sigh, i hate it when i get sentimental
Theres one thing now thats been missing from my life that hasnt been absent since i was in 4th grade, and that is music and choirs. I had always, always! been part of a choir, usually two, since fourth grade and it has given me more memories and experiences then i could ever think of. its given me tons of friends, an outlook on life and i dont know what i wouldve turned out like if i hadnt had such a big influence of music in my life.
It all started one day when my mom had read an add in the church paper that the youth choir was seeking people to be in it. i still remember walking around outside my house, kicking stones and wondering if i should join or not. I wasnt sure because, hell, what did i know about music? nothing... plus, it wasnt exactly the "cool" thing to do. But i did it and jumped in head first and I never looked back after that first choir rehearsal at OLGC.
i've been so many places and done so manythings with choir that i dont even know if i can remember them all. there was the trip to Disney world when we got to perform in EPCOT center and i still remember us being little elemtary schoolers and running around screaming being immature little brats. I made friends on that trip in 5th grade that i still have to this day. there was the time that we sang at the Tigers game, the time that we sang in Ann Arbor and then in 8th grade i went to NYC to perform in Carnegie Hall. That was a great trip because i got to see so much in New York, The World Trade Center, The Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island and The Empire State Building among other things. Plus, the chance to perform in Carnegie hall was a once in a lifetime event that i will never forget aslong as i live.
then there was my final trip with OLGC which was to England during the summer between 9th and 10th grades. I cant even tell how awed i was with this trip. we went to Europe for god sakes! That first week in Cantebury is something i'll never forget. to sleep in a dorm literally only a hundred feet away from a cathedral that was hundreds of years old. to wander that cathedral at night was a beautiful thing to do to walk among ancient ruins. i still have the memorys of that trip. carousing around town, getting chased by gypsys, singing outside of pubs at night, yelling at susan to stop talking with her fake brisish accent! late night meetings among the older people. seeing Rossow give a lap dance to Ronald McDonald.... things that i will have for the rest of my life.
I have about 3 or 4 more pages that i could write about me and music, but i dont feel like boring you people. Its just something that i miss dearly because it had always played a major role in my life and its just...gone...now. i still sing in the adult choir at home but its not the same anymore sice i graduated from high school. i miss the trips, i miss the friends, i miss the music that we would do and i dont know if i'll ever have anything like that in my life again. I hope that someday i'll be able to find something like it again but i dont think so.
It all started one day when my mom had read an add in the church paper that the youth choir was seeking people to be in it. i still remember walking around outside my house, kicking stones and wondering if i should join or not. I wasnt sure because, hell, what did i know about music? nothing... plus, it wasnt exactly the "cool" thing to do. But i did it and jumped in head first and I never looked back after that first choir rehearsal at OLGC.
i've been so many places and done so manythings with choir that i dont even know if i can remember them all. there was the trip to Disney world when we got to perform in EPCOT center and i still remember us being little elemtary schoolers and running around screaming being immature little brats. I made friends on that trip in 5th grade that i still have to this day. there was the time that we sang at the Tigers game, the time that we sang in Ann Arbor and then in 8th grade i went to NYC to perform in Carnegie Hall. That was a great trip because i got to see so much in New York, The World Trade Center, The Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island and The Empire State Building among other things. Plus, the chance to perform in Carnegie hall was a once in a lifetime event that i will never forget aslong as i live.
then there was my final trip with OLGC which was to England during the summer between 9th and 10th grades. I cant even tell how awed i was with this trip. we went to Europe for god sakes! That first week in Cantebury is something i'll never forget. to sleep in a dorm literally only a hundred feet away from a cathedral that was hundreds of years old. to wander that cathedral at night was a beautiful thing to do to walk among ancient ruins. i still have the memorys of that trip. carousing around town, getting chased by gypsys, singing outside of pubs at night, yelling at susan to stop talking with her fake brisish accent! late night meetings among the older people. seeing Rossow give a lap dance to Ronald McDonald.... things that i will have for the rest of my life.
I have about 3 or 4 more pages that i could write about me and music, but i dont feel like boring you people. Its just something that i miss dearly because it had always played a major role in my life and its just...gone...now. i still sing in the adult choir at home but its not the same anymore sice i graduated from high school. i miss the trips, i miss the friends, i miss the music that we would do and i dont know if i'll ever have anything like that in my life again. I hope that someday i'll be able to find something like it again but i dont think so.