Back in fifth grade, one of the music teachers at my school came to my class and decided to give all of the students auditions to see who was good enough to join her chorus. She auditioned us in pairs and had us sing “Happy Birthday” as our audition piece. But we were singing “happy birthday dear Mickey Mouse,” and well… I found it pretty funny. I basically laughed the whole time she was playing it and she sort of looked at me funny, thanked me (I mean… we were all pulled out of class for this, right? It’s not like I made an effort to come in, haha), and sent me on my way. I did not get the little asterisk next to my name saying that I was wanted in her chorus. I decided to play the violin and that was that, I did it until I was 18. To be sure, I had fun in Orchestra, but I always figured that singing, at least in a formal atmosphere, was not something for me.
A few minutes ago I added the Chorus here at school to my class schedule. Pretty random, I must say. I started going yesterday and it was fun… I had no idea what I was doing during warm ups and I did have to hold back my laughter a few times, but I was mostly able to keep a straight face. I at least know how to read music, but I have never done it with my voice as an instrument, so it was an interesting experience. I had a quick audition at the end of class, and I was instantly relieved when I was not asked to sing songs about Disney characters, because we all know that my affection for Mickey Mouse and his gang has only increased in the past year; I definitely would have found it to be overly amusing. Instead I just had to sing some scales along with the Piano. I know that it was not a hard audition or anything like that, but it still made me happy when she smiled at the end and said “Okay! Good, so you’ll be an Alto!”Oh, and the best part? I GET PIE. Haha, since Kimberly, my roommate recruited me, we each get a fancy Marie Calendar’s pie. And we definitely coordinated it in such a way that we will have two tasty pies at the same time in our apartment. How exciting!
I think I am a bit more happy than I need to be about this, but honestly, it is my first time taking a “just for fun” class in a long long time. I mean, I love my English classes a lot, but college is about learning all sorts of things, right? It has been exciting to be taking a music class for the first time in over two years and to see music in a different light because of it. I am happy that my days of plowing through my G.E.’s so that I could transfer here are over, but I am also glad to not ONLY have to focus in on my major. It is nice to mix it up a bit.
So… I am dropping one of my English classes, along with the 7 (out of 25 total for all of my classes) books that I would have been required to read over the next 8 weeks. No worries, unlike last quarter, I will still be a full time student!
Other good bits: I am enjoying my job, I am enjoying my friendships, and I went Salsa Dancing last night.
