yeah, i know, i'm bad at this!!!
but i decided to update all'y'all on my life, (since the only people who read this will be home tomorrow, ya know? ha ha... and because said people already see everything going on in my life on facebook...)
I'm actually considering deleting my facebook and just going back to the world of blogging. I randomly realized the other day that I am addicted to myspace and facebook. which is bad. I spend WASTE WAY too much time facebooking and myspacing. I deleted my myspace yesterday (YAY GO ME!) and will probably be setting my facebook to limited profile, just so i can stay in touch with friends still, but not be tempted to waste time on all the rest... *cough cough QUIZZEZ cough cough* within the week. who knows. so siblings (and anyone else who may possibly read this, even though i think you are all siblings. ha ha)
so, bottom line, when i disappear from facebook, you'll know why. you can still read about my life here! :)
so, the last few months have been a whirlwind of excitement!
I went to Journalism converence at Columbia University in NYC in March, and FELL IN LOVE with the city and campus. I want to go to grad school there now!
The next week, I went on Choir Tour to Branson, Missouri, with the Trouveres, to a national Show Choir Summit, where I was selected as "MVP" (Most Valuable Performer) out of the 4 choirs from across the US that attended. the other 3 choirs were all very competetive, actually attending and WINNING competitions all over the country. They work on their review all year, as opposed to the semester that we work on it, and all of them must have previous dance training and vocal training to even make it into the choir. Their costumes are professionally designed, They perform with a live band, they hire choreographers for THOUSANDS of dollars, and one even used pyrotechnics in their review. It was craziness. We got there and felt so out of our league, next to these pro's. only 5 people in our choir had danced previously, we use a minus track, that doesnt even work half of the time, our costumes consist of mix and match things we bring from home, hand-me-downs from my SIBLINGS years, 12 years ago (though i'm sure they werent even new when YOU used them!) and things the choir moms have made, our choreographer is the mother of a girl in our choir, who did it for free, and we can't even get our music and speakers to work sometimes, let alone have the budget or smarts for pyro. it was a bit of a shell shock to us, that these kids would take show choir so seriously.
and then when our choir swept the MVP awards (the Female MVP award went to me, the male MVP award went to my partner, Chad, what can i say, we're just that cool. :P ) we were totally shocked! (so were the other choirs... there were a few girls not so happy with me. ha ha oops!)
it was an awesome experience. i made some great new friends, learned new things about old friends, and got to go shopping at the BIGGEST rue 21 i have EVER seen. :P
we also saw a few shows while we were there, since thats what Branson is for! I really want to go back and audition for a few of them, even if i only do it for a year. I love performing, and these shows were all totally my type. big sparkly broadway reviews and such.
Both of those trips were right smack dab in the middle of rehearsals for Grease at the mystique, which had its closing night last week. THAT was a fun show. sure, i got sick of it sometimes, but i will miss the people insanely... what better way to show you the amazingness of these kids than with pictures!?
The Trouveres at "Silver Dollar City" theme park in Branson. this day was SO much fun!!!
This was my group at the summit. they split the choirs up into groups, so we could meet new people!
Breakfast before Spring Casual. i took my friend Kyle from the play.
Some of the girls before Beauty School Droput
Our finishing pose!
Me and Paige, who played Frenchie. SHE WAS PERFECT forthe part!
The girls after our Spring Casual day date... we had a food fight!
Gettin ready for the food fight
Danny in character for "Johhny Casino" (i promise he's really not this much of a creeper!)
Kyle and i after the day date. we were SO messy!
Me the night i got to be a scorpion chick (bad girl) in Grease. and Cass jensen. love her!
Yay we're seniors!!! :)
all the girls (and Cam) in our "ruffle butts" the bloomers we had to wear under everything!
kyle and i pre-food fight
the girls!
Ummm yeah... it was closing night, and everyone was SO hyper!
they were seriously twins. CJ is identical to how jenna was at 14! they showed up to the first rehearsal wearing matching clothes, without even knowing each other! this was closing night, and the outfit was not planned. crazy huh?!
anywhoo, there is lots more to update you on, but i am out of time for today!!! sorry!
