第一次看到以中學生為主角的音樂劇。真的是很大眾化，而且真的很受歡迎！我說的是2006年播出的電視音樂劇「High School Musical」，故事內容煩請自行參考維基。
我要請諸位看倌注意的，其實是該劇中兩位配角在下面這段甄選試唱場景裡、於舞台幕後所做的熱身動作：嘟唇吐氣發聲。
What I've been Looking For
這個熱身動作的功用主要是在讓臉部肌肉保持輕鬆狀態。如果臉部肌肉緊張的話，還真做不出來那種效果呢！最近慕尼黑大學合唱團的指揮在帶發聲練習時，偶爾也會要求大家做一下這個熱身練習。
好！我先不打自招。這個熱身練習動作，我一直做不好，到目前為止其實僅只能維持約兩三秒的時間而已。那妳/你呢？
最近有一首歌突然又紅了起來，因為不久前英國有個47歲的歐巴桑靠它贏得了評審及觀眾的心。
她所演唱的曲目是音樂劇「悲慘世界」裡的「I deream a dream」。在聆聽她的歌聲之前，還是讓我們先來複習一下該歌曲的音樂會版本吧！
歌詞：
There was a time when men were kind
When their voices were soft
And their words inviting
There was a time when love was blind
And the world was a song
And the song was exciting
There was a time
Then it all went wrong
I dreamed a dream in time gone by
When hope was high
And life worth living
I dreamed that love would never die
I dreamed that God would be forgiving
Then I was young and unafraid
When dreams were made and used and wasted
There was no ransom to be paid
No song unsung, no wine untasted
But the tigers come at night
With their voices soft as thunder
As they tear your hope apart
As they turn your dream to shame
He slept a summer by my side
He filled my days with endless wonder
He took my childhood in his stride
But he was gone when autumn came
And still I dream he'll come to me
That we will live the years together
But there are dreams that cannot be
And there are storms we cannot weather
I had a dream my life would be
So different from this hell I'm living
So different now from what it seemed
Now life has killed the dream I dreamed.
