Oh, dearest readers! My humblest apologies. I've been gone for far too long. I visited the blog this morning and after dusting the cobwebs off, I discovered my last post date- August 29th! 29th!!! So, here I am, making excuses. I've started college. Hold on, have to let that sink in for a second. I've started college. It's pretty great actually. I've made some new friends, learned some new things, and gotten into a new schedule. I'm actually rather enjoying it. My professors are pretty cool (especially my English professor, but maybe that's just because we have a lot in common). I must say, my favorite classes so far are Psych and English.
Anyway...enough about school. Let's talk about music. Music... I'm choreographing again, for those of you who don't know already. I'm acting/dancing in the Christmas musical at the church and for one of the main dance numbers, I get to choreograph! I'm so excited because I just finished the last piece today! I've been missing regular dance though. So, so much I've been missing it! My cousin and I talk about how awesome it would be to join a dance class together, but neither of us have the time. It's so frustrating! We could've danced in the church's group, but it met at the same time as something else I'm involved in. Actually, this brings me to my next announcement- I've joined a band! Getting involved at church this year has meant helping to start the band (which is named by my suggetion which was pretty cool). PS98 we call ourselves- after Psalm 98 which says this:
1 Sing to the LORD a new song,
for he has done marvelous things;
his right hand and his holy arm
have worked salvation for him.
2 The LORD has made his salvation known
and revealed his righteousness to the nations.
3 He has remembered his love
and his faithfulness to Israel;
all the ends of the earth have seen
the salvation of our God.
4 Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth,
burst into jubilant song with music;
5 make music to the LORD with the harp,
with the harp and the sound of singing,
6 with trumpets and the blast of the ram’s horn—
shout for joy before the LORD, the King.
7 Let the sea resound, and everything in it,
the world, and all who live in it.
8 Let the rivers clap their hands,
let the mountains sing together for joy;
9 let them sing before the LORD,
for he comes to judge the earth.
He will judge the world in righteousness
and the peoples with equity.
I am a singer. In all, there are 5 (ish?) singers and 7 (ish?) instrumentalists. And at this point, I must tell you something awesome. It was the Wednesday before last and it was the first week of band practice. Everyone was deciding if they wanted to go with the singers or go with the instrumentalists, and when all sides were decided, the instrumentalists left to go practice. That left me, four girls, and my mother and her friend who have to be there for liability reasons (and to keep us all straight- they're kind of our managers, I guess you can say. Ha! Just kidding...). Anyway, so there we were, just the seven of us and a grand piano, all alone in the sanctuary. We sat there for a while, just talking about who is a soprano, who is an alto, etc. We soon realized we had no way of singing the songs because we had no track. A few people who knew I could play that grand piano told me to get up there and do my thang. I offered it to someone (anyone) else, but they insisted I do it. (GASP! I GET TO PLAY THE STEINWAY?!) Ok, so it's not too bad. Fast forward a few minutes. Everyone is gathered around the piano, I'm banging out some chords, and everyone is singing in perfect pitch, harmony, and balance with everyone else. I mean, we really sounded GOOD. I smile a little smile. Occasionally we'd lose our place, or sing a wrong note, but I mean, we just went together. Really, really well. It was a fantastic feeling. If that's what it feels like to sing without practicing, I can only imagine how God will use us once we have practiced!
