The Kentucky Center Governor's School for the Arts

GSA Daily:

Tuesday, July 4th, 2006

Could it be? Surely not...a day without studio?! But on our nation's birthday, it was a reality...today was a day to REST without stepping foot in a classroom, and GSA wasted no time in celebrating not only America's freedom, but the schedule's freedom as well.

After a holiday brunch served to a hungry and well-rested school, students could grab a beach towel and bathe in the sun or wade in the pool. Others preferred to simply hang out in a lobby and enjoy each other's company and music like any other day. For a more festive twist on campus food, students also had to chance to stuff themselves at an ice cream social and a pizza party. Cheers echoed through the campus center as various sport tournaments took place, including the nail-biting finale to the Dodgeball Tournament.

Whether it was sunbathing, guitar playing, or just good 'ole hanging out, much of GSA spent the day outside, despite the brief rainstorm.

The late afternoon brought a heavy clouds and a downpour, but dampened skies certainly didn't mean dampened spirits as some daring students took the opportunity to pay homage to the musical "Singing in the Rain." By the time evening rolled around, some took the opportunity to witness the endless cross-discipline talents of their peers at the second installment of the Coffeehouse showcase. Afterwards some students curled up to watch movies being projected in the gym, while others munched on their delivery food while watching reruns on the day's historical shuttle launch or the World Cup. However, every now and then, you could find a student in a quiet corner looking over a piece of music, making finishing touches on a sketch, or mumbling lines of a monologue, serving as a reminder of the art explosion known as Final Day that was not too far off. Today certinaly was a rest, but more importantly, it was the calm before the storm.

Defining the verb "to chill," a group of vocalists sit around Front Lobby. Vocal Music faculty was on hand for much of the day in case anyone wanted to run his or her solo.

Some took advantage of the extra time to partake in everyone's favorite often-long-overdue activity: LAUNDRY!!!!

Students giggle as a team of staff members is ridiculously creamed and defeated during the dodgeball tournament.

R.A. Adam Rafferty, right, shares his cello skills with Benjamin Goodwin and Kyle Yess. Many students used their freetime to collaborate and create some cross-discipline artwork, including a giant sidewalk chalk comic book in the courtyard.

Students combine forces to create a little musical poetry during the second Coffehouse, GSA's souped-up version of a talent show.

GSA Question of the Day
What has been your favorite smorg at GSA?
"The college preparation smorg, because it was very informative and gave me information I need for the future." -Nathan Treadaway, Instrumental Music, Eddyville	"The song-writing smorg because I like sharing work with other people... hopefully it will inspire other people to write songs as well." -Tiffany Thacker, Drama, Lee County	"The Shakespeare Curses smorg, because it was interesting to learn that the emotional height of the insult is made by the way you say the line, not just the actual words." -Alison Lovely, Musical Theatre, Salyersville
If you could relocate GSA to anywhere in the world, where would you put it and why?
"The Taj Mahal because it is a real nice building...and I bet the food is better." -Kyle Green, Architecture, Fort Mitchell	"Western Kentucky, because it would be closer to home." -Jesse Hazel, Visual Art, Bowling Green	"Canada..specifically Toronto because the city is amazing and people up there talk funny." -Shelby Miller, Visual Art, Lexington

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