2.9 Stage Fright
11/07/22 • 38 min
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On this episode of The Middle School Mind, Son has a special guest, Raphael, who is here to talk about stage fright and how they prepare for theater performances.
They talk about the process to get into a show starting with the audition workshop, the audition itself, call-backs, practices, opening night and all the feels associated with the closing show.
The workshop is like the pre-audition audition. You are generally divided by age and taken through singing, dancing and running lines.
It can get extremely competitive at auditions. Brother against brother, Friend against friend. And Raphael says it’s important to look “fly” to the auditions. It’s important to keep yourself busy like playing cards to keep yourself entertained during auditions.
You have a short amount of time to prep for call-backs. If you bomb your call-back, you may have just missed out on making the show. It’s easy to psyche yourself out when you’re checking out your competition. The directors usually don’t provide feedback during call-backs which adds to the anxiety.
Practices
You made the show - good for you! Middle schoolers need to balance school, other activities, family time and other interests in addition to the show. Son and Raphael practice at home in front of their stuffed animals for their audience.
Tech Week is crunch time where you prepare for the actual shows. The number of practices ramp up and you need to do run-throughs with microphones and costumes. You need to lean on your friends and trust your directors to make sure the show comes together.
Opening Night
The guys play Super Smash Bros on the Switch to take the focus off the show. The cast and crew are in full costume and huddle together and talk trash to relieve stress.
Closing Night
It’s a mix of emotions. We’re excited that it’s over but we also got so close to our castmates that we get so emotional. We also want to go out on top and give our best performance. We celebrate our show with an awesome cast party.
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On this episode, we featured our fellow podcaster, If You Give a Dad a Podcast. This is a nerdy dad podcast where they interview everyone from wrestlers, musicians and even a chiropractor. Listen to their show for all things nerdy.
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On this episode of The Middle School Mind, Son has a special guest, Raphael, who is here to talk about stage fright and how they prepare for theater performances.
They talk about the process to get into a show starting with the audition workshop, the audition itself, call-backs, practices, opening night and all the feels associated with the closing show.
The workshop is like the pre-audition audition. You are generally divided by age and taken through singing, dancing and running lines.
It can get extremely competitive at auditions. Brother against brother, Friend against friend. And Raphael says it’s important to look “fly” to the auditions. It’s important to keep yourself busy like playing cards to keep yourself entertained during auditions.
You have a short amount of time to prep for call-backs. If you bomb your call-back, you may have just missed out on making the show. It’s easy to psyche yourself out when you’re checking out your competition. The directors usually don’t provide feedback during call-backs which adds to the anxiety.
Practices
You made the show - good for you! Middle schoolers need to balance school, other activities, family time and other interests in addition to the show. Son and Raphael practice at home in front of their stuffed animals for their audience.
Tech Week is crunch time where you prepare for the actual shows. The number of practices ramp up and you need to do run-throughs with microphones and costumes. You need to lean on your friends and trust your directors to make sure the show comes together.
Opening Night
The guys play Super Smash Bros on the Switch to take the focus off the show. The cast and crew are in full costume and huddle together and talk trash to relieve stress.
Closing Night
It’s a mix of emotions. We’re excited that it’s over but we also got so close to our castmates that we get so emotional. We also want to go out on top and give our best performance. We celebrate our show with an awesome cast party.
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On this episode, we featured our fellow podcaster, If You Give a Dad a Podcast. This is a nerdy dad podcast where they interview everyone from wrestlers, musicians and even a chiropractor. Listen to their show for all things nerdy.
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We want to hear from you!
Please leave us a positive review and like and follow us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts or wherever you listen to your favorite podcast.
You can reach The Middle School Mind on our About Us page, Facebook page or Twitter (@TMSM_Podcast). Thanks for listening!
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2.8 Allergy Safe Halloween Candy Part 2
6 RecommendationsOn this episode of The Middle School Mind, we continue our review of Halloween candies that are safe for kids with peanut and tree nut food allergies. Halloween is a fun time for kids, and since we have family members with severe food allergies, we hand out peanut and tree nut free candies on Halloween.
On this episode, we pull random allergy-safe candy from a hat and we taste test each candy and tell you if we would Keep this candy, Trade this candy or Chuck this candy.
Here are the allergy-friendly candies we review on this episode:
Jolly Rancher Gummies - 2 in 1
- Son wants to Keep since he doesn’t think others would want to Trade him for it.
- Father feels like it has the consistency of Swedish Fish and sticks to his teeth.
- We talk about how people who hand out fruit snacks on Halloween are our heroes!
Goetze’s Bullseye Caramel Creams
- This one was a unanimous Keep!
- Once you hit the cream center, it was great. It reminded us of the Oreo cream center.
- This was a new candy for Son, but Father has enjoyed this for quite some time.
- We feel these candies are too small and not enough people hand these candies out on Halloween!
- Son said this meets his expectations for a Jolly Rancher candy. This is a Keep for him.
- Father chose to bite through his lollipop and noted that it was pretty sour.
- We talked about how you never see adults walking around sucking on lollipops.
- Son liked it, but would Trade this for an upgrade in his Halloween bag.
- Father loves Whoppers but too many in one sitting can get too sweet.
- Sweet Tarts only had two distinct flavors - the Purple and Green and it was so tart with a bad aftertaste.
- Son said this is an automatic Chuck and would never wish this on anyone.
- It’s great to end Oreos!
- This was another unanimous Keep for Father and Son.
- Father talks about his Oreo consumption style to combine two Oreos for one Ultra Oreo.
was just our opinion and these candies are safe for Son’s allergies. Please make sure these candies are safe for you based on your specific food allergies.
This was a great episode since we got to eat candy and critique the Halloween candy that we will give out to our neighbors.
We finish the episode talking about middle schoolers and if they still go trick or treating in 7th grade.
Have a very safe and very Happy Halloween everyone!
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2.10 Madden Taught Me Football
5 RecommendationsOn this episode of The Middle School Mind, we talk about how Son learned the basics of football by playing Madden NFL 22 on XBox One.
Many middle school students are not into sports and Son is one of them. However, many kids have to attend sporting events to support their siblings, friends and family. Son’s older sister is in the color guard at her high school and she performs during halftime at the home football games.
Rather than complaining about going to the games or sitting in the stands bored and not knowing what’s going on the field, Father bought Madden NFL 22 on XBox One to teach Son the basics of football.
Football is an incredibly complex game. Many people complain that there’s more standing around than action in the games. Using Madden as a teaching tool, Father was able to talk Son through the high level basics of football from offense to defense and run plays and passing plays.
On this episode, we talk about the following:
- Son is not a sports kid
- Madden video game taught Son the basic rules to football
- We compare the video game with the actual game
- Did Madden help Son appreciate the game?
- Video games can be a good learning tool
- Wii Sports is a classic sports tutorial for novices
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On this episode, we featured our fellow podcaster, The Geeky Dad Podcast. This podcast highlights the trials and tribulations of a Geeky Dad trying to reclaim some semblance of sanity as he navigates parenthood and geek culture. Check out The Geeky Dad Podcast on Apple Podcasts.
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