I don't think I've ever been so happy to be done with an orchestra concert as I am tonight. I was getting so sick of going to orchestra rehearsal three times a week and playing those same suites over and over again. But now we're done and we can start on our new pieces for our last concert of the school year! There's not too much to report on about the concert. I think it went pretty good. At least the crowd seemed to appreciate it, giving us a lengthy standing ovation. I'll take that as a good sign.
Good-bye "suite" concert music. Hello new music.
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Sunday, March 21, 2010
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Pew-sitting
I feel like I sat in pews all day. I went to the Village Chapel church with Jonathan. He was in a men's quartet that was singing at a 4 p.m. benefit concert for Haiti so we decided to just go there for church and stay for potluck and whatever practicing he needed to do before the concert. The church service is always interesting at Village Chapel. The random spontaneity sometimes reminds me of my home church although it seems like all three times I've been to the VC the same sort of spontaneous things happen. This time Joel left his seat at the front of the church a little bit into the service and told Jonathan and John that the quartet had been asked to sing for the second of two special musics. Apparently the VC choir was supposed to sing but that had fallen through for some reason. So they left to practice, returning just before going up front to sing "Steal Away." It was awesome to hear the King Herald's-esque song. At home we sometimes play those CD's on Sabbath mornings.
After church and a humourous but still heartfelt sermon about marriage and how the church is like a marriage, we went to the fellowship hall for potluck, which was pretty good in my opinion. Then Jonathan and I worked on getting caught up in our Bible reading. The last half of Exodus and the first bit of Leviticus is really bogging us down, but we got a lot read while also soaking up the early-spring sunshine. Then the various music groups practiced and I listened and then sat back in the church pews for the concert, which I think went pretty well. The quartet sang "Good News Charriot's A Coming," which was nice to hear again too.
After that Jonathan and I went back to my apartment so I could change and grab something to tide me over for a few hours until we could have another meal. Then we went to Collegedale Church to hear Bryn play for her first Evensong. I thought she did great for playing in her first one ever and for only playing the organ for a year and a half or so. I went and congratulated her as soon as Evensong was done and then Jonathan and I rushed off to meet Tim and get a ride to the church plant in East Ridge where evangelistic meetings have been taking place. The quartet sang both songs, one at the start and one at the end of the meeting so we had to sit through the whole thing. The meeting itself was fine, but I was rather tired, by that time, of sitting on pews.
About halfway through the meeting I got a text from the Accent editor asking me if anyone was writing the story about BCU night. I freaked out. I had no idea BCU Night was today and felt terrible that I hadn't found someone to write the story. And I was stuck in East Ridge right about the time the event was starting. I furiously texted a bunch of people on the Accent staff asking them if they were on campus and could write the story but everyone was either off campus or already had plans. I moved on to people who I knew had taken News Reporting without any luck and finally I tried to get people that are currently in News Reporting. Finally, when the meeting was out I was able to talk to Josh on the phone and he agreed to cover the story for us.
Right about that time Tim had driven away to make it back for a banquet for the police and firefighters of Collegedale that his sister was in. In his haste to get back in time, he had left Jonathan and I in East Ridge. We tried pleading for a ride from a few people before Joel and John took pity on us and let us squish into the tiny back seat of Joel's truck. We were so happy to get a ride back to Collegedale that we didn't mind too much. They dropped us off at Jonathan's van and we went back to my place and hung out with Ty and Kim who were at mine and Bryn's apartment before leaving them to talk while we played some World of Goo to end the evening. Wow, now that I've written everything out it seems like a super packed day but it was fun and very different than recent Sabbaths.
After church and a humourous but still heartfelt sermon about marriage and how the church is like a marriage, we went to the fellowship hall for potluck, which was pretty good in my opinion. Then Jonathan and I worked on getting caught up in our Bible reading. The last half of Exodus and the first bit of Leviticus is really bogging us down, but we got a lot read while also soaking up the early-spring sunshine. Then the various music groups practiced and I listened and then sat back in the church pews for the concert, which I think went pretty well. The quartet sang "Good News Charriot's A Coming," which was nice to hear again too.
After that Jonathan and I went back to my apartment so I could change and grab something to tide me over for a few hours until we could have another meal. Then we went to Collegedale Church to hear Bryn play for her first Evensong. I thought she did great for playing in her first one ever and for only playing the organ for a year and a half or so. I went and congratulated her as soon as Evensong was done and then Jonathan and I rushed off to meet Tim and get a ride to the church plant in East Ridge where evangelistic meetings have been taking place. The quartet sang both songs, one at the start and one at the end of the meeting so we had to sit through the whole thing. The meeting itself was fine, but I was rather tired, by that time, of sitting on pews.
About halfway through the meeting I got a text from the Accent editor asking me if anyone was writing the story about BCU night. I freaked out. I had no idea BCU Night was today and felt terrible that I hadn't found someone to write the story. And I was stuck in East Ridge right about the time the event was starting. I furiously texted a bunch of people on the Accent staff asking them if they were on campus and could write the story but everyone was either off campus or already had plans. I moved on to people who I knew had taken News Reporting without any luck and finally I tried to get people that are currently in News Reporting. Finally, when the meeting was out I was able to talk to Josh on the phone and he agreed to cover the story for us.
Right about that time Tim had driven away to make it back for a banquet for the police and firefighters of Collegedale that his sister was in. In his haste to get back in time, he had left Jonathan and I in East Ridge. We tried pleading for a ride from a few people before Joel and John took pity on us and let us squish into the tiny back seat of Joel's truck. We were so happy to get a ride back to Collegedale that we didn't mind too much. They dropped us off at Jonathan's van and we went back to my place and hung out with Ty and Kim who were at mine and Bryn's apartment before leaving them to talk while we played some World of Goo to end the evening. Wow, now that I've written everything out it seems like a super packed day but it was fun and very different than recent Sabbaths.
Friday, September 11, 2009
Owl City
Last night my sister and I and a friend of ours left Collegedale as soon as orchestra rehearsal finished at 6:15 p.m. We somehow made it to Atlanta just before 8 p.m. and to the concert venue a few minutes later. We called my brother, Tyler, and he came out to meet us and escorted us in to let the ticket lady know we were with him. Ty and three of his friends had left Southern around 5:30 p.m. and only got to Atlanta a bit before us. Anyway, what I'm trying to say is that we went to an Owl City concert in Atlanta and it was great! They even performed my two favourite Owl City songs, so I was pretty happy about that. The only bad thing about the concert was that there were two opening bands before Owl City and they weren't that great. Bryn, Jonathan and I walked around downtown Atlanta after listening to the first band, Unicorn Kid, for a few minutes. We wanted to rest our ears up so we could actually hear when Owl City played. It was a good thing we did, because Owl City was awesome and not too hard on the ears, loudness-wise, either.
Today carried on the goodness from the concert. I went to McKay Books and bought 28 children's books. The cheapest book was 10 cents and the most expensive was $3.75. I felt like I made a pretty good investment and a great addition to my library. I love McKay's!
Today carried on the goodness from the concert. I went to McKay Books and bought 28 children's books. The cheapest book was 10 cents and the most expensive was $3.75. I felt like I made a pretty good investment and a great addition to my library. I love McKay's!
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