Episode Transcript
Speaker 0 00:00:00 Good morning, Fort McMurray, wood, Buffalo, and the rest of the world. You've tuned into the Mac city morning show. I am your host Elliot Pierre, and we're going to start this episode off at the same note, we start every episode often with a moment of gratitude. I know you could be doing a million other things with your time. So the fact that you spend it with us truly does mean the world to me. So thank you on that note, tenor hidden with the intro.
Speaker 0 00:00:30 All right. And we are back, as you can tell, I am not on the set of the Mac city morning show. I am at holy Trinity high school and junior high. So big thank you for the invitation and letting us film in this beautiful setting. Uh, the one thing that hasn't changed is how I introduce my guests because I don't, they can do a better job of that tonight. So on that note, can you please tell everybody at home who you are and what your,
Speaker 2 00:00:51 Um, my name is Laurel spring. I'm a senior here at holy Trinity. I've done musical theater here or theater in general since the seventh grade, every semester. I'm also a standup comedian in town and an advocate for queer and youth mental health. Okay,
Speaker 0 00:01:07 Let's talk about that. Stand up. Now, how long have you been doing standup?
Speaker 2 00:01:11 Um, the first time I actually performed in front of a larger crowd was at the pride ceremony this year, in the summer. And since then, I've been going to Bailey's pub for the cheap laughs. Half price comedy nights. Oh, cool.
Speaker 0 00:01:24 So how did you get involved in that scene?
Speaker 2 00:01:26 Um, it was kind of a whim actually. I was planning on going to the pride ceremony with some friends and we saw that they had made a post for a call for performers. And my best friend, Jenny was just like, you should sign up into your comedy. And I was like, why not? And then, so I did comedy there. I got accepted and then did it right. And then, um, someone afterwards, uh, Erica Moscow, she's a comedian in town, asked me to go to her, her cheap laughs nights at Bailey's pub.
Speaker 0 00:01:54 Okay. And so how often are you performing your stand-up?
Speaker 2 00:01:57 Whenever I can, you know, I'm, I'm still a high school student part-time job. So I, I believe it's every two ish weeks, unless they have like another thing going on at Bailey's. Right. But I like, I missed the last one because I'd work, but yeah, other than that, but every two weeks.
Speaker 0 00:02:14 So when it comes to your stand up, how are you coming up with your material? You writing it, are you performing it? If it is a more like freestyling what's
Speaker 2 00:02:22 I write a good amount of it. Mostly just from like stories about my life and stories about going to school and stuff. Yeah. So that's, that's most of where it comes
Speaker 0 00:02:29 From. How's the reception been so far. Pretty
Speaker 2 00:02:32 Good. I've we've had some pretty sold shows at Bailey's recently, but yeah. Yeah. That's been pretty good and you're liking it. I am, yeah. I'm having fun with it. You're
Speaker 0 00:02:41 Brave. Yeah. Any hecklers yet? No,
Speaker 2 00:02:45 I think honestly, I think when I come on having sat outside the bar, cause I am 17. That's right. I wait for my intro. I walk in, do my set and leave. People are usually pretty cautious and kind, but the fact that I am still a kid, that's
Speaker 0 00:03:00 Your height? Do you have any aspirations to like further this? Like,
Speaker 2 00:03:04 I want to, I want to like go further with my comedy, but like my dream is I want, I want to be a drama teacher. That's just what I'm going to school for. But I think like going more with comedy, especially when I moved to a larger city for schooling, what would be cool?
Speaker 0 00:03:19 So you're in grade 12. That's what senior means. So are you in grade 12 right now? Yeah. Okay. So that means you're going to be graduating
Speaker 2 00:03:26 Next year, like June of next
Speaker 0 00:03:28 Batch. Right? So what's the game plan. You said you want to be a drama teacher, so I have to assume education.
Speaker 2 00:03:33 Yeah. So I, um, my goal is UFC or anywhere with a concurrent education program. So I would do five years and I would graduate with my bachelor of fine arts and my bachelor of education specifically for her.
Speaker 0 00:03:46 Okay. Okay. Nice. Nice. So while you have air UFC, you just want to stick it on a stick to Alberta. That's your sort of family and everything else. Okay, nice. So are you from Fort McMurray?
Speaker 2 00:03:57 I was born here. I'm the only person in my family born here. Okay. Yeah.
Speaker 0 00:04:01 Nice. You have siblings that are born elsewhere?
Speaker 2 00:04:04 Yeah. So my brother he's 19. He's older than me. He was born in thunder bay, Ontario, and that's where my entire family is from. And when he was a year old, they moved here and then I was born.
Speaker 0 00:04:15 So prior to coming to holy Trinity, where did you attend school?
Speaker 2 00:04:18 Uh, I went to sister Mary Phillips, which is a Catholic elementary school. I went there grade round, went from kindergarten to grade six.
Speaker 0 00:04:25 Okay. So just two schools that you transitioned to. Nice. I went to sister Mary Phillips as well. Awesome school. I love it. I was the first kid that ever registered and walked through the doors. So yeah. Great school. So holy Trinity, what, uh, what attracted you to come to this, this uh, facility?
Speaker 2 00:04:42 I was actually, I was going to mark. Um, and then just
Speaker 0 00:04:46 Joking, just joking
Speaker 2 00:04:48 Summer between grade six and seven. Um, mine and Taylor's, you're like mine and my friends in grade 12, our grade six year was the year of the wildfire. So that happened, we missed kind of the end of our grade six year I came back to town and Kiana was putting on their drama force production of the jungle book kids. And so I registered, I did that program and then it's going to mark all the way through elementary school and mark, mark. And then I did musical theater for the first time and I was like, okay, I'm going to Trinity now.
Speaker 0 00:05:18 Awesome. I'm here. Yeah. Well that's all the different high schools here in town and there's more than there used to be when I was coming. They'll have their own like little niche and that's a component like, hence the theater that we're in right now, if this is like something that you're interested in, like what, why wouldn't you take advantage of these different opportunities, right? Yeah. So, okay. So when you decided to go here, I have to assume some of your friends went the other route.
Speaker 2 00:05:41 Um, most of them did. I didn't, I believe from sister Mary Phillips specifically, I think there was less than 20 of us that came here. Everyone else either went public or to Merck. So I had to make new friends that's right. So that was, I was just going
Speaker 0 00:05:57 To ask you about that. Like, that's, you're really brave for like, deciding like, listen, I know all my friends are going here, but there's something that I want to pursue. So I have to go here. Like that's, that's huge. And he should be applauded for that. How did you find that transition when you decided to, uh, to come over here?
Speaker 2 00:06:12 Uh, I'd say personally, it was kind of easy. Cause I have always been like the people person, but like I have people who are my friends now who have been bouncing around from different schools to different schools through their whole high school career. So I can feel how that would be harder for some other kids.
Speaker 0 00:06:28 Yeah. Yeah, no doubt. So when it comes to the drama program that, uh, you're doing Carrie, did you start as soon as you start at 10 in grade seven?
Speaker 2 00:06:37 Yeah. I've been in theater with Ms. Lawson every semester, since the seventh grade.
Speaker 0 00:06:41 Wow. That's awesome. So that relationship between the two of you is definitely tight. And so she was mentioning that you're in some form of a leadership role now.
Speaker 2 00:06:50 So it started, I'd say grade 10, once you get to high school theater, some of the curriculum outcomes are being in the show or doing backstage roles or directing or stage managing. And so I started stage managing, she brought up, uh, tales of Poe at ground pole. That was my first show I directed. And then I'm now directing our new play that we're doing, which is she kills monsters.
Speaker 0 00:07:13 Very cool. Very cool. So we're at the end of the show. So before you go, though, I want you to do a shameless shout out or plug everybody gets to do one. Okay. So let's hear what you got. Um,
Speaker 2 00:07:27 Well, except my name is Laurel spring. You can follow me on almost any social media at Laurel spring. And I am not sure when this comes out, but I'll be at Bailey's pub on November 5th doing more standup comedy, as well as come to our shows. She kills monsters and Annie, which is end of November, early December. You can find it on the school's website or on sec PPAs website.
Speaker 0 00:07:47 Very cool. Well, listen, if you ever want to come on the actual site of the max any morning show to promote any plays that you have going on or any of your standup, we'd love to have you on the show for a more extended version. Cause you're obviously more interesting than 10 to 15 minutes, whatever this has been. So thank you for being brave enough to come on the show. Thank you. I do appreciate it. Awesome. Well, Fort Memorial with Buffalo and the rest of the world, that's been another episode of the Mac city morning show. Thank you so much for tuning in. It does mean the world to me. So thank you. I hope you're having a great day. We'll see you tomorrow. Peace
Speaker 3 00:08:17 Y deadly or Wade, and another morning show later by us.
Speaker 1 00:08:26 You
Speaker 4 00:08:34 Talk about quenching your ugly thirsty.
