7 years in the life of a choir kid

I have to agree with Linus on this one! I've been a "choir kid" since third grade- that's seven years. It'll be ten by the time I graduate. Choir (Freshman Ensemble, technically) is better this year than ever before. It's the class I look forward to the most each day, partly because I can't wait for Bio/Gym to be over, but mostly because my throat feels all clogged when I don't sing for a certain amount of time (seriously). That's one of the reasons I am always singing in public (yeah...), around the house, or in the shower.

When I started in the third grade chorus at Roberts, it wasn't even my choice. My mom just thought it would be cute and signed me up. So I continued with it in fourth grade at the UES.  It wasn't really a conscious choice, I was 9 years old, what was I thinking? But it was fun enough so I kept with it in fifth and sixth grades, when I was also in band. I think I just liked being in the concerts, though I used to get really nervous and I don't know why.

Naturally, in seventh and eighth grade, I stayed in choir. By then I was really enjoying it. However, the only real highlight of WAMS choir was our annual Music in the Parks competition at Hershey Park. Other than that, all our teacher did was yell at us. She didn't like us very much. Also, she was bipolar. When I tried out for treble choir and didn't make it, the only 'constructive criticism' she gave me was to tell me I have a "pleasant" voice. Last time I checked, pleasant means good. But Hershey Park day was the BEST!!!

No matter how great that was, nothing beats choir at MHS. We have the BEST new teacher ever, she's literally the exact opposite of the old teacher who retired. And it's weird that she's only 8 years older than us. When I think about my Honors Concert Choir audition next Friday, I can't help but be nervous and start shaking, but then I remember it's only Ms. Conrad, how bad can it be??? (For example: yesterday I went to see her during 7th pd lunch to change my audition slot from Tuesday to Friday but we had to wait outside the classroom because it was locked. A few minutes later she comes walking down the hallway with her lunch and she's like, "Sorry guys, it was grilled cheese day so I just had to buy lunch!" I don't know why we thought that was really funny but it was :)

So, that's all for now. Time to go work on my chromatic scales!