Amount of Activities, Overwhelming!

Okay, so those who know me won't be surprised--I'm getting myself into too much stuff.

Yesterday I had an audition for the Technichords; WPI's no fella a Capella group. They were all extremely kind and welcoming, and I had a wonderful time despite my anxiety about auditioning. The song went pretty well, and even though they were nice it was a little disconcerting to have roughly ten people listening to you sing and taking notes about things. Also, the wind ensemble was rehearsing in the room just down the hall, so I had to sing a Capella with that going on. Needless to say, it was difficult, but hey, I got to sing, so I have nothing to complain about there! Then, they had me sight-sing the melody line from a song. That caught me off guard a bit, because I thought they had said we were going to be doing ear training where they would play something on the piano and then I would sing it back to them, which is what I am actually good at. After I attempted it, they encouraged me and had me sing that same arrangement with the second sopranos and first sopranos, and then the entire group to see how well my voice blended with theirs. I had such a fun time singing with them! They are incredible musicians, and if you get the chance you should check them out on iTunes, just look up the Technichords! It's an extremely competitive group to get into, so I probably didn't make it, but I had so much fun singing with them that it was worth the bit of anxiety just to audition. If I don't make it this time, I will definitely try again the next time auditions open up!

The girl who was auditioning before me, Melanie, was extremely nice. When she came out of her audition she gave me a hug even though she didn't know me and told me I would be great. I love people like that! She was talking to someone outside when I came out and started heading back to my dorm, and so we started talking about Harry Potter and Pokemon--I love going to a nerd school! We also ran into this guy named Owen who has been to all of the Game Development Club meetings, who joined in on our conversation about HP and Pokemon. We discussed which houses we think we would be in, and even almost broke out into a wizarding duel... unfortuantely I don't know enough fair spells to really duel effectively (I wished Navid and Roxy had been there, they would have been all over it!)mI had to leave early to get back to a floor meeting, and so he walked me all the way back to my dorm and we discovered that we both love D&D! He is actually registered with Wizards of the Coast as a DM, and was looking for a group! I think Megan, my roommate, and I will probably be joining him. He's so great!

I talked to my awesome RA, Maddie (who is a FIRST alum from Flagstaff, AZ :]) about the audition after our floor meeting, and she helped me look at the audition as a fun opportunity to sing, regardless of the outcome. If I don't get in, I plan on using the extra time as an opportunity to take tons of swing dancing lessons and possibly to compete, because the Social Dance club asked me to join when I went swing dancing with my friends last night and I had tons of fun dancing with them.

Tonight is also very busy! I am going to choir after my classes for about an hour and a half, and then we are all getting on a bus to O'Connor's, which is an Irish pub near the school. We all get free appetizers and drinks if we are of age (I wish I had a crazy straw for my water...) and we get to join tons of singers in really fun Irish folk music. I won't get back until ten, so I need to go look over one more physics problem from the homework that is due tonight (THAT I DID IN ADVANCE BECAUSE I AM A GOOD STUDENT.)

More later,

Lydia