Chapter 635: An Invitation from the Opera Troupe
Just a week after the start of school, one of Liu Lang's classmates came over, and it was still a female classmate named Daisi.
"Little Jimmy, our opera troupe is going to rehearse an opera this semester, called The Sound of Music, in which there is a child's role, and you are a child, so I invite you to come and perform with our opera troupe.
Of course, this opera is very long and requires half a semester of rehearsals, and I think that Professor Phelps asked you to participate in some extracurricular activities at the end of last semester, and you will not refuse my invitation!"
Professor Phelps does want Liu Lang to participate in some extracurricular activities instead of blindly studying, but Professor Phelps also knows that there are really not many extracurricular activities suitable for Liu Lang at Stanford University, and perhaps only the two clubs of singing and debating will have Liu Lang's opportunity, so Professor Phelps does not have any hard requirements.
"Miss Daisy, there are seven children in The Sound of Music, do you want me to play seven roles alone?"
Liu Lang asked.
The Sound of Music is a very classic song and dance movie, the story takes place in Austria on the eve of World War II, the plot is very simple, the protagonist is a trainee nun named Maria, because of her lively nature, she was sent by the nuns of the convent to work as a tutor in the home of a German colonel who lost his wife and seven children.
The colonel had become eccentric because of the loss of his wife, and was very strict with his seven children, but everything had changed since Maria came, and she was very fond of singing and dancing, which brought joy to the silent family, and also developed a romantic love with the German officer, and finally, in love and the yearning for peace, the officer's family escaped from German-occupied Austria with Maria, and lived happily ever after.
Although the storyline is very simple, there are many classic songs in this movie, such as the song "Doremi" and the most classic "Edelweiss" and so on, although Liu Lang did not watch this movie in its entirety in his previous life, but the storyline and these two songs are known.
Daisy thought that Liu Lang didn't know the story, but now she was even happier to hear Liu Lang point out that she needed seven children.
"Jimmy, it would be nice if you knew the story, of course we didn't have seven children, so we changed it to just two children, and the other one was for Leslie to play, and she might be able to play a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl with makeup...... Although she has been living with her boyfriend, her figure is barely suitable......... So in terms of body type, only you are the most perfect, and your voice is so original that even the best singers can't imitate children's voices, so we sincerely hope that you can join our opera troupe!"
I didn't hear anything else, but the "plastic sisters" friendship between Daisy and Leslie was on full display.
"Opera .........!"
Liu Lang thought for a moment and nodded.
"Okay, I promise!"
"Great!"
It is an honor to be able to invite Liu Lang to join his own club, no matter what the quality of this drama is, just by virtue of Liu Lang joining, it can attract many people to watch.
"Jimmy, come, come with me, register with the troupe first, and you will be a member of our opera troupe after the registration is completed!"
Daisy couldn't help but take Liu Lang's hand, for fear that the other party would regret it.
Extracurricular club activities do not take up the time of class, mostly rehearsed in an hour after evening class, generally between half past five and half to half past six, of course, Liu Lang usually studies at home during this time, but now Liu Lang feels that he has to change a little, he has lost too much happiness in childhood in this life, and he has never participated in extracurricular activities in college in his previous life, and I am good to try it in this life.
And Liu Lang suddenly had an idea, isn't he going to set up an entertainment company? Maybe this is an opportunity, once an entertainment company is established, it can not only bring wealth, but also disguise his purpose of "stealing" technology, and play a role in deceiving the CIA.
I have to say that Stanford, a top university like Stanford, is not only strong in academics, but also has a variety of extracurricular clubs, because Stanford University will have a lot of public activities every semester, such as freshman admission party, teacher-student association, Thanksgiving dance, Christmas party, New Year's Day party, etc., these are also internal performances within the school, and if the program is exciting, you can also participate in competitions between schools and schools.
The competition between schools and schools will not be as gentle as internally, that is on behalf of their own honor, just like when Liu Lang was in Huaxia University, there was a capital university association every year, everyone took out their best programs, ostensibly performances, in fact, it was to show the superiority of their own school, Liu Lang won the first place in colleges and universities in his freshman year with two songs, and the two songs launched have now become well-known pop songs。
This is true in an atmosphere of elegance and nobility in China, not to mention a country like the United States, which is self-respecting and confrontational, and this kind of competition is a war between universities.
There has been a long history of rivalry between American universities and universities, such as Harvard and Yale, Duke and North Carolina, and MIT and Caltech, and they are almost rivals.
Stanford University also has an old enemy, that is, Berkeley University in the same area, the two universities are not far apart, and at the same time, Polytechnic University, since decades ago, they have not liked each other, and they have been fighting for decades.
There are almost no different subjects, there is no difference in sports, and there are basically equal differences in all aspects such as debate, singing and dancing.
This kind of competition between schools and schools brings that the various clubs are not entertaining themselves, their purpose is to represent the school to participate in the competition with other colleges and universities, which brings many benefits, first of all, you can bring honor to your alma mater, and the other point is that you can get excellent evaluation from teachers for yourself through honor, and then benefit at work, if you graduate not only have a transcript, but also a letter of recommendation from a teacher, then you will have more opportunities.
Because of this, the song troupe of Stanford University is not as "shabby" as Liu Lang thinks, there are more than 30 members, they are all carefully selected to join, and they are by no means characters who are randomly pulled over on campus, there are members whose singing level is comparable to that of professional singers, there are members who can accurately play Bach arias, there are professional ballet players who can rotate 720 degrees in the air, and a small band that can be called professional.