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So many things have happened in the past month. Lets begin with the basics shall we?
"Smoke on the Mountain" went very well. We had an amazing time and I actually liked the show after it was done. It was such a different show to act in and I felt that it was the hardest role for me. I had to play a character that was uptight, mean, and rough. I was an excon from prison who came to live with my brother and his family. I also sang and played the bass in the show. That was huge! So many people after the show said that I sounded like Jonny Cash. I laughed alot and so everynight I tried to go a little further with it. How Jonny Cash can I sound or be :) I also had a blast working with the cast. I was nervous to work with Larry but he is such a good person. Alittle crazy at times but if I needed anything he was there. I loved meeting new people as well like Rachel and maryjoe (sp). They were so fun to work with and had such amazing talent. Chris, michelle, and Marcus just made the show for me. I love them and working with them was great! Working also with janet was great b/c it took me back to the days of High school. I love working with janet b/c she understands what she is talking about and really gets into the show she is working on. Whether it is something little with a character or the "big picture" she is very good about changing it so it makes everything click. I LOVED working with Julie Joyce Smith. I couldn't get over how amazing she is at directing people. She was so calm about EVERYTHING in the show and so patient with everyone. I hate directors who are screaming and yelling everytime you mess up, Julie just went on and said "Keep going". I never felt stupid to be on stage and I thank Julie for giving me such an opportunity to do the show. it was amazing!
Student teaching was amazing. I loved working with the high schoolers and I have definitely made some new friends. Last Wednesday was the choir concert at the high school and I must say that it was a LOT of work. The kids sounded great, the showchoir was wonderful, and the audience was a good size for a wednesday night. I was able to conduct all the pieces for the concert choir, and then I had to run the CD player. It was fun and I really love Sue Combs. She made this little speech about me near the end and I swear that I wanted to cry. She is such an amazing music teacher with the students. She cares about what they do and plans such a great concert. I just loved it. The next day (Last Thursday) was "Mr. Schneider" day. So all the students could bring in food and drink if they wanted and we listened to Christmas music and hung out. WE had a lot of different food and snacks to eat. The showchoir gave me money during the week and we surprised Miss. Combs with a brand new CD Boombox for her to take along with her for the showchoir and to play the new music if the sound system breaks. She loved it and the kids really liked it. I also gave all the kids a little stocking with some candy in it. they liked it and some of them also got me a couple of gifts. I'm really going to miss those kids but I'm also going to help with their competition show and everything so I will be around.
So last Friday I graduated from Miami university of Oxford! I was so pumped but in all honesty, I thought that the graduation ceremony was LAME! We had a crappy speaker, Lots of crazy kids who were just talking the entire time, and the best is that all 5 of the music kids were there to graduate... Kevin lambert and I just laughed lol The school of fine arts also has Pink tassels so thats what i had to wear. The best story is that one girl in the business school was wearing a pink tassel for graduation. Kevin and I looked at her and thought "How did she get a pink tassel" So of coarse we had to go ask and she said "I picked this one b/c it was pink..." She is graduating from MIAMI with a BUSINESS Degree and she picked out a PINK TASSEL! OMG we were crying... It was also sad to say my goodbyes to Sarah baker, Kevin, and JonnyO! I couldn't believe that we had been through so much in 4 years and now we are "REAL People"... So after we took some pics, I went home and hung out with the parents.
The last thing I will say is that I'm going to be playing the part of "Will Parker" in Rotary's Oklahoma! I'm very excited to be working with people and eating a Rotary hot dog!!! YEA!!!
Sorry it was so long but you know... :)
peace and love
"Smoke on the Mountain" went very well. We had an amazing time and I actually liked the show after it was done. It was such a different show to act in and I felt that it was the hardest role for me. I had to play a character that was uptight, mean, and rough. I was an excon from prison who came to live with my brother and his family. I also sang and played the bass in the show. That was huge! So many people after the show said that I sounded like Jonny Cash. I laughed alot and so everynight I tried to go a little further with it. How Jonny Cash can I sound or be :) I also had a blast working with the cast. I was nervous to work with Larry but he is such a good person. Alittle crazy at times but if I needed anything he was there. I loved meeting new people as well like Rachel and maryjoe (sp). They were so fun to work with and had such amazing talent. Chris, michelle, and Marcus just made the show for me. I love them and working with them was great! Working also with janet was great b/c it took me back to the days of High school. I love working with janet b/c she understands what she is talking about and really gets into the show she is working on. Whether it is something little with a character or the "big picture" she is very good about changing it so it makes everything click. I LOVED working with Julie Joyce Smith. I couldn't get over how amazing she is at directing people. She was so calm about EVERYTHING in the show and so patient with everyone. I hate directors who are screaming and yelling everytime you mess up, Julie just went on and said "Keep going". I never felt stupid to be on stage and I thank Julie for giving me such an opportunity to do the show. it was amazing!
Student teaching was amazing. I loved working with the high schoolers and I have definitely made some new friends. Last Wednesday was the choir concert at the high school and I must say that it was a LOT of work. The kids sounded great, the showchoir was wonderful, and the audience was a good size for a wednesday night. I was able to conduct all the pieces for the concert choir, and then I had to run the CD player. It was fun and I really love Sue Combs. She made this little speech about me near the end and I swear that I wanted to cry. She is such an amazing music teacher with the students. She cares about what they do and plans such a great concert. I just loved it. The next day (Last Thursday) was "Mr. Schneider" day. So all the students could bring in food and drink if they wanted and we listened to Christmas music and hung out. WE had a lot of different food and snacks to eat. The showchoir gave me money during the week and we surprised Miss. Combs with a brand new CD Boombox for her to take along with her for the showchoir and to play the new music if the sound system breaks. She loved it and the kids really liked it. I also gave all the kids a little stocking with some candy in it. they liked it and some of them also got me a couple of gifts. I'm really going to miss those kids but I'm also going to help with their competition show and everything so I will be around.
So last Friday I graduated from Miami university of Oxford! I was so pumped but in all honesty, I thought that the graduation ceremony was LAME! We had a crappy speaker, Lots of crazy kids who were just talking the entire time, and the best is that all 5 of the music kids were there to graduate... Kevin lambert and I just laughed lol The school of fine arts also has Pink tassels so thats what i had to wear. The best story is that one girl in the business school was wearing a pink tassel for graduation. Kevin and I looked at her and thought "How did she get a pink tassel" So of coarse we had to go ask and she said "I picked this one b/c it was pink..." She is graduating from MIAMI with a BUSINESS Degree and she picked out a PINK TASSEL! OMG we were crying... It was also sad to say my goodbyes to Sarah baker, Kevin, and JonnyO! I couldn't believe that we had been through so much in 4 years and now we are "REAL People"... So after we took some pics, I went home and hung out with the parents.
The last thing I will say is that I'm going to be playing the part of "Will Parker" in Rotary's Oklahoma! I'm very excited to be working with people and eating a Rotary hot dog!!! YEA!!!
Sorry it was so long but you know... :)
peace and love