I'm TOTALLY FLOATING...
HOLY COW...I first hafta mention how much i missed everyone. 5 days is far too long to go without seeing ur bffs! But now I need to say that the past 5 days have been the most incredible 5 days I have EVER had. About 30 minutes ago, I got home from ACDA and omg, i wish I had never left. I suppose I should start at the beginning. When I first got there, i was...to say the least...OVERWHELMED! I new I would be meeting 300 of the top singers in the country and i wasnt quite sure how it would all work out. About 5 minutes into it, we were checking in and i was already making friends with a senior from nevada (then i felt a lil better). The next day I went to first rehearsal and met some cool people, but one, Kylie, was kinda...cold. We basically had 3 days of intense rehearsal and one day of 2 performances (which were today). To make a LONG story short, i walked away from the experience having tackled a HUGE undertaking, and with loads of new friends but 5 in particular. we formed a little group and we basically spent all of our down-time together. Dan was from Colorado, Shawn was from New York, Jackie was from Texas and so was Loralee, and Paige was from North carolina. I never expected to have so much in common with people who lived on the other side of the country but we talked and talked and talked and LAUGHED. WOW< we laughed A LOT! Parts of the experience were...less than ideal... the director was a FANTASTIC musician but a HORRIBLE conductor but the experience as a whole is one that i will NEVER forget. Paige, Jackie, Shawn, Loralee, and Dan I will never forget you, i love you all. The ACDA 2005 National Honor Choir was something that wasn't expected but will always be remembered...