By Laura Acuff, Student Reporter
Nineteen directors were chosen Nov. 2 for the 14 acts in Sing Song 2008, “World Tour.” The production will consist of customary performances by classes and social clubs in addition to a combined performance by Essence of Ebony, Hispanos Unidos and the International Students’ Association.
One director, Rebecca Hopkins, said she loves this responsibility.
“I heard about the director spot, and it just sounded like something I would love to do – organizing something this big,” said Hopkins, a communication sciences and disorders major from Edmond, Okla.
According to Hopkins, 11 people applied for the two freshman director positions, submitting a written application, interviewing and singing for the spots.
Matt Greenberg, Sing Song cochair in charge of all stage activities, said directors who are chosen by class senators for class acts and by the clubs themselves for club acts, must complete significant groundwork well before the show’s performances Feb. 15-16 in Moody Coliseum.
“There’s so much prep work, choosing songs, lyrics, coming up with costumes,” said Greenberg, senior political science major from Grand Prairie. “All that is done before Christmas break. The foundation is laid before Christmas, because when you come back, you start practicing immediately. And then Sing Song is five weeks later.”
Sophomore Linly Stowe, Spanish major from Nashville, Tenn. and the director of the combined act by Essence of Ebony, Hispanos Unidos and the International Students’ Association, attributes her position as director largely to her previous Sing Song experience as a freshman and plans to appoint assistant directors from each of the three groups her act represents.
“Now that I’ve seen how much support I’m going to get, I’m really excited about it,” Stowe said. “It’s not like I’m going to do everything by myself. I’m really excited, because it’s really a team effort with this [group].”
Directors will decide group themes within the overall “World Tour” theme this weekend at a retreat through a bidding system and submit song selections by Nov. 19.
