Singarama returns with new rules, conflicting with other recent social events

Singarama returns with new rules, conflicting with other recent social events

http://luminationnetwork.com/covid-halts-57th-annual-singarama-participants-discuss-informal-staging-relationships-established/Singarama, a beloved Lipscomb tradition, will look quite different this year. The biggest change is that there won’t be a live audience. Recently other similar social events have run without these same regulations. Last year there was no Singarama at all, so many students are grateful for the opportunity to get a show at all. However, others are disappointed in the lack of consistency for all Lipscomb events. COVID halts 57th annual Singarama, but participants discuss informal staging and the relationships they established Kelvin Kelley, a director of community life, cited several major changes to the event this year. “We are recording it and then are going to send it out,” said Kelley. “There won’t be a live audience actually there for singarama this year.” The video should be released sometime in late April, right before finals week. The next change Kelley discussed was concerning the number of students involved. “There are less people on stage for the songs,” said Kelley. “Typically shows can range from having 70-100 people for a dance number, and this year we backed all the way down to only allowing 25-30 to participate on stage.” Kelley seemed to find silver linings wherever he could. Although the music will have to be pre-recorded since the singers will have to wear masks on stage, Kelley sees the bright side. “I’m excited to see what we can do with the recording. We’re trying to do some interesting things …that hopefully accommodate for the lack of being in person.” Allie McGill, a Senior and Singarama choreographer, didn’t see things quite the same way. “[A] frustrating difference is for...

Makenzie Kanyuh offers look in the life of a Singarama director

Don’t stop them now. One of the themes for this year’s Singarama show Singarama’s On Fire is “Stop.”   Director of the “Stop” cast and Delta Omega member Makenzie Kanyuh is very excited about this show, cast and overall production of Singarama. The show itself is around 20 minutes, but it’s the preparation behind the scenes that really counts. “I pretty much spend every waking moment of my day doing something for Singarama any chance I can get, from calling a place to get a costume to putting the design team together, I’m doing it,” Kanyuh said. A director’s job is never done. Kanyuh explains what a normal day in the life is like for a Singarama director. “I wake up and have a million e-mails from the cast, texting people back about costumes, making sure the script is correct, it’s just a different thing each day,” Kanyuh said. “Six o’clock is usually when everything comes together, and we go over everything. It’s an all day job.” The cast, crew, ETS, design staff, choreographers and director all spend many hours putting together the show. “We have 65 friends with us this year in our cast,” Kanyuh said. “That’s the majority of our cast this year. We love having all of these new people. They work really hard for our group.” Although there are different groups performing and the competition is tough, Kanyuh says that it’s not about the competition, but the friendships that the practice and experience build. Kanyuh’s main goal for this cast is to just have fun and get to know one another. “I have developed some great friendships throughout...