Field Trip #1

Unfortunately, I didn't get to go visit my sponsor this week, due to the massive amounts of snow we received throughout the week. I wasn't sure what I was going to do over the weekend, considering we were completely snowed in, but I finally came up with a good idea. We had to dig out my parents' car because my dad had to be at church, so I decided to go to church with my parents. Not many people showed up, but the few that did all sang in choir. Since there weren't many people there, my mom played the organ and I directed the choir. I really enjoyed myself, even though I was a little nervous. I've helped out during choir rehearsals before, yet never really directed for a Sunday service. My project is about vocal music, making this a perfect alternative for my weekly field trip. I was just a little upset that I forgot my camera to take pictures, but the picture shown above is from when I was little. I was involved in choir back then, as well. :]

What if...?

What if you could fly? What would be the first thing you would do? Where would you go? Well, I would absolutely love to have the ability to fly. That would be amazing! The first thing I would do is fly straight up into the sky and attempt to lay on a cloud. How awesome would that be? Then, I would fly to my best friend's house and take her for the ride of her life. I wonder if flying would make me tired. If it didn't I would fly to all the places in the world I want to visit, and the best part about it is it wouldn't cost me a dime to get there! I would just need some spending money. Now that I'm really thinking about it, I really wish I could fly. My whole world would completely change for the better. :]

All South Jersey Connection

I really wasn't sure what to relate my project to this week, at first. Then, I was playing around with my boyfriend's phone, and there was a video on there of one of the songs from my All South Jersey Chorus concert. Also, he had pictures of me from my concert on there. As most of you know, I was in ASJ for 4 years and I was honored. Unfortunately this was my last year and my last concert. Yes, I am very upset about that, but I will always have the memories, and I have a CD of each of my concerts. Vocal music is a huge part of my life and always has been. ASJ Chorus wasn't just some choir to me. It was a very significant part of my high school career, and I'm very proud of myself for sticking with it, even though it wasn't easy. I am definitely going to miss it.

Mr. Lupchinsky :]

This absolutely amazing man is my sponsor, Mr Dennis Lupchinsky. I am so happy that he agreed to help me out with my senior project. Honestly, I couldn't imagine shadowing anyone else and actually enjoying myself as much as I know I will with Mr. L. He is a choir teacher as School #4, but used to be my choir teacher, and I wish he still was. He is such an inspiration to me.

I will be visiting Mr. L once a week, but it may not be the same day every week, due to his schedule. He doesn't always have a class at the end of the day on one specific day of the week because School #4 has a rotating schedule. I will walk over to the school, considering it is right across the street from our school. (how convenient!?) I don't think that I will have any issues fulfilling my student sponsor obligation. If anything, I will probably see him more than I am required to. I haven't gone yet, but I will be going very soon.

Connection to Project #1

Today, in choir class, Mr. Polluck did a lot of different warm ups. He wanted to make sure people were actually attempting to improve on different aspects of their singing. He wants us to practice better diction, tone, dynamics, etc. Many of the kids in my class sounded the same as they did a couple weeks ago, meaning either that they didn't try to improve, or they need further instruction. I think people in my choir class need to listen to what Mr. Polluck says more intently because he definitely knows what he is talking about. He is just trying to making us a better choir overall.

Current Event

On Thursday, on a plane going from LaGuardia to Louisville, there was a bomb scare. A Jewish teen pulled out some sort of box, called a tefillin, and passengers mistaked it for a bomb, so the plane route was diverted. The plane ended up landing in Philadelphia, surrounded by the Bomb Squad and Homeland Security. Well, they removed the teen from the plane and talked to him about the box. He told them that a tefillin is a religious item that observant Jewish men use during weekday morning prayers. They let the cooperative teen back on the plane, where him and his sister were still allowed to continue on to Louisville. It was all just a big misunderstanding.

I saw this story on the news and read the article. I was interested mostly because my boyfriend left for Florida this morning, and his flight was delayed do to this incident. Of course, they were being told a completely different story about a hostage situation, and I was extremely worried. When their plane finally boarded, I was relieved, and then I saw the story on the news and felt even better knowing that my boyfriend and his family were never in harms way.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/01/21/national/main6123671.shtml

Good Deeds and Maturity

The other night, my boyfriend and I talked his son into sleeping in his own bed. He has feared doing so for a long time, but that particular night, he was willing and ready. Of course, after he said he would, he didn't want to go to bed. Kids will be kids. I know he was slightly nervous, even though we assured him if he wasn't ready he didn't have to. We told him if he needed anything that we were right next door. Then, we turned on his night light and tucked him in. To our surprise he slept through the whole night in his own bed. He's slowly becoming a big boy.