Speech and Totem Pole

　Last time I wrote about the first piece I did in high school so this time I would like to write about the piece which I took part in the competition. I took part in the competition two times. One in first grade and another in second grade. Mainly 4 or 5 people in the second grade make the piece.

 The first piece I did in the competition in first grade was “Speech”. Surprisingly we dance not with the music but with President Obama’s speech. We remembered his speech, his way of saying and the timing of the applause. I still remember it:

There will be setbacks and false start. There are many who won't agree with every decision or policy I make as president. And we know the government can't solve every problem. But I will always be honest with you about the challenges we face. I will listen to you, especially when we disagree. And, above all, I will ask you to join in the work of remaking this nation, the only way it's been done in America for 221 years -- block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by calloused hand.

And so on…. We also made our idle screen in to the picture of President Obama to feel him. lol

When I first heard his speech I did not understand a single words he was saying. Also I did not get the timing and the sound. But after listening to it over 50 times I started to understand his speech and the up and down of his way of speaking. I heard his speech like music. We practiced a lot and the result of this piece was 5^th in vice champion, which means 8^th place over all. The result was lower than we expected. So we promised to revenge next year.
 

And then another piece, which we did in the competition, was “Totempole”. I was in second grade so I had the chance to make the piece. I put my hands up to be a creator. I had trouble being a creator as originally this piece was made in the school festival and I was not in the original member. And there were 4 of us being creator and other 3 except from me was original member. One of them said the love toward the piece is different as I was not in the original piece. But I really wanted to be creator and also I thought if I was creator I can give some opinion from 3^rd person’s view as I was not in original member. And finally that girl assented and I became one of the creators. We all did our best to make the piece better. Like I did in the piece of “frog” I researched on Totem pole. There were some days we thought about the piece until late at night. We practiced a lot too. We also practiced around the big tree to get the feeling of the nature.
Then in the competition we got Champion 2^nd place! That is 2^nd place over all. We were very happy and this piece became one of my treasures.

There is a shortened version of the piece of Totem pole so watch this if you like. 

http://www.kk-video.co.jp/concours/chuko/063/high_2.shtml

I thought I would not be able to make better piece than this. 

I want to dance this piece again:)