Jazz Festival

This morning, our school jazz band went to go perform in the Metro State Jazz Celebration Festival. We played Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy and Take Five for the two judges. After we finished our performance, the judges talked a little bit and then started to give us tips. They showed us how to play around with the beat and rhythem and how to do improvisation. It was SO COOL!!! They gave us so many tips and hints that made us sound amazing! It was a great learning experience and I had sooooo much fun!!! :)
This is a picture of my dream flute... It is an open-hole Gemeinhardt with a low B foot and an offset G... :)

Ski Trip

The 8th Graders go on an 8th Grade Ski Trip every year, and this year, it was our turn! We drove up to Snow Mountain Ranch Thursday afternoon and got there at about 5:30. Then we put all of our bags and things in the rooms in the lodge. After that, we all went down to the KIVA. Most of my friends and I had already been to Snow Mountain Ranch before and were familiar with the KIVA so we knew exactly what we wanted to do. First played volleyball and then we got roller skates and all went rollerskating together. It was so much fun!!! :) We were falling all over the place... Hahahaha... My friend, Laura, and I go ice skating together sometimes so we had a little more experience than others, but we all had a great time.

Next, we walked back to the dorms and got into our warm clothes. We all hopped back into the buses and vans and drove down to the Frazier Tubing Hill. We tubed from about 8 to 9:30 and had a blast! We did some runs individually and then we did some group runs down together also. On one run, we had almost the entire grade and all of the chaperons go down together and it was SO much fun. After that, we were all exhausted and went back to the dorms to go to bed.

The next morning, we got up at 6, got dressed in warm clothes, had breakfeast, and set off to go skiing. It was soooooo cold and the wind was blowing very hard, but we didn't care... We were all skiing and snowboarding together and having a great time! We skied from about 8AM to 3 PM and only took a 30 minute break for lunch. It was SO MUCH FUN!!!!! I started out with a bunch of my buddies that snowboard and a couple that ski and we did some blues. After lunchtime, I switched and went with my other skiing friends and we did blue-blacks and blacks and had a great time! :) The snow was powdery and perfect for skiing and I had a wonderful time!

Here are some pictures and videos of us on the trip...

Jazz Band

I play flute in the jazz band at my school and we had practice this morning. I LOVE jazz band! We play the most fun songs ever! Also, some of my friends are in it with me so that makes it even more fun! :) haha... Anyways, we are practicing the songs Take 5, Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, and It Don't Mean a Thing right now and if you haven't heard of any of these songs... LOOK THEM UP!!!! Haha... They are soooo fun to play and they sound amazing with all of the different instruments(flute, piano, saxophone, trumpet, drum, bass, and occasionally, a singer).

I don't normally go around listening to jazz music, but something about playing the songs is so much fun! If you play an instrument or sing, you probably feel this way too. It's hard to describe, but something about music or playing music is so cool and I LOVE it! I listen to music all the time and I am obsessed with it!!!! :) If you play an instrument or just love music like I do, I would love to hear about it through the comments you leave!!! :)
This is a picture of my friend Amanda(on the right) and I playing a jazzy song on the flute together in 5th grade!!! :) I just found this and thought it was hilarious! We have been playing flute together since 4th grade and we always have a great time. She is one of my jazz band buddies:) hahaha

Something Funny

I have been doing a lot of quotes and poems lately but I just love them! Here is a another one:

It's funny 'till someone gets hurt... then it's hilarious!!!!

Hahaha my friend said this to me today when he was playing around with another one of my other friends and I just had to laugh!!! :)