Genki Musical!! - げんきミュージカル！！

So I think I have mentioned this already, but I’m going to be in the Tosa-ben Musical that a bunch of the JETs here are putting on in order to raise money for a scholarship for a few students. Tosa-ben is the dialect here so that is what the musical is written in. Don’t worry, I have no speaking parts, I’m just a dancer. I’ll be in 3 of the dances. There is the waltz, the  zombie dance (Micheal  Jackson’s Thriller), and the finale which is a naruko (these japanese wooden clapper things) dance. We have had a few practices, and a couple weekends ago there was a dance retreat where everyone who was in any of the dances for the musical  went to this one place far away and learned all the dances and zombified clothes and made props all weekend. On the way there I left my purse in the restroom on one of our restroom stops. I had my wallet with like $200, my DSi, my Ipod, my license, ID,  and everything in there, but I got a call like an hour later because someone had turned my purse in. And nothing was taken. I swear, only in Japan does this happen, lol. So I picked it up on the way back from the weekend retreat. Anyway,  the musical is going  to be AWESOME!! The storyline is a mesh between Kochi’s most famous story revolving around the Harimaya Bridge and the fairytales we all know,  like  the three little bigs. It’s called Kanzashi Fantasy. Marisa was nice enough to translate a   brief preview of what it’s about so here it is with the flier after it:

Kanzashi Fantasy

The familiar tale of the Harimaya Bridge meets a collection of twisted fairy tales in this adventure-fantasy!

After a series of misfortunes, the star-struck lovers Junshin and Ouma happen upon a mysterious old lady who tells them that their future depends on a kanzashi hair accessory. They manage to find the legendary hairpiece at Harimaya Bridge and begin to swear their eternal love. But, before the kanzashi can work its magic, the two lovers accidentally drop it into the river! In a moment of panic, they dive in to save it.

On the other side of the river, a magical world awaits. With the appearance of Cinderella and the Three Little Pigs, Junshin and Ouma’s out-of-this-world adventure begins!

What will happen to Junshin and Ouma?! Come see for yourself!

土佐の皆さんにはお馴染みの、はりまや橋とそのちょっと変わったおとぎ話の冒険物語。純心とお馬は幾多の苦境に陥った末、謎の老婆に「将来は幻のかんざしにかかっている・・・」と告げられる。その後、はりまや橋でかんざしを見つけた二人は、運命を決定しようとするその瞬間、痛い目に合い、かんざしと共に橋から落ちてしまう。川の向こうには幻の異世界が待っていた。シンデレラや三匹の子ブタたちによる、別世界での冒険が始まる！果たして、純心とお馬の行く末は？！お楽しみに！！