Tech Week!!

It's here! Tech week. This is the time when EVERYONE goes crazy. Whether you are a teacher, a choreographer, a dancer, or someone in the tech crew, this week always holds some sort of suprise that will change something about the impending show. The added stress of these changes such as a different costume or a new formation then results in the stress that turns everyone crazy throughout the course of the week.

So, I decided to give some pointers that might help those of you who are going though the same thing...
1) Sleep. If you do not schedule in time for yourself to sleep every night, then the week is going to be very hard on you. I mean, you are already asking your body to do a lot, and then not sleeping just becomes too much.
2) Make sure that you eat healthily. This will help give your body the energy it needs from the proper nutrition. That will then increase your overall energy level which will help your performance.
3) Try to do your work as early as possible. This will decrease the added stress of too much homework along with extended rehearsals. The sooner you get it done, the better!
4) Keep your life as stress free as possible. Meaning, if you have had an issue with your friend for the past month that you are dying to argue with her about, this is not the week. You should give all your extra energy into focussing on your tasks ahead in the week, not yelling about a missing hairbrush. ;)
5)Check your schedule. There is nothing worse than missing a tech for a dance because you didn't know that it was happening. That then causes an inconvience to everyone participating and will not start the week off well.

Well, those are just a few to get you started, but I hope that they help! Remember, although tech week can be a very crazy time, the more time that you spend thinking and really preparing for it the better you will be able to perform!