One little mistake

I forgot to say in the last post, that Maddie and I(with a few extra "sisters") went to a bonfire for the choir that we are in. Everyone in the choir, ever since it has started, has stated that we need to get together and have a party of some kind. A little over two years after the choir's first meeting, we finaly had a party on the 10th of October. Two years. 2.

I had a lot of fun. We had the typical bonfire food there, i.e. hotdogs, chips, soda, smores, and a lot of other desserts.

We sang around the fire accompanied by a guitar.

We also played a name game. In this game, the first person had to say their name and the state that they were born in. The the person next in line would have to say all of the pepole BEFORE him/her and add themseves to the line of names. It went that way, all the way around the fire. When it got back to the firts person, which was our choir director, she had to do everyone in reverse order. So instead of starting with herself, again and going in the order that everyone esle did, she had to start with the last person who did it and go around the fire backwards. Until she got back to herself. It was really fun.

Catching Up.

Sorry for the long wait for the next post!

School has been going very well. I am enjoying all of my subjects so far. At the moment, I am doing Algebra 2, Consumer Math, World History, Vocabulary, English, an Elizabeth George Bible study, a fast moving Biology (I am doing several lessons a day at my request in order to get to Chemistry faster), and on Mondays and Wednesdays I am doing Economics. I am yet to have a writing class, but my mom is still undecided on how to do everything. I think I got everything. Well, there is Piano, Violin, Harp, and Choir practice that I have to do everyday as well. Music is a given.

Yesterday was orchestra/choir/theory! I LOVE my choirs, orchestras, and theory classes that I am in! I also LOVE my 11 eight year olds and 2 nine year olds in the beginner violin theory class that I teach. This year I am teaching a private lesson for the first time. It’s a harp lesson.

In the Brahms theory class (the one that I am taking) I LOVE IT TREMENDASLY! Mr. H. is AWSOME! I am learning so much. He makes everything very fun easy to understand. One of the things that we are learning is how to conduct. Very exciting! Yet, I had no idea how big the world of chords really was until I walked into this class three weeks ago.

I’m sorry if I am rambling! I just love music!

Quick Sum-Up

Sorry for waiting so long to post anything.

Orchestra and choir started back up last Friday. Really exciting. I got to see all of my friends, which made me happy.

We are starting school tomorrow. Yippy. I am kind-of excited, kind-of not. For I am ready for something to do, yet not wanting to spend all that time on school. Do you know what I mean? I guess what I'm saying is I am ready for summer to be over, but not wanting it to end.

I can't remember if I have already said this or not, but I have been teaching a girl from our church how to tat and other things. Such as, reading a pattern. Something that she didn't know. Hopefully I am doing a good enough job that she is getting it without thinking after I leave, "Now what did she just teach me how to do?" On the whole, I think I am getting across to her fairly well.

I guess that is it. There is really not much else to post about at this moment.

A Bucket Full of Info

Sorry I haven't been posting in awhile. Things have just been a little on the crazy side.

Since the last time I posted, a few things have happened. To say the least.

Megan just had her 9th Birthday this past Monday. We went to Incredible Pizza with three of her little friends.

We have had our piano recital. It was the last time for Kara. *sniff*

Federation has come and gone. With fairly good results. The new music has been fun to work on. Something new and refreshing! I think I am falling in love with one of our new choir songs.

The last week or so, us four older girls have been battling with a head cold thingy.

Us three older girls are almost done with a speech class that we started back before the holidays.

American Idol has been awesome to watch!! I think that Lil is going tonight. She just hasn't been showing the extent of all she can do with her voice. My favorites have to be Danny, Adam, and Allison.

Have any of you been watching the Mentalist? Oh my!!! I LOVE this show!!! Although the show that was on last night, it was not as good as the one that was on two weeks ago. But I am still a BIG fan of the show!!!

Last month, My mom, great-aunt, greatgrandma, grandma, frenid, and some of my sisters, went up to KC, and saw the Phantom of the Opera play. OH MY GOODNESS!!!! The guy who played the phantom is by far my favorite phantom!!!!! The girl who was Christine was ok, she is better than shara brightman though. The guy who played Raul was not my favorite. I think that Patrick Willion did a better job at it. I really would love to go see it again!!! But I think I know the answer to that. *sigh*

I guess that about wraps up what has been going on around here. Thanks for keeping up with reading!!

Sorry

Sorry that I haven't posted in while!!!!!! If you haven't looked, down at the bottom of my blog, there is a video. It is entitled "Danny Boy, Muppet's style" It is hilarious!!!!! We listen to it ALL the time!!!!!

We got new pieces in both orchestra and choir!!! They are all AWESOME!!!!!!!!!

Kara, Maddie, my mom, and a friend, Kara P., and myself started a P.E class. Right now we are learning how to bowl. It is very interesting to say the least. We have all broken 100 once in the entire two weeks that we have been doing it. That is, us teens, not my mom. She has scored in the 100's every time she has bowled.

Well, I guess that is all I have to say right now. Blog later.

Bel Canto Chamber Choir

I was looking through our pics and found these. They are of Bel Canto at Winterfest. Hope you can find your self!!
Singing "Riu Riu Chiu"

Singing "Riu Riu Chiu"

Singing ?

Horsegirl.

Cool Stuff, Shopping Spree, And other stuff

Orchestra was fun Friday. In Bel Canto, Mrs. S. mixed up the guys and girls. It sounded really cool!! In Concert Choir, the people in the back two rows had to stand on their chairs. I was one of them! It was scary!!!!! But singing with the Orchestra was SO awesome!!!!!!!!!!! It was my first time to do that, with all of the rest of the choir singing. It was worth standing on my chair. Even though I felt like I was going to fall over forward on top of the people in front of me. It was fun all the same.

Saturday, Kara, my mom, Maddie, Mrs. P., and her daughter Kara, and I, all went shopping for Kara's Birthday. I got a shirt for Christmas performances that are coming up, a pair of jeans, two Camis, since the one I had was too small, and a long-sleeved shirt. I also got a new purse and wallet. This is probably the first time that I have gone shopping and not come back with any jewelry.

This week is Thanksgiving week. Hope you all have fun eating turkey!! I'll see about posting about my Thanksgiving. If there is anything that would interest any of you. Talk to you all later.

I am SOOOOOOOOO Excited!!!!

I finally got to go to orchestra yesterday!!!!!!!!! I was SO excited! I actually got to sing the two songs (the Hallelujah chorus and For the Glory) with the orchestra. It was awesome!!!!! Although it was only five sopranos, three to four altos, three tenors, and, I think, four basses. So we were a little unbalanced. We were also a little spread out in the loft, so it was hard to hear the other parts. Not to mention that we only had one conductor for both the orchestra and choir. It will be easier next week when we have two.

Have you ever have moments that you suddenly remember something from your past? Things that really haven't ever left you? I had one of them the other day. I was walking around the house, and a blast from the past suddenly came upon me. I then had the idea to wright them all down, as much as I could remember that is. It's still a work-in-progress, but it is getting there. I don't have much, I haven't even worked on it since Thursday, but with orchestra and other stuff yesterday, I really couldn't think. Even if I had found the time to do any of it, I wouldn't have had anything to wright down.

A Day Of Fun

I didn't go to orchestra yesterday. I was still coughing, it felt like at times I was going to cough my insides out. Not that when I had all of the congestion I wasn't blowing my brains out. So with what was left of my brains and insides I stayed home, with my two youngest siblings.

It was an OK day. Most of it was spent in front of the TV, but oh well. That's how you keep kids from making you go crazy. Stick a movie in, give them candy/popcorn, sit back, and enjoy. So when the (or your) parents get home, they can deal with the sugar crazy kids.

When we weren't in front of the TV, we were ether: dressing up as a movie character, eating lunch, dancing to music, or playing computer.

Luke was SO funny when we were dressing up. I told him to go dress up as Indiana Jones. He was so exited about that. After about two minutes, he came to me and said: "I don't have any white shirts to wear! Cause Indiana has a white shirt." So I told him that he didn't have to look exactly like Jones. All I got from that was a angry sigh and a angry walk back to his room. He then came out with a brown shirt on, saying: "I'm wearing this because Indiana has a brown coat, so this is the coat. Now I have to go get my hat." Saying the later as he was running down the hallway excitedly.

Then Megan came up to me with a complaint. I told her to be ether Princess Leah or Queen Amidala. She said: " I can't find any white shirts! Because I'm going to be Amidala in the clone wars when she is fighting the thing and gets scratched on the back." So I just told her that she doesn't have to have a plain white shirt, she could wear one that is white with something on it, but inside out. She really didn't like that idea, but in the end she ended up doing just that.

Colds Are Not Fun

I have a cold. :( It is not fun, anyone knows that. I got it Thursday, but it didn't spike until last night after I got home from Orchestra. Thank goodness.

While I'm on the subject of Orchestra, something happened. It wasn't weird or anything, just to let you know. In concert choir one of our songs is O Holy Night. It has an African feel to it, which is really cool. Well, we were all having trouble with it. Everyone was either sick or just not paying attention. So Mrs. S. said this: "I'm going to do something that will put some of you out of your comfort zones." Then she points to two basses, tenors, altos, and sopranos. I was one of the sopranos. I would not have gone up of my own free will if she had just asked for two volunteers from each part. But I think I did an OK job of it. All except the high G at the end, I cracked at that note. But I had the starting of a cold, so it was forgivable, I think. The reason that she did that was to have everyone hear what the whole thing would sound like. I still don't know why she chose me as one of the sopranos. Other than that the day went by without anything else weird happening.

Small Happenings

We got our Bel Canto Cd's Friday!! Mrs. S. now says that we don't have an excuse for not having our parts down. :)

Today I had to help my mom with some retreat stuff. It was fun, listening to three moms laughing at each other, half of the time over stuff that I had no idea what was. But I guess that they have to do that, since us teenagers do that to them.

In Sunday school, we got to watch Louie Giglio speak on Chris Tomlin's Indescribable tour. It was cool. Not that Louie isn't cool to listen to. But it really made me think, Louie always does that to me when I listen to him.

Silent Night

In Bel Canto, the chamber choir, one of our songs is Silent Night. The interesting thing about it is we have to sing it in German. So I, with the help of Kara and Maddie, found a Youtube video of Silent Night in German. Look below.
Hope you all enjoy it!!

Cd's, Birthdays, and What Not

Well, yesterday we were originally suppose to get our Cd's for Bel Canto. But she(our choir teacher) didn't have them all made yet, so hopefully she will have them for us next week.

Yesterday was my dads' Birthday. I won't say how old he is, 'cause I know that he reads this. I also know that he can beat me up if I put it out there.

Survivor

Survivor started last week. It was interesting. I'll have to wait a while to see how I really like this season.

Friday was OK. In chair try-outs I got 7th. I was aiming for 4th again, but as you all know, I did poorly. I'll have to be content with this arrangement, for now, until next time.

We got Concert choir Cd's Friday. One of our songs is the Hallelujah Chorus. We went through the first two pages. It was very fun.

First Days are Tiring

Orchestra went well yesterday, seeing that it was only the first day.

I was really excited about Choir. After Bel Canto(Select Choir) I was sad thinking that choir was over. Then I realized, that I had a whole other hour of choir after I taught my beginner theory class! Then I got really excited.

After theory, I went to the Concert(High School) Choir. It has at least doubled in size. Our guy section has really grown. That has to be the biggest addition to the choir.

In my theory class, I have an adorable little girl. She is 8, has shoulder length dark blond hair, blue eyes, and just the sweetest personality that anyone could possibly have! I wanted to take her home with me. I still do! Her name is Audrey.

Orchestra

Well, I am in the Select Choir!!!!!

We are going to Tennessee all next week. It's for a family vacation. My grandparents have a time share, they were going next week, and invited us to join them. It's free, which is good. Now, all we have to pay for is food and gas for the trip there and back. So we won't be at Orchestra next week, but that's ok, all the playing that I would be doing is orientation stuff. I know that they can do it without me. But then again, everything is about me.

(YEAH RIGHT)

Tomorrow my aunt is having a baby shower. The girls of the fam are going. It's all the way up in KC.

I just realized that I have been in KC a lot this summer. This will be my third time.

Well, I had better go pack. Blog in about a week or so.

The Music Man

Well, it was The Music Man. If you have ever seen the movie then you know what I'm talking about. I've seen both the Shirley Jones and the newer one with Matthew Broderick.

The guy that was Professor Harold Hill, I really didn't like him singing wise. That part of the character was too big for him. He was always singing it an octave higher or lower. But he did a great job of it otherwise. The lady that was Marian, she did a great job of her part. Both in acting and singing. But when she got to those high notes, she really didn't need to be miced. She could be heard all the way to the back of the theater with room to spare, without the mic.

My friend, Kara P., came too. It was fun to have a friend coming along. It was kinda like having a birthday party, only with one friend coming with you. She is kind of like another sister.

Orchestra is starting back up!!!!! But that also means that school starts back up again too. :( But this year, there is going to be a Select Choir added to the choirs. I'm thinking about trying out for it. So are my sisters.

At Long Last, I Have Something Worth Telling

The title says it all. I have something worth while to write. As I said yesterday, I would wait to see what today had in store. My waiting payed off. Well, for starters, I feel a whole lot better today. If that means anything to any of you.

Today in theory my theory teacher, Mrs S., brought her "Carnival of the Animals" for us to listen to. She forgot to bring it last week(the week I was gone) and that made me feel a whole lot better. That I hadn't missed anything to important. So we listened to that. There's a story behind all of this, though.

It starts out the last time I was at orchestra. We were all in theory, and listening to the CD of the musical time periods. We were on the Romantic time period. And we got to the "Carnival of the Animals" and Josiah H. and Luke S. got up and started doing impersonations of the three animals that were played on the CD. The swan, the elephant, and something else. The one that involves the bones. I wish we had gotten pictures of that. I would have put them on here if I did. It was SO funny. Their faces were priceless. Did I stress that we were all laughing so hard that, I'm pretty sure, everyone was crying from laughing so hard.

During my playing hours, I say hours because I play violin in one class and then harp in the class right after that, I thought that we did pretty good, all things considered. And during choir we did pretty good too, all things considered.

Well, better go. Time to eat dinner. Barbecued chicken. That my dad cooked. Just to tell all of you, he is a really, really, REALLY, good cook. There are two reasons I say this. First off, because it's true. Secondly, because I think he reads this blog, so I have to watch what I say about him.