Patriot Performances at the Cowan Center

With the new semester well under way, new faces everywhere, and new friends being made, there are new opportunities to find exciting things to go and do. One of the places that has captured my attention is the Cowan Center.

In high school, I was in drill team, and I felt my best when dancing and cheering at pep rallies and dancing on stage. There’s just something about the costumes and the chance to perform that just kick-starts my heart! I guess my personal style icon Marilyn Monroe said it best: “some girls are just born with glitter in their veins.” 

Norma Jeane Mortenson <3

The Cowan Center is by far one of my favorite places on campus. Lots of practice rooms, couches, pianos, nice places to study- I could go on all day. Not to mention there have been so many famous people inside of it. The world famous Blue Man Group came to Tyler recently. (You can see the vlog Emmy did about them, here) There’s just something about being around so much professional and student talent. It’s inspirational, I just know it!

Dress Rehearsal

      I am so excited about my upcoming play! My best friend & I are in the Tyler Civic Theatre Center's "Alice in Wonderland" play that opens next Friday night (21st). She & I are playing the Tweedle Dee & Dum. Our costumes are so awkwardly gold & emerald. We are still waiting for our black & yellow striped tights to come in.

         This is cool because I am a girl with very short hair & am playing the brother to my best friend, Michelle. She is playing my twin sister, Tweedle Dee. We are both wearing a pair of navy & white oxford shoes. Hers has a small heel & mine are massively large! ^_^ Very awkward to walk in, but it totally pulls together the ridiculous personalities we've given to the characters.

            Tonight is our first dress rehearsal, so we are really going to kill the director when Tweedle Dee & I come out on stage for our big scene dresses as school kids with unmatched socks & shoes. I hope I can do a better job at keeping a strait face!