Hello again!

wow its been forever and i can't guarentee that this post will do any justice to all the stuff that has been going on in my life since i wrote a month ago. but oh well. i will do my best (: so right now there is so much going on: piano festival, the play, church, school, a dance, and all nw. so i will just cover a little bit on every subject.

first piano festival. only 1 week from saturday!!! i am doing 3 pieces. a 10 pg. concerto and 2 solos. i have to memorize all of them...which is my major challenge, but i am getting better and trying to stay optimistic. i am excited to perform. it will for sure be interesting. haha (: but my pieces are quite technical and i am learing a lot. i am also learning to balance time for practice, which is really important.

second the play. at school we are performing a show titled "dream" it is a musical rendition of Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream. I am playing Helena. a lot of my good friends are in it. it is coming along each day, but it is still pretty sketchy. i am interested to see how it all turns out. it has definitely been an adventure, and i am learning a lot about myself from it as well. i have also gained new bruises from falling down all over the stage...fun stuff (:

third is church. i am laurel president and we are planning a stake campout for all the laurels and priests. i am also a YCL (youth camp leader) for girl's camp this year, so i get to help plan that again. I know how to do a lot of stuff now from last year...so i think we will be more efficient (:

at school, life is crazy as always! we just did a jazz festival for madrigals. i am DYING to be a jazz vocalist now! it would be a blast! i am also reading this amazing book entitled "Amusing Ourselves to Death" for my AP language class. it is fascinating and can really be applied to my life.

I am also planning sadies! (: wow! fun stuff. we have some great plans for our date, but nothing is set yet. the theme is las vegas...sequins, feathers, lights, all the good stuff (: jk. i asked my best friend jay with a pokemon theme song rendition (: it was hilarious!!! wish i remembered it (: haha. then he answered me just the other day with a box of depends. those are the nasty diapers old people wear...they smell horrible! i had to go through each individual one to get my answer. it was funny, but embarassing. good thing i was at home.

And last but certainly not least...ALL NW!!! man that was the best!!! i got to work with my favorite conductor and composer Z. Randall Stroope. We even sang 2 of his songs. He was quite inspirational. i learned a lot about singing and music: feeling it and then expressing that feeling. It was also quite funny. i got to go with my amazing friends chelsea jenks and jay valle. we totally thought that we would never see each other. then when we got there we ended up seeing each other ALL the time (: we laughed a ton and were super crazy! it was great some of the looks we got from people. overall a great trip!

so that is about it...or what i can summarize for today (:

peace out!