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Re: Decomp's son 

By: lkorrow in POPE IV | Recommend this post (1)
Sat, 24 Jun 17 5:21 AM | 78 view(s)
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De, what a great story and a feather in his cap. I doubt he'll regret the decision. Wish you could live stream it. Smile




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Re: Decomp's son
By: Decomposed in POPE IV
Fri, 23 Jun 17 11:12 PM 		Msg. 27520 of 47202

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I did something I probably shouldn't have at that point. I told him that he might not have considered it, but that being the lead in a musical of this size might look really good to Graduate Schools. After all, it's something done AFTER high school. It’s stage experience. It’s an indication of the confidence others have in him.

I don't know if that had an effect and maybe I shouldn’t have said it, but he came downstairs fifteen minutes later and said "I think I'm going to do it."

"THINK?" I asked tongue-in-cheek. "YOU NEED TO DECIDE!!!"

After we laughed, I told him that if he couldn't participate wholeheartedly, then he shouldn't do the show. It wouldn’t be doing them a favor to take a key role and not give it his all. But he said he can and will and that the answer is yes.

So he made a phone call and told the lady that he'd like very much to be in the show . It obviously made her day. She sent us (both Joey and his parents) an e-mail a few minutes later to tell us, in part:  

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We are soooo excited that I can't even begin to tell you! You are going to push yourself to grow and we believe in you. We are going to have a lot of fun and Erin is going to be so happy too! (I know we were ALL twisting those arms!) 
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We wrote back and said that we hadn't twisted his arm. The decision had been his.

Despite our e-mail, I *did* twist his arm, at least a little, and I feel bad about it. I want him to be happy and I'm sure that he'll be extremely happy once the work to come is behind him. On the other hand, it's his last summer vacation as a kid, and what kid doesn't want to have a summer that's completely laid back and free of responsibility? Instead, from July 5th until July 28th, he’ll be totally swamped with work. Three weeks is NOT a lot of time to learn a 2.5 hour show! And three weeks after that, he's moving.

Summer may fly this year. But it's assuredly going to be memorable. 

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