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Gospel Versus Theater

January 30, 2013
By JonathanVondrasek DIAMOND, Oak Park, Illinois
JonathanVondrasek DIAMOND, Oak Park, Illinois
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Favorite Quote:
" CONTAINS ODOR-FIGHTING "ATOMIC-ROBOTS" THAT "SHOOT LASERS" AT YOUR "STENCH MONSTERS" AND REPLACES THEM WITH FRESH, CLEAN. MASCULINE "SCENT ELVES"." - Old Spice deodorant


I admire the character...
When you feel the passion,
Of being able to run out there and be...
Somebody else...
Sing-Song was and is my life.
But comparing it to a chair with a big screen?
When I walk across the street,
Church bells ring an ring until my ears pulsate,
I was here first, this was home.
This concert, it made me cry,
The very choir I left,
Let me stay on stage.
It was never about God,
I love the singing
The clapping
That feeling of knowing everyone's your friend,
And you could be yourself...
We we're all together one, two, three.
But with the actors the...
"Good kids"
"Musically inclined kids"
"Professional kids"
Each vibration in my throat is a competition,
It never end from here to there.
No role, no character, no pretending,
Could send me tears like the gospel choir.
One rhythm, simple lyrics,
And a little bit of happiness.


The author's comments:
This is true I had a open house concert with my school production of lés misérables, after I found my gospel choir director Ms. Brown she asked me if I wanted to perform with them. I felt accepted again I had to quit gospel choir for the musical. I've always loved choir and this is my first musical. People were begging me do to it, I never liked acting because its not being "you" but the choir blew me away I couldn't help but cry we were still singing.

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