Please come out to support us at the poetry cafe tomorrow. Some of the members of the drama club will help illustrate or mime Mrs. Mathieu's spoken word poem below. In addition, Mrs. Mathieu's 8th grade dancers will be doing a very dynamic and thought provoking performance of two songs "Break Every Chain" and "Take the Shackles Off My Feet so I can Dance." It will be very engaging and entertaining. Please check out Mrs. Mathieu's poem below, and click this link http://www.eventbrite.com/e/fms-pta-meeting-and-poetry-cafe-tickets-10880111707?aff=eorg to RSVP for your free food for the event.
2-23-14
Hello Dynamic Drama Club,
It has been a super busy weekend for me. I just got home from a performance at Meadowcreek High School where I was able to perform my new spoken word poem titled "Break the Shackles." I actually created and performed it today after I got home from my son's birthday party. That is what happens when you are dedicated to your craft. Anyway, before I performed my piece, I recorded my self reading it on www.soundcloud.com. You may want to consider using www.soundcloud.com to help you tap into the emotion of your characters by recording yourself and sharing your voice on the web. It will really help you to pull the emotion out of what you are saying. Nevertheless, I have embedded my audio into this blog post below, and I have posted my spoken word poem for your review.
2-23-14
Hello Dynamic Drama Club,
It has been a super busy weekend for me. I just got home from a performance at Meadowcreek High School where I was able to perform my new spoken word poem titled "Break the Shackles." I actually created and performed it today after I got home from my son's birthday party. That is what happens when you are dedicated to your craft. Anyway, before I performed my piece, I recorded my self reading it on www.soundcloud.com. You may want to consider using www.soundcloud.com to help you tap into the emotion of your characters by recording yourself and sharing your voice on the web. It will really help you to pull the emotion out of what you are saying. Nevertheless, I have embedded my audio into this blog post below, and I have posted my spoken word poem for your review.
“BREAK THE SHACKLES”
– by Shenica Bridges-Mathieu
Breaking Shackles
Breaking Shackles
Breaking Shackles everyday
Break Shackles
Break Shackles
Break Shackles every way
A shackle as defined by Merriam Webster’s Dictionary is: one of two rings or
bands that are placed around a person's wrists or ankles and that are connected
by a chain
Shackles: something that
prevents people from acting freely
A slave as defined by
Merriam Webster’s Dictionary: someone who is legally owned by another person
and is forced to work for that person without pay
: A person who is
strongly influenced and controlled by something
Breaking Shackles
Breaking Shackles
Breaking Shackles everyday
Break Shackles
Break Shackles
Break Shackles every way
Are you free?
I said are YOU free?
Breaking Shackles
Breaking Shackles
Breaking Shackles everyday
Break Shackles
Break Shackles
Break Shackles every way
Freedom as defined by Merriam
Webster’s Dictionary is:
the quality or state of being free: as
A: the absence of necessity,
coercion, or constraint in choice or action
B: liberation from slavery or restraint or from
the power of another: independence
C: the quality or state of
being exempt or released usually from something
onerous <freedom from care>
E: the quality of being frank,
open, or outspoken <answered with freedom>
F: improper familiarity
G: boldness of conception or
execution
H: unrestricted use <gave
him the freedom of their home>
2
A: a political right
Love
as defined by Merriam Webster’s Dictionary is
A strong affection for another arising out of kinship or
personal ties <maternal love for a child> (2):
attraction based on desire: affection and tenderness felt by lovers
(3): affection based on admiration, benevolence, or common interests <love
for his old schoolmates>
B: an assurance of affection
<give her my love>
2
: Warm attachment, enthusiasm, or devotion <love
of the sea>
3
A: the object of attachment,
devotion, or admiration <baseball was his first love>
B (1): a
beloved person: darling —often used as a
term of endearment (2) British —used as an informal term of
address
4
A: unselfish loyal and
benevolent concern for the good of another: as (1): the fatherly concern
of God for humankind (2): brotherly concern for others
B: a person's adoration of God
Breaking Shackles
Breaking Shackles
Breaking Shackles everyday
Break Shackles
Break Shackles
Break Shackles every way
Are you free?
I said are YOU free?
Breaking Shackles
Breaking Shackles
Breaking Shackles everyday
Break Shackles
Break Shackles
Break Shackles every way
I’m not here to beat a message over
your head.
I am here to get in your head.
Take the shackles off
Take the shackles off
Take the shackles off
Take the shackles off
Are you free?
I said are YOU free?
Breaking Shackles
Breaking Shackles
Breaking Shackles everyday
Break Shackles
Break Shackles
Break Shackles every way
You are not here by choice
You are here because you are chosen
because He set the captives free.
Did you hear me?
I said he SET THE CAPTIVES FREE!
Take the shackles off
Take the shackles off
Take the shackles off
Take the shackles off
Are you free?
I said are YOU free?
Breaking Shackles
Breaking Shackles
Breaking Shackles everyday
Break Shackles
Break Shackles
Break Shackles every way
Forget the money problems.
They are not real
Forget the pain from the past.
They are there to distract you.
Forget the divorce.
The drugs...
The lies
The thugs
The cries
The grudge
And the confusion
GOD HAS ALREADY SET YOU FREE
DO YOU HEAR ME?
I SAID GOD HAS ALREADY SET YOU FREE
Take the shackles off
Take the shackles off
Take the shackles off
Take the shackles off
Are you free?
I said are YOU free?
Breaking Shackles
Breaking Shackles
Breaking Shackles everyday
Break Shackles
Break Shackles
Break Shackles every way
BREAK THE CHAINS OF DEBT
BREAK THE CHAIN OF THOSE OTHER TESTS
YOUR LIFE IS TESTED SO THAT YOU MAY
BE A TESTIMONY
STOP ACTING LIKE YOU DON’T KNOW THE
TRUTH
STOP LIVING YOUR LIFE INSIDE A BOX
HELD DOWN BY THE SHACKLES IN YOUR MIND
SPEAK TO THAT DEMON AND TELL HIM TO
LEAVE IN JESUS NAME.
BREAK EVERY CHAIN.
BREAK EVERY CHAIN
BREAK EVERY CHAIN.
Practice, Practice, Performance
Monday practice is from 4:15-7:00
Tuesday - technical rehearsal 4:15 - 7:00
Wednesday - dress rehearsal is from 4:15 - 7:00
Thursday practice from 4:15 -5:00
PTA meeting at 6:00
PTA Black History Performance 7:00-7:30
(concessions will be sold)
Friday - Call time is 8:20 in the cafeteria and the first performance is at 9:00 - 7th grade assembly
The second performance will be at 1:00 - 8th grade assembly
The third performance will be at 2:30 - 6th grade assembly
You can not miss practice this week. Make sure that you know your lines. You can not use scripts
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