Vic High Improv

It's year end and we're putting on an evening of Improv, Dance and a sneak peak at Vic High's Chorus Line Musical!  We're also excited to announce that Missie Peters , Spoken Word Artist, will be our guest performer! Net proceeds of this performance go to support this year's Graduating Class!  Where: Victoria Event Centre, 1415 Broad Street When: Wednesday, May 9th Time: Doors @ 7pm, Show @ 7:30pm How much? $10 Adults, $7 Seniors/Students More Info? vichighimprov@gmail.com About Missie Peters (http://www.missiepeters.com/) Bringing personal insight to global issues Missie Peters is a performance poet who turns poetry into theatre. She has been honing her craft since 2005, and is a two-time Victoria Slam Champion, a past member of Tongues of Fire and a member of the improvised spoken word duo SpeakEasy.

The Standings Saturday April 7th, 2012 1 Milton District - 982 2 Kitsilano SS - 967 3 Canterbury - 952 4 Kelvin HS - 946 5 All Saints - 932 6 Templeton HS - 872

Typical start to a CIG Nationals evening... from Jon Argue on Vimeo . I must say, the energy each evening at the finals has been very upbeat and positive!  To underscore this point, a typical start to an evening is a small dance party as you can see in this video.. how great is that?!! Unfortunately for the teams playing tonight, none of them are going onto the finals tomorrow night (April 7, 2012). Due to a tie, the teams will only be playing three events each (probably to keep the evening from running too long).  We'll be watching... 1. Milton District - 903 2. Templeton HS - 896 3. Kitsilano SS - 895 4. All Saints - 883 5. Canterbury - 861 6. Kelvin HS - 861 It will be an intense evening for sure... followed by a huge dance party at the University of Ottawa which runs till 1:30am (yikes!) I expect to see man sleepy faces Sunday morning as most of us have to be at the airport around 6am. Night all!

At this point in the festival, the standings are as follows: Standings as of Thursday Night 1 - Milton District 903 2 - Templeton HS 896 3 - Kitsilano SS 895 4 - All Saints 883 5 - Canterbury 861 6 - Kelvin HS 861    Our BC teams are Templeton and Kitsilano - both have been putting on great scenes!   Tonight we have: From Dartmouth, Nova Scotia - Dartmouth High   From Riverview, New Brunswick - Riverview High From Cambridge, Ontario - Preston High School From Conception Bay South, Newfoundland - Queen Elizabeth Regional High And from Toronto, Ontario - Cardinal Carter Academy Today was split between workshops and a wee bit of touring... followed by Vic High and GISS getting together for a pizza dinner in the hotel room.   Team Shot - April 4, 2012  

We eventually got going by 10am and made our way to the parliament buildings .  We took the tour and managed to catch the parade of the Speaker of the House as they headed to the Senate. Our tour guide was very helpful and answered questions such as "Is there a cat santuary on parliament hill?" (Chase), to which the answer was "Yes, there is.  It is run by volunteers but recently we've noticed more rodents than cats."  The guide was also quizzed about the rules of the house as we had just come from seeing a small portion of question period where the students had witnessed everything they are told not to do in class! We split into two groups and one group headed across the river to Hull, Quebec while the other group tracked down the location of "Forever 21"... which is, according to them, the place to go for clothes. We eventually made it back to the hotel and after re-charging for a bit we headed off to night #3 of the CIG Nationals. 

At the end of Wednesday evening, after a lenghty "What's in the Box?" or "Tub of Wonder" as Ms. Tammy Renyard would call it, the Head Ref read out the scores for the evening. This is a tough time for all the players, especially our Vic High students who have been so focused on doing their best and, as many teams, are hoping to have another chance to hit the stage at the finals. "Look, out of three nights of play so far, of the top five teams to carry on, three of them come from our night." said Mr. Penty (Vic High's Head Coach), "We scored in the middle of the pack and there's nothing wrong with that!" One of the evening's quotable quotes includes "Your love flows like magma."

Check out http://improv.ca/2012/04/2012-nationals-night-2/ for details... Vic High's Story Event And now the fun times begin! Meet new friends, tour the town, catch some improv and enjoy ourselves!

Great theme event followed by an intense life event! The players are pouring their hearts into every word.

The team is feeling good about tonight... But first things first.. DINNER TIME!

Saw the first night of the Nationals. So exciting to be in the National Arts Centre and watch. The level was very good. Some knock out pieces that blew us away. A clowning style scene that was amazing. Some of the more unusual approaches worked but some didn't. We feel solid about performing tomorrow night. Jason (Saltspring Island) said "These kids are dancing between confidence and ego". Let's hope the confident side wins. Workshops at 11 and practice tomorrow at 2. Night, Alan

The team arrived safely and are at the hotel now!

Bright and early at 5:45am PDT this morning 9 Vic High improv team members accompanied by the Head Coach (Alan Penty), Senior Team Coach (Monica Ogden) and Chaperone (Tammy Renyard) boarded the plan to begin their journey to Ottawa.  At approximately 5pm EDT they will be arriving at the hotel and attempting to get settled for the evening - good luck! Their first performance is on Wednesday, April 4th at 7:30pm EDT at the National Arts Centre where they will be joined by.. All Saints (Ottawa) Templeton HS (Lower Mainland, B.C) Gulf Islands Secondary School (Online Wildcard) Kelvin HS (Winnipeg) For a complete schedule of performances, take a look at the National Festival site. They have to place in the top 5 scoring teams in order to make it to the finals on Saturday, April 7th... so the pressure is on!  This means that the top five scoring teams from April 3rd to 6th move forward. I'm happy to be joining the team during their time in Ottawa and will be posting updates