Just a little update :-)

So, it's been a while since my last post, and I'm sorry for the delay. But a lot has been going on lately, mainly with school and shows and rehearsals and all that jazz (cue music for "All That Jazz" from 'Chicago'). Friday I had my audition for the musical theater program at Sam Houston State University. I have to be honest: I'm terrified. After getting rejected from the school of music at Sam, I'm worried that if this audition didn't go well that I will end up back at square one; stuck at Kingwood for ANOTHER semester and then try to find another college to apply to and go through the whole process all over again (it's a pain in the a** to apply for colleges; all the forms you have to fill out, all the paperwork you have to turn in, ugh) so yeah, I'm definitely extremely freaked out about this.

This semester has taken its toll on me, both mentally and physically, but it's almost over; only 1 week left of school, and then finals week. This semester I'm involved in a lot of shows and productions. The dance concert at the college, of course, is May 2nd, and thankfully that will be over before finals week, then I am also involved in a showcase with the Chamber Singers on May 11th and May 12th, the weekend after finals. It's basically like a talent show, where we will do various acts and songs. We're doing it to raise money for our recruiting trip in May that we do at the beginning of the spring semester and at the end of the spring semester. On the trip, we go to different high schools, sing for the choir kids there and try to convince them to come to Kingwood after they graduate high school. And at the end of the trip, we always go somewhere fun, like Galveston or to Artesian Lakes, but we need money to be able to do that, so we've been holding bake sales to earn money and we're going to do this showcase to earn more money. The auditions are on Monday, and I'm wanting to do a dance I've been working on, a monologue, and I want to sing a song, but we'll see what happens at the audition on Monday. Then, on May 18 and 19, the Kingwood Chorale is having our concert that weekend, and so that's another weekend where I'm booked.

Then I'm also doing another show at the Nathaniel Center with Opera Leggera. That show is called "As Time Goes By" and it's going to be a show with lots of different musical numbers from the 40s, 50s, 60s, and I think some 70s too. That's just music though, so I don't have any lines to memorize or anything, which is less stress on me. That show isn't until June though, so I've got time to learn all the music. And then, of course, my birthday is coming up. Going to be 22. Damn, I'm getting old.

But what I'm looking forward to the most is the trip to England and Scotland this summer. I'm so excited! I've only been on a plane once, when I was little, and I've only been out of the country once, to Canada, so I'm definitely excited about this trip, since I'll be going with some of my favorite people in choir and we get to sing in some really amazing places. We will be leaving on June7 and take an overnight flight, so we'll be on the plane for about 8 or 9 hours. We're going to stay in York for 3 days, then we go to the Lake District for 2 days, and then we head over to Edinburgh for 4 days and we come home on June 17. Only 40 more days until we go!

Well, I guess that's it for now. I'll post more once things start to calm down again and I have more time to get on here, haha! Until next time, ciao!