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I'm gonna have to learn different ways to tie a scarf
So I wandered out yesterday to watch WGC (my old high school and where a couple of my cousins go) at the Big Sing choral festival. Looooved it, but dang did it make me miss choir. My old choir did Telephone, yes by Gaga and Beyonce (though I caught a glimpse of the sheet music and it was the Glee version (not that it changed that much, I guess)), ( Read more... ) -
The gala concert was lots of fun
I swear about half the highschool-age cast of HSM was there, which was amusing - nothing quite like yelling across Town Hall at people you think you recognize (thank god it did turn out to be Jared). And the performances were great! Points of amusement, without going through the entire programme:- Tawa's Dawn Chorus merely stood up and everyone was ( Read more... )
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There is nothing quite like going to the Big Sing
...and realizing that in the first choir performing,
A) you know about a third of the choir, and
B) you've dated the compere.
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How to put off science homework: Play the guitar (badly) for an hour
The Big Sing gala concert was AWESOME. Teal Voices shocked us all by getting an award for best performance of a New Zealand art song or something, and Kanye Sonata was highly appalled at not getting best student director. The first half was hilarious because we were sitting in the front behind the choirs performing so we got to watch all the ( Read more... ) -
WGC winter uniform - WGC blazer + Mary's blazer = hotness
The Big Sing was hugely fun! What with me and Johanna's spastic waving and gesturing between schools (between songs even), and the truly ridiculous gender imbalance (six girls' choirs to one boys' and one co-ed, WTF) and Wellington Girls' managing to open and close AND be in the middle of our sess (Teal - formerly Pipitea Polyphonica opened, Teal ( Read more... )