Impact of the Small

We got through our last performance of Camelot and it was amazing! We laughed, we hugged, and we definitely cried. The sadness of course was partly because it was our last show together. Never again will we be that same group, the group of Camelot 2011 from Batesville High. Never again will we have the exact same collection of people working to pull a show together. It is sad to think about, but we will at least have the amazing memories we have made over the past few months. A good chunk of the sadness, however, was the seniors. To those seniors in the cast... It was the last show they will ever do with Batesville High. It is most likely the last show they will ever do with anyone in the cast. It is the last show they will do before they venture into the real world to make it on their own. Between the fact that my sister is one of those seniors, and that next year I will be... I was pretty devestated. Heart broken. Crushed. My heart literally hurt. To Breanna, Jennifer, Zach, Rachel, Haley, and Ashley... Thank you for sharing your final year with us and break a leg out in the real world.

We were at our cast party and instead of laughing and messing around, we all ended up crying and having a huge hug fest. It was one of the best moments of my life. I will always cherish the months that I had with this cast and I will have great memories to carry with me for the rest of my life. I will never forget a single soul that I had the privelege to work with, and I will love each of them forever. I will look back on this show with absolutely no regrets, no wishful thinking, and if I could go back, I would not change one single thing about the show and the time that I spent with those amazing people who are some of my closest friends. And most importantly, I will never forget the lessons I learned: that even the most odd arrangement of people can come together to create something beautiful. That the most unexpected people can change your life, make you a better person, move you to see things differently. That some people surpass your previous conceptions and literally blow your mind. And that sometimes... The most amazing, beautiful, meaningful, and breathtaking moments are the things that don't seem important. The thirty minutes before show when everyone is stressed. The moment when you're standing in the wings watching a scene, waiting for your entrance. The moment when the cast gathers on the stage one last time to sing a final "Lean on Me" while their hair sparkles with pixie dust. And especially that moment when everyone gets one final hug, takes one final look around, and walks out the door one final time as a member of the cast of Camelot. Because when everyone crosses the threshold of that door... It's all over. Never again will we all be together in the same place, in the same cast, doing the same show, all working together for the same goal. But we will always, always be Camelot 2011.

So was today a good day? Definitely better than the last.