This is long overdue, but I wanted to invite you to check out my NEW blog, Eternal Sunshine of the Student Mind, on Gannon's online magazine, Edge. Find it at http://edge.gannon.edu.
Peace,
Nicole :)
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
I am… An intern at KDKA1020 NewsTalk Radio.
That’s right! I’ve changed gears from student to take my place as a summer intern at KDKA. This is my third week here, and without sounding like I’m gushing it’s better than I thought it would be. Yes, I get nervous on a daily basis that I’m dealing with a big radio station in the city, such as when I have to make a call to the FCC to secure a guest, or this afternoon when I spoke on the phone to Butch Patrick. (You might remember seeing him in re-runs of the popular horror TV show, The Munsters, and he is actually a very nice guy!)
Mostly what I do here is work with P.J. Kumanchik in the programming department, making calls to potential guests and putting together show sheets for one of the prime time on-air shows, Pintek Tonight with Mike Pintek. (I’m actually in his office right now waiting for him to go on the air at 6 p.m., which is when I go into the studio with the producers.)
Lately they’ve been having me put bits of audio into the podcast (which you can check out here- http://www.kdkaradio.com/pages/3624256.php). My Digital Audio class that I took last semester with David is coming in handy like CRAZY for this one. We use News Boss and AudioVault here, which turned out to be conveniently similar to the programs we use at Gannon, which are SoundForge and Adobe Audition.
I do miss school, as I always do though. I miss having the freedom of living in my apartment in Erie and not needing a car to get places, and seeing my friends at the theatre or the station. BUT STILL: it’s summer in Pittsburgh, and that’s a beautiful thing :)
Well, back to work, how is everyone’s summer going?? I’d love to hear from you :) dohoda001@gannon.edu, or find me a twitter.com/nicoledohoda.
Peace, Nicole
Mostly what I do here is work with P.J. Kumanchik in the programming department, making calls to potential guests and putting together show sheets for one of the prime time on-air shows, Pintek Tonight with Mike Pintek. (I’m actually in his office right now waiting for him to go on the air at 6 p.m., which is when I go into the studio with the producers.)
Lately they’ve been having me put bits of audio into the podcast (which you can check out here- http://www.kdkaradio.com/pages/3624256.php). My Digital Audio class that I took last semester with David is coming in handy like CRAZY for this one. We use News Boss and AudioVault here, which turned out to be conveniently similar to the programs we use at Gannon, which are SoundForge and Adobe Audition.
I do miss school, as I always do though. I miss having the freedom of living in my apartment in Erie and not needing a car to get places, and seeing my friends at the theatre or the station. BUT STILL: it’s summer in Pittsburgh, and that’s a beautiful thing :)
Well, back to work, how is everyone’s summer going?? I’d love to hear from you :) dohoda001@gannon.edu, or find me a twitter.com/nicoledohoda.
Peace, Nicole
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
New Schuster Season!!
The new season for the 2009-2010 Schuster Theatre season has been chosen!! And Fr. Shawn Clerkin just put out a new video talking about all of the shows we will be doing. We'll start off with Dancing at Lughnasa, a memory play told from the point of view of Michael Evans, recounting the summer in his aunt's cottage when he was seven years old. Next, we will perform Nevermore, based on the life of poet Edgar Allen Poe and the women in his life. After that, and probably the one I'm looking forward to auditioning for the most, is Title of Show.
I've always been sort of drawn to modern plays and musicals, probably since I feel like I can relate to them moreso than to more period pieces. That why I loved I Love You Because so much last season!! It was a musical set in present day NYC, and I really felt at home in the setting (even though I don't live in New York... some day though, some day.)
After that is a brand new adaptation of The Wizard of Oz written by recent Gannon graduate Zach Flock, called The Oz Project. We just had a read-through of it towards the end of last semester, and it is so cool. It has this dark wit to it, with all the characters you recognize from the original, along with some you don't.
In the video, Fr. Shawn goes on to talk a little more about a master class we'll be offering with Daphne-Ruben Vega (from the original cast of RENT!), as well as this year's fundraiser, American Scrapbook. Check it out!
Peace, Nicole
I've always been sort of drawn to modern plays and musicals, probably since I feel like I can relate to them moreso than to more period pieces. That why I loved I Love You Because so much last season!! It was a musical set in present day NYC, and I really felt at home in the setting (even though I don't live in New York... some day though, some day.)
After that is a brand new adaptation of The Wizard of Oz written by recent Gannon graduate Zach Flock, called The Oz Project. We just had a read-through of it towards the end of last semester, and it is so cool. It has this dark wit to it, with all the characters you recognize from the original, along with some you don't.
In the video, Fr. Shawn goes on to talk a little more about a master class we'll be offering with Daphne-Ruben Vega (from the original cast of RENT!), as well as this year's fundraiser, American Scrapbook. Check it out!
Peace, Nicole
Friday, May 8, 2009
I'm a... junior?! Crazy!!!
Friday, May 8, 2009: A day that has been marked in my Gannon planner since I moved into my apartment at the beginning of the year. Today is the last day of finals, and my last day of Sophomore Year here at Gannon!!!
This week has been crazy, two exams, three projects and a design presentation (which we may get a video of at some point!), but it's finally over and summer is coming FAST!
I'm going to continue blogging over the summer, since I'm planning on doing something pretty exciting- I was accepted as an intern in the programming department at KDKA 1020 radio in Pittsburgh!! I can not wait to get started and work in a station in the city.
Also, I recently started a "twitter" account for shorter updates sometimes when a blog entry would be just too long (honestly, sometimes none of our attention spans are long enough for a full blown entry). But to follow my twitter- check out http://www.twitter.com/dohoda001.
As always, over the summer you can always email me if you have any questions or just want to talk about the University, or my major- Theatre & Communication Arts! You can even find me on Facebook.
Good luck to all the graduating seniors in high school as well- I hope you're looking at great colleges like GANNON for the fall semester!!
Peace- Nicole
This week has been crazy, two exams, three projects and a design presentation (which we may get a video of at some point!), but it's finally over and summer is coming FAST!
I'm going to continue blogging over the summer, since I'm planning on doing something pretty exciting- I was accepted as an intern in the programming department at KDKA 1020 radio in Pittsburgh!! I can not wait to get started and work in a station in the city.
Also, I recently started a "twitter" account for shorter updates sometimes when a blog entry would be just too long (honestly, sometimes none of our attention spans are long enough for a full blown entry). But to follow my twitter- check out http://www.twitter.com/dohoda001.
As always, over the summer you can always email me if you have any questions or just want to talk about the University, or my major- Theatre & Communication Arts! You can even find me on Facebook.
Good luck to all the graduating seniors in high school as well- I hope you're looking at great colleges like GANNON for the fall semester!!
Peace- Nicole
Friday, May 1, 2009
Complete video of our Springtopia dance!
Remember that Springtopia dance I wrote about? Well our own theatre & comm department made a sweet video of it! Check this out, we had cameras walking around, across the street, even one on top of the Zurn Science Center. This is one you don't want to miss.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
“Let the sun shine”
Never before have I been so proud to be a part of the theatre department here.
This week on campus is “Springtopia,” an event designed to celebrate the end of the year, the completion of another semester, and the incoming of beautiful summer weather. This year, along with the other planned festivities, my improv class (which I’ve already been talking about in past posts) decided to do a little something to add to the ambiance.
This one started a few weeks ago, when Paula found a video of a train station in Germany of people spontaneously breaking into dance. The music just came from nowhere, and the dance started with only one person, slowly adding more and more as the music grew, and before too long there were over 100 men, women and children dancing to Julie Andrews voice within the station. (I learned from my journalist friend Sara Toth that this was called a “flash mob.”)
From that day on Paula was determined to have this be our final project for the class. We started choreographing and before we knew it, it was Monday morning and people were gathered in Friendship Green to celebrate Springtopia. Suddenly, seemingly out of nowhere, the 5th Dimension’s rendition of “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In” started playing from the speakers.
One of my classmates, Chris Wroebel started to dance, and before the first chorus our entire class was dancing in the sun to the music. Never before have I seen such an awesome group effort that made everyone passing stop and stare.
Some of our teachers were walking around passing out flowers to everyone, and as quickly as it had begun the song ended and we dispersed into the crowd around us.
I feel like this isn’t something that can really be explained by writing it..the complete video will be online soon, but you can get a better idea by checking this out:
http://www.erietube.com/_Springtopia-at-Gannon/video/627015/3766.html
(Although one person did sum it up better than I could, Gannon Knight editor Sara Toth. The next issue will be up this week, and her column does a wonderful job of painting a picture of yesterday’s amazing morning.)
Now that the semester is ending I can’t wait til next fall, and hopefully to try this little guerrilla experiment again.
This week on campus is “Springtopia,” an event designed to celebrate the end of the year, the completion of another semester, and the incoming of beautiful summer weather. This year, along with the other planned festivities, my improv class (which I’ve already been talking about in past posts) decided to do a little something to add to the ambiance.
This one started a few weeks ago, when Paula found a video of a train station in Germany of people spontaneously breaking into dance. The music just came from nowhere, and the dance started with only one person, slowly adding more and more as the music grew, and before too long there were over 100 men, women and children dancing to Julie Andrews voice within the station. (I learned from my journalist friend Sara Toth that this was called a “flash mob.”)
From that day on Paula was determined to have this be our final project for the class. We started choreographing and before we knew it, it was Monday morning and people were gathered in Friendship Green to celebrate Springtopia. Suddenly, seemingly out of nowhere, the 5th Dimension’s rendition of “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In” started playing from the speakers.
One of my classmates, Chris Wroebel started to dance, and before the first chorus our entire class was dancing in the sun to the music. Never before have I seen such an awesome group effort that made everyone passing stop and stare.
Some of our teachers were walking around passing out flowers to everyone, and as quickly as it had begun the song ended and we dispersed into the crowd around us.
I feel like this isn’t something that can really be explained by writing it..the complete video will be online soon, but you can get a better idea by checking this out:
http://www.erietube.com/_Springtopia-at-Gannon/video/627015/3766.html
(Although one person did sum it up better than I could, Gannon Knight editor Sara Toth. The next issue will be up this week, and her column does a wonderful job of painting a picture of yesterday’s amazing morning.)
Now that the semester is ending I can’t wait til next fall, and hopefully to try this little guerrilla experiment again.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Another Opening, Another Show...
I wrote this last night, but didn't get around to posting it until today...
Well thats it. I just got back to my apartment after our last dress rehearsal/preview show. And now tomorrow is it!! It's time to put the show we've been working on in front of an audience! We've finally worked out most of the kinks that come with a show of this magnitude (things that naturally become difficult when you're working with a two-floor set).
I am so excited, and I really think we're at a point where we need to put the show in front of people to see if it's funny. The show's 5 dollars for admission, unless you are a current Gannon student or faculty member with an ID, then it's free!!
Hope to see you there! And I'll have to put up some pictures after the run of the show :)
Peace- Nicole
PS- Get more info on Noises Off at www.gannon.edu/theatre and check out the preview article and photos in this week's Gannon Knight !!!
Well thats it. I just got back to my apartment after our last dress rehearsal/preview show. And now tomorrow is it!! It's time to put the show we've been working on in front of an audience! We've finally worked out most of the kinks that come with a show of this magnitude (things that naturally become difficult when you're working with a two-floor set).
I am so excited, and I really think we're at a point where we need to put the show in front of people to see if it's funny. The show's 5 dollars for admission, unless you are a current Gannon student or faculty member with an ID, then it's free!!
Hope to see you there! And I'll have to put up some pictures after the run of the show :)
Peace- Nicole
PS- Get more info on Noises Off at www.gannon.edu/theatre and check out the preview article and photos in this week's Gannon Knight !!!
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