laaa la-a la-a laaaa
I don't think I have an ass anymore cause I sang it off :-P
I joined dorians last week, right? And I was sooo excited about it. But as a result, I had to spend all week learning and memorizing the music to be ready for jazz cabaret. I also had solo ensemble coming up and I just got the german piece a week ago and the english two weeks ago. So I sang and sang and sang and sang and sang!
Boy did it pay off. Jazz cabaret was so much fun! I got to sing so many high notes. And I had a microphone all my own. And I looked all prettyful. And I got to dance around on the stage. And corey came.
And then I did it again the next night! yay.
Then today was solo ensemble. For those of you who don't know, solo ensemble is a district competition for musicians, and I competed in the solo first soprano division. I was super nervous.
What was truly exciting about this was that my mom was playing for me. This is probably the first time my mom and I have gotten to perform together in months. She hardly plays piano at all let alone in front of people. But she was able to do this.
Corey came with us and Amanda met us there. Amanda watched me run through my first song. She had already heard me do it once in front of the choir yesterday (I also sang it for treble choir) and she was totally wowed today because I had improved so much in just a day. Then Kimberly got there and she was all supportive and teacherly and it was really nice to see her. And then Corey gave me lots of hugs and my mom gave me a ... shmulz did she call it? Don't remember. Anyhow, it was an inspiring speech.
I got in there and watched one other girl sing before me. Luckily she was very inexperienced but not embarassingly bad, so I didn't feel bad for her, and I felt good about my own ability. I got up there and nailed my first song. Although when my mom played the intro and waited for me to come in I had a freakout moment cause I couldn't remember the first word, so I did an extra long dramatic pause and then started. I totally nailed my high B which made me really happy and my high A at the end. My second song was super scary cause I kept forgetting the words, as it was in german and I only had it memorized that morning. So I faked it. I made up words here and there. But I was thinking, the judge is gonna come down on you for this, she has the music in front of her, she can see every word you're saying wrong. But she didn't. Instead she said "you're very well prepared." Amanda had to keep from laughing out loud, it was incredible. The judge gave me an idea to try and I tried it and improved. She gave me another idea and I tried that and improved even more and the faces of everybody in the audience was like wow.
When I got out of the room, Amanda attacked me with a hug. She said "You were so good! I hate you!" Which is high praise :-P Then everyone was hugging me and telling me how amazing I did and people were walking by saying good job and I was on such an adrenaline high. I really had done well. I could tell too. Which was a relief because this morning I had a bit of a breakdown. My mom told me a certain part was good and I should do more of that kind of tone in another part which Kimberly had told me was good and I should carry over into the part my mom liked. So I didn't know what sounded good and what didn't and I couldn't tell listening to myself and I got really frustrated and was crying for about twenty minutes. So going up there and singing and really feeling like I sang well was satisfying. I have no idea if I have a chance at getting to state. Amanda got there last year but the mezzo division isn't as intense as the first soprano division is. But I felt like the judge liked me. I wish I knew how the other sopranos did. I find out whether I'm going to state or not monday probably. We'll see.
We went home, corey with us, and talked about how to celebrate. We decided that corey and I going to Metropol bakery and getting three or four desserts was the best idea. On the way, corey really wanted fries so we stopped at mcdonalds and low and behold ryan was working! He took his break and hung with us while we ate corey's fries. Then we went and picked out our four huge really creamy desserts. Once we finished lunch and dessert, I was super sleepy so corey and I kinda fell asleep on the couch. Then we hung out until dinner. He stayed until 10:30 and we just cuddled and talked. It was soooo great.
Happy days!
I joined dorians last week, right? And I was sooo excited about it. But as a result, I had to spend all week learning and memorizing the music to be ready for jazz cabaret. I also had solo ensemble coming up and I just got the german piece a week ago and the english two weeks ago. So I sang and sang and sang and sang and sang!
Boy did it pay off. Jazz cabaret was so much fun! I got to sing so many high notes. And I had a microphone all my own. And I looked all prettyful. And I got to dance around on the stage. And corey came.
And then I did it again the next night! yay.
Then today was solo ensemble. For those of you who don't know, solo ensemble is a district competition for musicians, and I competed in the solo first soprano division. I was super nervous.
What was truly exciting about this was that my mom was playing for me. This is probably the first time my mom and I have gotten to perform together in months. She hardly plays piano at all let alone in front of people. But she was able to do this.
Corey came with us and Amanda met us there. Amanda watched me run through my first song. She had already heard me do it once in front of the choir yesterday (I also sang it for treble choir) and she was totally wowed today because I had improved so much in just a day. Then Kimberly got there and she was all supportive and teacherly and it was really nice to see her. And then Corey gave me lots of hugs and my mom gave me a ... shmulz did she call it? Don't remember. Anyhow, it was an inspiring speech.
I got in there and watched one other girl sing before me. Luckily she was very inexperienced but not embarassingly bad, so I didn't feel bad for her, and I felt good about my own ability. I got up there and nailed my first song. Although when my mom played the intro and waited for me to come in I had a freakout moment cause I couldn't remember the first word, so I did an extra long dramatic pause and then started. I totally nailed my high B which made me really happy and my high A at the end. My second song was super scary cause I kept forgetting the words, as it was in german and I only had it memorized that morning. So I faked it. I made up words here and there. But I was thinking, the judge is gonna come down on you for this, she has the music in front of her, she can see every word you're saying wrong. But she didn't. Instead she said "you're very well prepared." Amanda had to keep from laughing out loud, it was incredible. The judge gave me an idea to try and I tried it and improved. She gave me another idea and I tried that and improved even more and the faces of everybody in the audience was like wow.
When I got out of the room, Amanda attacked me with a hug. She said "You were so good! I hate you!" Which is high praise :-P Then everyone was hugging me and telling me how amazing I did and people were walking by saying good job and I was on such an adrenaline high. I really had done well. I could tell too. Which was a relief because this morning I had a bit of a breakdown. My mom told me a certain part was good and I should do more of that kind of tone in another part which Kimberly had told me was good and I should carry over into the part my mom liked. So I didn't know what sounded good and what didn't and I couldn't tell listening to myself and I got really frustrated and was crying for about twenty minutes. So going up there and singing and really feeling like I sang well was satisfying. I have no idea if I have a chance at getting to state. Amanda got there last year but the mezzo division isn't as intense as the first soprano division is. But I felt like the judge liked me. I wish I knew how the other sopranos did. I find out whether I'm going to state or not monday probably. We'll see.
We went home, corey with us, and talked about how to celebrate. We decided that corey and I going to Metropol bakery and getting three or four desserts was the best idea. On the way, corey really wanted fries so we stopped at mcdonalds and low and behold ryan was working! He took his break and hung with us while we ate corey's fries. Then we went and picked out our four huge really creamy desserts. Once we finished lunch and dessert, I was super sleepy so corey and I kinda fell asleep on the couch. Then we hung out until dinner. He stayed until 10:30 and we just cuddled and talked. It was soooo great.
Happy days!