. here goes:

P.S. Before you do this video you might need to learn the chorus of a song. (Just dance by Lady GaGa, look it up)

Start here-

"Don't you think Hannah is great? I do and so do a lot of people, Hannah has a lot of friends and some of them are Holly, Addi, Samantha, Simona, Annie, BJ, Jeremy, Patrick and a lot of others. I'd like to give a big Hi to all of them. Now before I go I would like to perform a song (starts singing the chorus to just dance. after finishing gives a wave and says goodnight)

Good luck Darren I hope you come as high as my expectations

Cya

Hannah

olympic donuts

anyone want to review this place? it's right near the footscray train station. I wanted to go there but I'm not supposed to eat fried food it's bad for me. bad for you too, but you have a few years until your health crashes.

some thoughts on young boredom

you guys keep posting that you're bored!!!

I remember that particular kind of boredom, it was really awful. Don't worry it goes away when you're older. But, when you're older, the problem is that you become so busy that doing nothing and being bored becomes such a luxury.

personally, I think young boredom happens because young people are not allowed to go out and explore the world without parental supervision. On those boring days, wouldn't it be nice if you could grab a friend and take the train and head into Melbourne and walk up and down Swanston?

anyway, don't worry, time flies and soon you're be so busy that you'll long for these days of boredom. But that doesn't help you right now.

if you're bored, write a script starring me, a short monologue and i'll perform it and put the video on the blog.