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Well Owning The Stage "the class" became a reality this past weekend in Columbus, Ohio.  Two groups of about 30 people attended the first-ever class, and handed in really flattering evaluation sheets afterwards.  Here were some of their comments:

"Just what I needed to take my chorus to the next level"
"I can't wait to use this with my quartet, to make our performances more engaging."
"Next year this should be expanded to a 3 or 4 hour class!"

I did get mixed reviews in the "handouts were used effectively" category, mostly because there were no

Tomorrow I leave for Columbus, Ohio to teach Owning The Stage as a class for the very first time!  Actually it's not quite the full class, which takes 12 hours, but more of a 90-minute sampler.  Even so, I'm flattered that it's far and away the most popular class being offered at the JAD "Apple Corps" district school.

I've designed a 90 minute experience that focuses on the importance of an authentic story.  We start by demonstrating that it's important, then we talk about how to create a great story for a performance (the "4-things" model that I am so fond of), then we get some victims up to the front of the class to show everyone how it works.

Wish me luck!

Tom