Quick story behind my profile picture. I played football all four years of my high school career and was also in the marching Band all four years. I played middle linbacker, OL, DL, and FB for football and played timpani, basedrum, and snare for the marching band. Then my senior year in the fall my acting teacher told me to try out for the spring musical. My response, I don't have any acting experience past one church play without a speaking role. She told me that I would be fine so I eventually did agree to try out for the position as "Big Jule" in Guys and Dolls. She told me all I needed to do was act intimidating and use my size on the stage. I was awarded the part mostly off size and lack of male participation in our schools acting program and Guys and Dolls is a heavily male production. The entire experience was amazing and I wish that I had been more involved in the acting program earlier on and actually applied myself in the program. I doubt I would have ever amounted to anything as an actor having decently mild stage fright. The people in the performance mostly were my friends but I was still able to make new friends and the new environment was an eye opening experience. Before Guys and Dolls I had little respect for the time commitment that the actors put into the plays throughout the years. Just as many of the actors have little respect for the time commitment and physical toll football takes on your body. To get back to the point my Facebook profile picture is an advertisement in the football program for NHS Arts department recruiting people for acting using my example of being a football player in the Spring musical.
Another ramble from a conversation that occurred earlier tonight.
Great night gaining my big brother - Steven Mann - and getting a Zestos malt. Oh ya they have them in Hotlanta. They have one in Omaha Nebraska that my Brother, Father, and I visited every afternoon while at the CWS. I got that peanut butter and banana mix, still good but not as good as in Omaha on a hot day.
All of good in GA
Paul Shackelford
Another ramble from a conversation that occurred earlier tonight.
Great night gaining my big brother - Steven Mann - and getting a Zestos malt. Oh ya they have them in Hotlanta. They have one in Omaha Nebraska that my Brother, Father, and I visited every afternoon while at the CWS. I got that peanut butter and banana mix, still good but not as good as in Omaha on a hot day.
All of good in GA
Paul Shackelford