Magical Music Moments

I talked to a good friend tonight who asked me some personal questions for fun. One of the questions that came up was to name my favourite musical moments in my life. It really got me to thinking about some of the best moments of my entire life. Not just musically but as a human being. So I thought it would be neat to share them for this cyberspace world.
I have a few that stick out in my head. Lets go in order of my life, because that seems logical.
1)I once did this solo at school in "this land is your land" and it was pretty epic. you would be jealous.

2)I did my first major solo at the winspear in this song and it was really cute. I was pretty good too.

3) I sang at this festival in banff for 3 years. The rocky mountain music festival. It was the highlight of the choir year from me. You go to see other choirs, and see clinicians, and have your own choir work with a clinician and its just an amazing experience. My second year in banff was particularly special to me. It was part of my last week in the country before I left for a long student exchange to africa. I was scared and wasnt even convinced I was going on this exchange. I just didnt want to leave my life here behind. I talked to a few friends about it extensively. We were singing our showcase concert in a small intimate church, as the main hall was being renovated that year. So we sung in this packed church and the world went quiet for one song, and my fear of leaving was gone. My very very good friend Adam, is probably the sweetest person you could ever meet. He also has an incredible voice. He got the solo in one of my favourite songs. "FARE THE WELL,LOVE". He sang this solo and looked at me as we surrounded the audience, and I felt like this moment was made just for me. I bawled. It was such a content moment for me. I connected with him on such a personal level for that one song, that was just SO special.

4)After leaving banff, I went on the most incredible trip of a lifetime. I travelled across the world to South Africa. I stayed with a family there, and went to school for a few months. During my time off at the school I worked in a preschool called "Emyezweni" for quite some time. I got very close with these children, and the teachers there. It was a very special time in my life.
This whole trip happened through an exchange via my choir. My choir, (as I have mentioned in other posts), was a huge part of my life aswell. I ended up waiting to meet up with the choir after my exchange, as they were on tour the last month I was in Africa. So I stayed an extra month to meet up with everyone before heading home. On one of my last days in africa, our choir went to the township of the preschool, to visit some other schools.
We made an impromptu trip to Emyezweni and visited with the kids there. We all knelt down surrounding the kids and sang soft African lullabies with them, and then they sang to us. We played games with them, and sat with them, learned their songs, and just spent time together. It was one of the most special moments of my life. Two of the most special groups of people in my life together, sharing time enjoying eachothers' company. It was truly amazing.

Goodbye AGA..

Tomorrow is the last day of semester one. I will miss it, and I'm also really glad its over. My only semestered class this time was my graphic arts class. Which has been quite the adventure. Some memories to look back upon this semester and things that made my life more interesting:
the one who shall not be named
Szram
The hobo
his dad
the bum
the dinosaur noise boy.
tits magee
the slapping (bum to hobo, and to a certain teacher..)
GORD.
the silly projects, and the awesome ones
the ugly boy who "only dates models"
the weird girl who "volunterily hugs him.. eww"
The life chats with debourcier
the laughing until tears formed,
and the keeping eachother sane.

Thanks for the ridiculous semester team AGA. I'll miss it all. ( well almost all).

Reminisce.

I hate that I've lost touch with some really important people in my life. My two best friends from last year Esther and Ian I talk to once every few months. And last year we spend EVERY SINGLE DAY together. I have my best friend now Erin, and I love her to pieces. She keeps me sane. And I'm not saying that I dont appreciate the friends that I have now, I just really miss some of my old friends.
Some of my best friends for years were in choir with me, and it is a very odd situation to not have that choir anymore, and its even weirder to have lost contact with all of these amazing people.

I miss my friend Fahim. Who was really my big brother. He taught me so much, in a loving, -I'm not judging you, but really just want to help you- kind of way. I miss going for milkshakes and talking about the world, and playing crib, and watching
stupid movies.

I miss my other big brother Keith. He and fahim were generally one unit, that would always hang out with me, together, and we would laugh about nothing for hours. And Keith and I would sit and talk, or jam while he played trombone (HAHA).

I miss my big sister Jessica. Who I could talk to about anything. I miss her advice, and her admitting she had no advice, but plenty of hugs and icecream. I miss watching house, and silly french movies.

I miss steve. Who talks to my mom now, and I havent heard a word from him in months. And that really bothers me. I know she's still sick, and needs encouragement and friends, but a single hello, how are you handling things would have been nice.

Kokopelli was FULL of my older siblings, and anyone I could talk to for hours, about nothing and just enjoy the company, or talk about incredibly important things.

I have a few quite close friends now, but I also miss feeling like I have a place somewhere other than home. I dont want to go back to choir now, because its an entirely new group of people, and I dont know them. Its not the people I knew and loved. I really just want to sit here, and reminisce about how great last year.


AND I WAS THE BITCH WHO TOOK IT FOR GRANTED UNTIL IT WAS FAR TOO LATE.