All--State Honor Choir...

After almost a year of singing in ve and continually getting frustrated and mad and accomplishing nothing, I think I had forgotten how brilliant, and how moving, choir can actually be. How a hundred and fifty voices can somehow blend into one pure tone. How pianissimo can be a hundred times more powerful than fortissimo. How amazing things can be accomplished if everyone is devoted to the group, and not to their own voice. Watching mixed choir was absolutely incredible, and every second of it had us all captivated. My favorite part, though, was their last gospel song because of one person--not because of his voice, but because he performed with SO much passion and expressed his emotions with his entire body--it's like he radiated joy and it infected us all, because watching him all I could do was grin, and want to laugh and cry at the same time, because it was such a beautiful scene..... He honestly gave me some hope in our world, made me think maybe things aren't so messed up after all. And of course breaking out the 'Soulja Boy' dance in rehearsal was pretty memorable too. Haha.......