This year has been the best yet, for me. I've felt like (prepare to cringe) I've grown a lot as a person and i know I've certainly learnt a lot about myself, so i thought i would share my 2013 highlights with you all.
I'm going to start off with 'Back To The 80's'. Each year my school puts on two productions, one musical in the summer term and one play in the winter term, not to big the school up but these shows do not follow the paths of a stereotypical school show, they come very close to being a professional standard, with the most recent show attracting multiple agents. So on my 15th birthday i found out that i had landed a main role, playing a school nerd called Laura Wilde. The intense and demanding rehearsals began as soon as the year did and we were thrust into a world full of 80's magic.
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| "Video Killed The Radio Star" |
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| "Lets Hear It For The Boy" |
Next up is 'fourgust' i figured that to kick start the summer holidays i would host a BBQ. I'm lucky enough to have quite a large group of friends whom i love so very much. It was a very successful day, the sun shone and a lot of food was eaten, all in the summer spirit! Next years has already been planned.
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| The summer holidays are always busy, however this year i managed to squeeze in two festivals! Evo was the first, a smaller festival which lasts two days but always has some big headliners, this year it was The Vaccines. The second one was T in the park, where, some of the many big names performing were, Bastille and Two Door Cinema Club! |
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| Evo |
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| T in the Park |
My fourth favourite memory is getting to meet the new addition to my family for the first time. Two little sisters now! One is three but is already so incredibly beautiful and now a new baby sister, she was only two weeks old when i met her, so small and peaceful, yet, i felt that an instant bond was still formed.
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| My two beautiful little girlies |
My next memory is my school's second production of the year 'Wuthering Heights'. To be involved in a show with such massive expectations following it around was a huge achievement for me, as is getting into any show really but especially this one. I was given the role of Young Cathy a 16 year old girl with a love of moorland adventures, a real joy to play and a memory that will stay with me forever.
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| "Have you never loved anybody in your life?" |
My last memory is a collection of four things, which are the parties that drew the year to a close. With a lot of my friends turning 16 this year there has been numerous parties two being surprise ones, mine included! A joint 16th party got the Christmas holidays into full flow and then the following day i was attending an 18th. Needless to say i slept well the next day and night.
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| Amy's surprise party |
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| My surprise party |
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| Before the joint 16th party |
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| Before the 18th party |
So they were my 6 favourite memories of 2013. I hope you've all had a fantastic year and that 2014 is even better!
The small islander x
