Theatre Banquet

Hello all,

The theatre banquet was on Thursday, and that was a blast. Most of the seniors gave a speech and awards were handed out- I didn't get a letter or anything because I've only been in one performance venue, but I will next year! I'm going to do large group speech and individual speech, plus possibly one or both of the plays. of course, I'll have to make sure I'm not taking on too much, but I'll make sure I can balance everything. I don't have much else to say, but as always, leave questions or comments down below.

Bye for Now-
Eliza

Long Time No See

I know it's been a while since I've posted, but I've been really busy. Today's post is going to be me talking about some stuff that's happened, plus some upcoming stuff in the future. But first, a short overview.

• Show performance
• Interview
• Band banquet
• Theatre banquet
• Next marching show (note to self: talk about section leader/drum major auditions)

I had so much fun being in my school's play oh my goodness. It was taking up a lot of my time, and during dress rehearsals when I was getting home late, I was really wondering whether or not I wanted to do this next year. But then we opened, and I knew I'm going to want to stay involved with this. The energy between the cast members is almost tangible, and I love the camaraderie of everybody. Yeah, it's a lot of work, and yeah, it's time consuming, but the post-show excitement, and the cast dinner after the show, makes it SO WORTH IT. There's only one activity I've had so much fun doing, and that would have to be marching band. 

I didn't get into the volunteer organization I applied for. My parents got the letter on a Thursday or Friday, but they waited until Sunday to give it to me because they didn't want me distracted from the show- a good choice. I was really upset about it, but I've had some pretty positive stuff going on in my life now, and I really didn't dwell on it for long. 

My school's annual band banquet was on Monday, and that was really fun. It was a potluck, so everybody brought some food, and it was really fun. I talked to some friends I'm not super close with, but I'd definitely like to get to know them better. I teared up during the senior recognition, because my favorite section leader is graduating, and I really got to know her better because we were both in the play. I made her promise to come back and visit, and she said she would. I also got my band letter, so that was pretty cool! I'm going to have to wait before I can put it on a letterman's jacket though, because they're pretty expensive. The theatre banquet is tonight, so I 'm going to have to wait until after that's over to talk about that. 

Our next marching show is going to be a Freddie Mercury tribute. I don't listen to much of Queen's music; I only know parts of what few songs I do because of my friends. I really want to be on piccolo this year, so I'll have to talk to my band teachers about that. There's a sign up list for drum major and section leader auditions, but I'm not going to sign up for either. I don't want to be drum major- I'd miss marching too much. Being section leader as a sophomore would be a bad idea- none of the upperclassmen would listen to me, so I'm not going to do that this year. I think that's something I want to pursue though, but we'll see. 

Well, that's all for now. Thanks for reading, and thanks for putting up with my hectic schedule!

-Eliza