City set to wrap up community survey today

(Seguin) -- Time is running out if you wish to have a say in Seguin's future.

Today is the deadline to complete the Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy Survey.

This is the first ever opportunity for such a survey being launched by the city of Seguin and the Seguin Economic Development Corporation.

City officials say they are inviting residents to take a brief survey that will help to develop this strategy into one that benefits all residents. By answering the survey, they say citizens are helping shape the future of the community. The survey is said to take approximately 10 minutes to complete. To take the survey, visit www.view.seguinedc. com/ceds.

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City officials encourage residents to share the survey opportunity with friends, family, and co-workers.

Also enduring her last role on the high school stage will be Senior Amanda Munoz. Munoz says a lot of hard work also went into filling the shoes of her character.

“I play a character. Her name is Eponine and basically from the moment she enters on stage, there will be a younger version of me, and she has the perfect life. She’s spoiled by her parents but whenever I show up as the character, she is poor. She is dirty. She is having a really hard time. I mean the show is Les Mis so I would be surprised if she wasn’t. My character’s whole thing is she is in love with this guy who is another character in the play. His name is Marius and he’s part of the French Revolution and she’s willing to do anything for her to notice him. I sing a lot of songs and duets and trios with him and his love interests. It’s a really complex character. The music is not easy at all. We’ve worked really hard on it and it’s a really hard character to play I would say for almost everybody in the show but I’m really excited to perform as this character and show you guys what she goes through and convey the story,” said Munoz.

Also sharing in her role is Senior Aly Burns. Burns describes her character as helping the 19th-century exconvict in France find redemption and grace.

“I play Fantine. I would say Fantine is like the epitome of society takes the most from the people who have the least. She opens the show and she’s getting money and the foreman at the factory that she works with is hitting on her and the girls are all mean to her and she just gets isolated and she has this moment of losing her job and feeling hopeless and she’s at a whole new low and she goes and becomes a prostitute to support her child and it’s really miserable and then she dies and then she comes back at the very end as a ghost to help Jean Valjean on his journey of his death,” said Burns.

Munoz adds that so many hours were dedicated to this particular production. She says seeing it all come together will be a bittersweet moment for all cast members.

“Just know that we all worked super hard on this show. We spent countless hours here basically every day of the week and it’s going to be worth it. We all worked together, and we all know that we have a show to put on this Friday and it’s been a lot but also so much fun like going through a show like this with the people that I spent my whole high school career with. I know myself; I have not stopped working since we got the cast list put out for this show,” said Munoz.

In addition to high school students, several younger kids from across the district were also invited to be a part of the production. According to directors, the children were needed to fully encompass the era and poverty that was part of the story being told.

Burns says the invitation to enjoy what she and her peers have been able to accomplish these last few weeks is open to anyone in the community.

“I think that everyone should come see the show because there is genuinely something for everyone whether you want to come hear vocals, whether you want to come see the acting side, whether you just want to see the sets and the lights. There is genuinely something for everyone to enjoy,” said Burns.

Show times are 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday at the Seguin High School Performing Arts Center.

Tickets are $12 for adults and $8 for students. Online tickets can be purchased at https://our. show/lesmis. The link is also available on the Seguin High School Drama Club & Drama Mamas Facebook page.