River's Solo: I'm a Good Girl

I realize I hadn't posted anything about River's solo, so here it is.
River is the third to debut in SERA00, after Alura Land and Mihashi Sakiko.
Here are the sales ranking of the solos. Luraland has four solos out, Sassan has three.
1) Sassan
2) Luraland "Secret Garden"
3) Sassan
4) Sassan
5) Luraland
6) River "I'm a Good Girl"
7) Luraland
8) Luraland


I'm a Good Girl
A SERA00 Solo
Performed by Sara Rivera
Music and lyrics by Megan Avery

~I'm a good girl
~Don't let it get to your mind
~These devices of mine
~Illusions specially crafted and
~One of a kind
~I'm a good girl

This is a techno pop piece, completely different from Luraland's "Secret Garden". The music is very bold and ahh...whiny? But in a good way. River looks really cool in the music video.

So, please support River!

Alura Land's Fourth Solo Released: Secret Garden

Please give a warm welcome to our now four-time-soloist, Alura Land.
With Luraland's sweet, dreamy voice, she will entrance anyone who listens to her enchanting solos.
So let us have Luraland back on stage with her fourth single...titled Secret Garden.

Secret Garden
Presented by Alura Land
Music and lyrics by Megan Avery
A SERA00 Solo

VERSE 1
Watch the bird
Hop along the fence
To a vintage wooden door

All inside
Is from my dreams
Of fairytales and lore

VERSE 2
The flowers
Grow wild here
Around the pallet swing

And fairies
Light the night sky
As I show them how to sing

BRIDGE
Everything is alive
Waiting patiently
To bloom at spring

CHORUS
My secret garden
Allows me to discover
My free-reined spirit
Of hope and joy and happiness

My secret garden
Is my own little world
With the darling creatures
Who've come to say hello
Hello

VERSE 3
The old key
Hangs around my neck
Marks my long forgotten past

Someday I'll
Revisit the
Woods in my backyard

VERSE 4
This is
Where magical memories are born
From a little girl's adventures

And flowers
Grow wild here
Beneath the blue skies

Dreams are made outside
In the sunshine
Open your eyes

CHORUS
My secret garden
Allowed me to discover
My free-reined spirit
Of hope and joy and happiness

My secret garden
Is my own little world
With the darling creatures
Who've come to say hello
Hello

Watch the bird
Hop along the fence
There's a nest
In my secret garden



Please support Luraland!

Clearing Up the Tsukino Yumi Matter

This is a post to clear up all the rumors and misunderstandings about the new 5th generation 00 rank member, Tsukino Yumi. In the 2013 SERA00 Haven Hall Concert discs, as well as in Karayin's blog post concert report, something unusual happened during the reveal of SERA00's newest member.
Tsukino Yumi (17), one of the accepted girls, was seen running to embrace SERA00's centre, Mihashi "Sassan" Sakiko (17). In addition, Team Angel's B rank, Aida Kotoka (17) was also seen joining the warm welcome.
Sassan explained, "Yumi-chan is one of my best childhood friends. We were together, with Kotoka-chan and Tomiko-chan."
Hamasaki Tomiko (17) tried out for SERA00's 2nd generation and successfully passed. However, for unknown reasons, she pulled out from the group.
SERA00 management confirmed that Mihashi Sakiko had no part in the audition process of Tsukino "Yumichan" Yumi, and that she was unaware of the fact that her childhood friend had auditioned.
On the topic of favoritism regarding management boosts, air time, and advertisement, Miss Avery commented that "in the world of entertaintment, it is impossible to rule out bias". She later said that "because Tsukino Yumi has ties to SERA00's most popular and successful member, it could not be considered unfair if she received more attention than the other 5th generations".
So as you can see, please regard the 5th generation members in a positive and welcoming light!
Please support Yumichan, the new 5th generation members, and SERA00!

~K~ SERA00 Haven Hall Concert: Part 2

Here's how the concert went.
Accelerate
Starting with this song, it jumpstarted the concert and stirred up the audience. Accelerate is a fairly new song, and is also the first time performed in a concert hall outside of the SERA00 stage.
~opening MC~
The opening MC was taken care of by the members of the Fabulous Four.
"How are you all doing tonight?" Angel asked the crowd
"(incomprehensible roar)!!"
"Great! You are all in for a wonderful concert! Every girl is pumped to sing and dance for you!"
"(more roaring)!"
"Ehhh, everyone, do you know what? Isn't Sassan's hair pretty?" Angel patted the centre of SERA00's curled hair.
"Thanks...what are you trying to say, Angel?" Sassan said suspiciously.
The audience laughed, familiar with the usual MC banter.
Angel shrugged, her face projected behind her on a large screen. She faced the audience. "Everyone, I came late because of a meeting...and I found someone in my chair in my dressing room...and someone helping themselves to my stylist's expertise..."
Sassan pouted. "I seem to have a picture of you stuffing your face with my slice of your birthday cake. Do you want to see it everyone?"
"YEEEAAAHH!"
The picture depicting a giggling group of girls with Angel covered in cake appeared onscreen.
Angel yelled. "Ehhhh? Fine. I have one of Luna."
"Hey, leave me out of this!" Luna squealed. "I have not committed any faults here!"
"Are you so sure of that?" Angel said slyly.
"It seems as if I am the only one safe here," Fracken spoke up. She slowly backed away. "Perhaps I should get away before Luna does something rash like show the picture of-"
"Of what?" Angel and Sassan immediately both turned their attention on the supermodel idol.
"NOTHING!" Fracken said hurriedly. "Why don't we now invite all of your SERA00 onstage for the theme song?"
The audience roared their approval.
"OKAY COME ON SERA00!!!!!"
SERA00 (single)
All sixty or so members appeared onstage in the spring version of the usual SERA00 uniform. When "SERA00" was finished performing, there was a short two minute break while members speed-changed.
Seventh Heaven (single)
Seventh Heaven's pink costumes girls appeared onstage singing this song!
~MC~
Sassan's solo
Nothing but Forever (Team Night 2nd Stage)
Look Up (single)
Runaway (Team Hope 1st Stage)
~intermission~
~announcements MC~
The ones who appeared onstage were Angel, Sassan, and Miss Avery.
"I am Miss Avery, SERA00's producer and I have the results of SERA00's fifth generation audition!"
Angel was holding an envelope. She slowly opened it and pulled out a sheet. "Congratulations to our eight newest SERA00 00 rank members!"
Sassan leaned over and read the first name. "Macey Fent." As she spoke, a photograph of Macey from the auditions photoshoot appeared on the screen.
A strangled shriek came from somewhere.
Miss Avery brought her mic to her lips. "Macey, come on out."
The girl practically ran onstage, she was that excited. All of the finalists had been invited to a special viewing box of the concert.
Angel read the next name. "Mikayla Iverson."
"Oakley Canterbury."
"Kaya Courtland."
"Liesl Surrey."
"Haley Wickham."
"Scarlett Sommier."
The camera switched from an elated Scarlett to a hint of confusion on Sassan's face as she handed off the mic to Angel to read the last name.
Angel grinned at Sassan. "The last girl, but not least, is indeed Tsukino Yumi."
Two things happened at once.
First, a black haired, tear-streaked Japanese girl ran onstage and enveloped Sassan in a hug. I noticed that she was the only one of the eight that had a mic already attached to her shirt. "Sakiko-chan!"
Sassan had a look of shock on her face. "Yumi-chan?"
"Yumi-chan!" the voice of Aida Kotoka, a B rank, screamed. The three girls ran together and began blubbering through a barrage of tears.
Angel faced the audience and gave them a dazzling smile. "Please welcome Luraland, performing her brand new solo, Secret Garden!"
Secret Garden by Luraland
It's Like This (Team Aurora 5th Stage)
Last Breath and One More (single)
~MC~
River's solo
Genesis (first generation single)
~ending MC~
"Lavina Stanbee," Angel said. "Is graduating soon."
The audience groaned.
"But the good news is, one 00 rank member will be promoted. Will Amelia Tyson please join me onstage. Starting today, you are promoted to C rank and Team Hope's newest member!"
When the Bells Toll (single)
When the Bells Toll is SERA00's graduation song. Lavina Stanbee had the honors of introducing the song and giving a short speech before this song.
~encore call~
13013 (media member single)

Please buy the Haven Hall Concert disk set to fully enjoy the experience!
-__- Miss Evie has the gut to criticize my concert report skills. Fine. Evie will be reporting on the SERA00 Summer Concert. It's a grand biannual event not to be missed!
Please support SERA00!

~K~ SERA00 Haven Hall Concert: Part 1

SERA00 Haven Hall Concert
4:30 PM
Good afternoon everyone! This is Karayin reporting. The concert starts at 7 PM. Right now it's four thirty. Welcome to the SERA00 Haven Hall Concert -Backstage-.
The last of the members are arriving now and they're doing sound checks on stage. They will be running through a couple of songs to get a feel of the stage. The members really work hard to put on a good performance. They've been training like mad lately so please support them! Some of them still haven't been notified that the set list has been altered since last time due to timing issues. Alright, let's visit them onstage! (*storytelling mode*)
I ran onstage with my microphone and yelled, "Goooood afternoon SEEEERAAAA0000!"
I was rewarded with many cheers and a couple 'Karayin's. Many of the members knew me as a reporter, but the first and second gens knew me as a former member. "What are you girls doing?"
The three captains (minus Angel) were standing at the front of the stage holding microphones, facing the rest of the girls. "We're running through the schecdule with the girls," Fracken said.
"This is the first non-SERA00 stage concert for many of the recently promoted 00 ranks," Sassan added.
I swept a bow in their direction. "Do carry on."
Fracken gestured to Team Night. "So it's your 2nd Stage song Nothing but Forever right after Sassan."
"I'll be leaving that way," Sassan said, pointing to the left of the stage, and then that curtain will rise and reveal the 2nd Stage backdrop and start song."
Luna glanced at her watch. "Team Night and cast for the opening song Accelerate go to hair-makeup-costume," she ordered.
Fracken jokingly went to join the herd of girls stampeding to get ready, but circled back with a "Team Hope, you're up next!"
"Where's Angel?" I asked.
"She's been in meetings all day," Luna replied. "Her last one squished in ends at five-thirty."
"Take fifteen," Sassan yelled. "I want to see Maya Shale and Romanne Taylor from my team. Amelia Tyson from 00 rank." Let's go see what this is about!
"Maya, you are the stand-in in the event any media member is down for the count," Sassan told her, "Rome, you will cover for Maya in this event, and Amity will cover for Rome. Any questions?"
"I don't know the updated 2012 choreography for the encore song," Maya piped up.
"Go ask Rosie to teach you."
"Okay."

5:00 PM
Everyone is in the dressing rooms getting ready, so we'll go see how it's going. First, Team Aurora's dressing room.
Right outside the door, our obedient Rosie and Maya are practicing the choreography for the song 13013. Sassan is having her hair braided back, and many of the girls like Kansas, Willow, and Piper are doing their own makeup. There's a curtain on one side of the room; the costume rack is behind. Blisse steps out in her "Accelerate" costume. The Accelerate costume is composed of a black chiffon collared no-sleeve top, paired with a navy blue skirt with eclectic yellow streaks.
In Team Night, they are mostly done. Most of the girls are warming up their voices and doing stretches. In Team Angel, we see Evie, who is prancing around with a microphone and a cameraman following her. Because the written report was handed to me, our little blogger is the narrator for the Haven Hall Concert DVD's special features. Let's listen in.
"We're all getting ready for the concert that starts in two hours," Harley commented. "Ah, the venue isn't quite as magnificent as our SERA00 Winter Concert, but that doesn't mean that we're going to use any less energy performing!" Harley pumped her fist at the camera.
Evie spots me and runs over, sticking the microphone in my face. "Karayin! Karayin!" She turns back to the camera. "Look everyone, it's our beloved Fab 4 member from a couple years back...and she's back! Karayin, tell us why you're here."
Evie knows very well why I'm here, but this is for the camera. "I am guest-blogging on Evie's SERA00 life blog and I am here to report on this wonderful Haven Hall concert. I wish you all luck!"
"Karayin, you should join the Genesis cast as a nice big reunion," Evie joked. Genesis was the song for the first generations, which I was part of.
"I wish," I laughed. "Here, come here!" I took Evie's microphone and marched over to the star of the room. "My darling Sassan, care to comment on why you're here when it clearly says Team Angel's dressing room?"
"Why yes, dear Karayin," said Sassan, staying perfectly still, looking at us through the reflection in the mirror in front of her. "Well, as you can see, I'm getting my hair done..."
I smacked her playfully. "That isn't the question, Mihashi." We laughed.
Sassan stared at the camera. "I was thrown out."
I can almost imagine the pop-up question marks that the editors will surely add over Evie and my heads.
"Rosie said I was hogging her hair styling tools."
"So she threw you out?"
"Eh...well I came over here, because I heard Angel had brought her stylist and Angel's not here yet."
I shook my head and flicked her ear. (None of us mind, it's all good fun for the camera) "So you weren't thrown out, you're freeloading off of your friend! Where's your loyalty to your leader??!?!"
"I'm going over the speeches in my head for her. I would say quite loyal," Sassan jokes.
"The infamous Angel speech," Evie explains at the camera. "Our leader gives us pep talks before we go onstage. She usually has to use a loudspeaker though cuz we have so many girls. Sassan will take Angel's place if she doesn't get here on time."

5:35 PM
Angel has just arrived. She's currently in the dressing room, getting ready.

5:50 PM
"Formation check, formation check!" Angel's voive blares over the concert hall's massive sound systems. "Can I have the debut soloists-Alura, Sara-and Genesis and 13013 friends to the stage." Naturally, that should include me too ;)
Luraland and River peruse the stage, getting a feel of the space so that they can make full use of it.
"River," Luna calls from below the stage where everyone else is waiting. "Can you forego one of the poses in the beginning sequence? That'll give you an extra four beats to walk."
"Let's take out the middle two," Ms. Tallan agreed, calling to the choreographer.
Alexandrea climbed onstage to speak with River. They exchanged a couple of instructions, before the Genesis cast took the stage. The Genesis and 13013 singles were both sung by sub-units. The amount of girls on stage then, were significantly smaller and they needed to learn to make better use of the space.
On the other far side of the extreme, some of the heavily themed songs like "SERA00" and "When the Bells Toll" feature bigger casts, so almost the entire SERA00 was onstage trying out the props and the different levels on the stage.

6:15 PM
"They said they can't delay any longer," Ms. Tallan called. "All girls backstage immediately, the audience is being let in!"
On cue, music fills the hall and a slideshow of SERA00 pics starts showing. This will entertain the audience for 45 minutes.

6:30 PM
Reminiscing from my days as a SERA00 member, I know this scene before me very well. Girls running this way, girls running that way, girls clustered around staff with schedules, 00 ranks freaking out...ahhh, the good old days.
"Karayin!" Aurora's Larisa "Fiore" Difiore screeched. "Do you have the time?"
I gave her an amused smile as I replied, "Six-thirty four."
"Thanks!"
"Fiore! This way! Any one else?"
"Um I think Fawn's over there too."
"Where?"
"That way."
"Okay, thanks. You're due this way. Go!"

7:00 PM
"Accelerate cast! Head count, is everyone here?" Angel said calmly into the microphone she was holding. The feed was connected backstage only, so the audience couldn't here what she was saying.
Luna gave Angel a thumbs up.
"Alright. Remember everyone, smile, breathe, we're going to have fun with the audience tonight, okay?" she yelled. "Let's do this!"
The technician standing with the group spoke into his walkie-talkie, giving the go for the music.
Everyone was impatiently waiting.
After ten long seconds, the first chords of "Accelerate" blared and the girls of SERA00 were galvanized into action. The cast streamed onstage, yelling and waving to the audience. One of the staff caught Angel's hand and switched her mic before she went onstage.
(I shall now make my way to a better position to overlook both onstage and backstage)
Here's how the concert went.

Evie's Random Thoughts

I thought I would just bring you all up to speed on the latest thoughts and news of the girls in SERA00.
It's nearing the end of the school year. It's "YAY" for most of us, but for the SERA00 girls who are in 12th grade, it'll be one of the biggest desicions of their life.
From the high popularity members, Angel, Harley, and Luna are all in twelfth grade currently. Fracken is one year older, and River is two years older than Fracken. Sassan and Rosie are in 11th grade, while Luraland is in ninth grade with me.
The desicions they're making now is essentially: college/university or career? Do they want to pursue their career, or graduate from SERA00 to further their education? All of us girls have to face this problem eventually. We all wonder whether we can accomplish the best situation; to juggle our career with our education.
At 21, River is one of the oldest girls, other than, Geneviève (22), Eden (23), and Vina (29). But Vina is graduating. Geneviève is able to juggle her studies with her career, because she isn't as busy as other girls may be. Eden didn't go to post-secondary education but she's well off anyways. Her family is very rich and there will be many positions she can take over. Vina didn't further her education either but now I hear she's applying for college after her marriage.
River, though, is pulling off the unheard, she's managed to attend University and still stay in the top 8, which is what many of the younger media members are aiming for.
Fracken is currently in fashion design, and her schedule is a bit less rigid than River's, who attends a mainstream university.
Of all the SERA00 girls graduating high school this year, about half have applied for University and all have made it in to at least one. I can't help but wonder whether it's rigged as soon as "SERA00" pops up on their resume ^_^"
Kinda shocking, though, to find out that Angel has an IQ of 151....that's nine points away from being a genius \(O__O)/ All hail the Angel :) So she said she definitely wants to go to university, so she might skip or fast track.
Angel had never mentioned this fact before, we found out during a filming of SERA00 Sonic Speed. We were doing these games with a guest professor. It was like this.
The girls lined up and two went at a time. The question appeared on the screen and whoever answered it quicker and faster stayed on, and the other one was switched out with a new girl.
Angel was switched on about one quarter of the way through, and stayed on the entire rest of the time, until our MC jokingly kicked her out of the game.
The professor was like, "These were all questions that you would find on an IQ test. Angel, has anyone ever told you that you have a high IQ?"
She nodded. "I've been told I have an IQ of 151?"
A sequence of "wow"s and oohs and ahhs followed.
"Alright," said the MC, "We have one Miss Genius here, anyone else?"
River stuck her hand in the air.
"Are you a genius too? What's your IQ?"
"Ehhh...I don't know," River cocked her head.
"Then why do you have your hand up?" The MC bonked River on the head.
"Ehhh....I am an amateur stunt driver," River said.
Silence.
"A STUNT DRIVER?" Geneviève screeched.
"Why did this never come up?" Maya's sweet, calm, and calculating voice interjected, her face a mask of innocence.
"No one asked," River gave the standard reply.
"Isn't that very dangerous?" the MC inquired. "All your fans would be devastated if anything happened to you."
River shrugged, and clamped her mouth shut, as if she was tempted to say something but didn't want to. "It's all fun and games."
"Until someone gets hurt," a couple of SERA00 girls choruses at once behind her.
Anyways, that's how it happened.
It ended up a weird second episode, talking about the girls' weird adventures and hobbies. So we shall visit that in a special blog post!
Please look out for SERA00 Extreme Pastimes Special! Bye bye!
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