Sponsor Visit

I went to see Mr. Lupchinski again on Thursday. First of all, it was an absolutely beautiful day out, so I was really excited to get out of school early to walk over to School #4. When I got there, all the children had 2 sticks (instruments) in front of them. This was unlike any other time I went over there. Therefore, I knew this class was going to be a fun one.
Mr. L started with naming animals and asking if the kids knew which animals made that sound. Everyone was so eager to get the answer correct and get a ticket. After that, Mr. L played the song for them and showed them where to sing and where to play their sticks. Some kids couldn't control their excitement, and I can understand why. I wish I got to do that kind of stuff when I was in kindergarten. Next, Mr. L recorded them on his radio and played it back for them. This was fun, but also a way for Mr. L to see who was talking when they weren't supposed to be. Time went by way too fast because right after Mr. L recorded the kids, the class over.

I had a great time! =]

EVIDENCE

Last Sunday, I went to church with my parents. Well, my mom had mentioned that she talked to the choir about me teaching some songs and directing them. I didn't really think we were gonna start Sunday, though, considering my friend Bobby and his parents came to our congregation because Bobby's dad, Pr. Gregg, was scheduled to hold service. I haven't seen him in a while, so I figured we could catch up. Yeah, we caught up a little bit, but then my mom had an announcement made at the end of service about a choir rehearsal afterwards, and that's when I knew that I was going to have to stand up in front of Bobby, a much more talented musician than I, and I was totally intimidated. I'm not normally a shy person, but as soon as I stood up in front of the choir, I froze. I was petrified and felt as if I had no idea what I was doing. Also, my brother Steve, is filming every step of the way, so he had the camcorder in my face. I don't know what it is, but if I know there's someone filming me, it makes me 10 times as nervous, even in my video production class.



Anyways, it took me a while to get into the swing of things, and even then, I was ridiculously nervous. Unfortunately, Pr. Boller wasn't in Cinaminson that day; however, my mom made sure that the choir was aware of what was going on (she's our other choir director.) I can't wait to get the hang of directing the choir because it seems like a lot of fun.


Mr. Abrams,
I will have the video up as soon as possible, but I couldn't figure out how to transfer it from my camcorder.

Blood Drive

Last Thursday, was our second blood drive of the year. I already gave blood at the first one with no issues, but this time was a little different. I absolutely hate when they prick my finger to test my iron. Well, this time they had to prick my finger twice because my iron was too low for their standards. Thank god the second time, my iron went up because otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to donate at all, which would have really upset me.

This time, I even wanted to do the thing where they separate your plasma from your red blood cells, or something like that, but they wouldn't let me because they said I didn't weigh enough. That's not fair because other people that did it weighed just as much as me. They just looked like they weighed more. Oh well, at least I was able to give blood. Did you know that every pint of blood that you donate can save 3 lives? =]

Give blood.

http://www.redcross.org/portal/site/en/menuitem.d8aaecf214c576bf971e4cfe43181aa0/?vgnextoid=d0061a53f1c37110VgnVCM1000003481a10aRCRD

"Hold on!"

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of working with Mr. Caroll again. I was so excited when I found out that he was the accompaniest for Broadway Night, here at LHS. I am majorly involved in that event, from the planning to the performing. Mrs. Trip asked me and a couple other students to help her with the event. I am also performing in choir singing "Sweeney Todd" I think, dancing and singing "We Go Together" from Grease, and I have a solo. My solo is a very beautiful and strong piece from the Secret Garden called Hold on, and I'm so glad Mr. Caroll introduced that song to me because I fell for it the first time I heard it. Anyways, yesterday went really well. I really missed Mr. Caroll!

I can't wait until Broadway Night! It's May 7th at LHS! =]

Priest Brian Boller

Since it seems that Mr. L.'s schedule doesn't always work with mine, I asked Brian to be my second sponsor. This way no matter what, I have someone to go to each week. I was very excited when he said he would gladly help me in any way he could. Well, Brian is one of my church's main choir directors, so now I will get to see choir taught to children and adults. Also, I will experience the teaching of different types of music with different levels of difficulty.

I went to see Brian a couple times already and had a good time. He explained anything that I wanted to know to his best knowledge. He is probably going to teach me how to direct, even though I kind of already got the hang of it. There's always more room to learn and grow though.

Senior Trip!

Senior trip was everything I thought it was going to be, plus more. I had a blast hanging with all my friends and visiting places I have never been before. I have never been to Florida, so as soon as we arrived, I was really excited. We visited Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Animal Kingdom, Blizzard Beach, Typhoon Lagoon, Hollywood Studios, and Downtown Disney, all in just a few days. I went on every single ride that was there. I loved Tower of Terror, Rock N' Rollercoaster, and Summit Plummit the most out of everything I went on.

At night, we all went swimming in the pool at the hotel, which was always heated to 82 degrees, which was so warm. =]

Beauty and the Beast!

While I was on my senior trip to Disney, I visited many parks including: Magic Kingdomg, Epcot, Animal Kingdom, and Hollywood Studios. In one of these amazing parks, I got to see a terrific and totally professional performance of Beauty and the Beast. Now, first of all, I absolutely love that musical, and second of all, I knew that that would be my connection to my project. These actors and actresses endured much practice and training in order to perfect such a complex little show with no mistakes. The lead singers' voices were superb. I was in completely in awe and ready to see it again.

Besides Beauty and the Beast, there were many more musical performances in the different parks we visited, and I wish I could remember all their names, but I can't, sorry. Maybe you'll just have to go to Disney and see for yourselves! =]

http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/