Showtime!

Last night was my percussion ensemble concert and it was awesome! I hadn't performed since April and was so excited to get back on the stage but also a teensy bit nervous. You'd think after 10 years of performing It would be no sweat but let me tell you I still get butterflies! woah wait, 10 years? that's half my life. Crazy!!

Anyway, I played bells, marimba, chimes, african drums and a log drum....yes you read it right haha, with real rubber tree sap mallets. We had special guests perform with us and it was a blast. There was tons of rhythms going on at once that I had to really focus on my part to avoid getting screwed up but after a minute I got into the groove and just felt the music, letting it come naturally, as always.

I was really stoked for this show because I had a lot of people coming to see me! My mom and dad went (it was their anniversary last night, Happy 26th!), my two sisters, cousin Carla and Ruben, and the bffs Ashley and Yunchin. That's about the most people I've had come to one of my shows in a long time!

All of the songs were great, we played mexican cumbias and ballads, contemporary marimba music, pretty classical tunes, ragtimes, guatemalan, ecuadorian, taiko drum and african songs, it was a long show. They were all kick ass, but extensive! My feet hurt from standing and then after the show we all had to haul everything back to the band room, on foot. I carried two african drums on my shoulders, two cymbal stands in each arm, the windchimes in my left hand and some shakers in my right. ouch! Luckily a guy offered to help me out so I didn't end up dropping anything which is good. After about the 3rd trip, I wheeled the music stands back and then bailed because I still had to do assignments for my music business final the next day! and it was already 10:30!

I typed what I could and passed out. I don't even remember falling asleep. Seriously. I woke up in my concert clothes and the laptop died and was on my pillow. I rubbed my eyes and continued working. Robot status. I worked until I ran out of time, got dressed in 5 and was out the door. I managed to finish by the way, and am pretty positive I aced this test! let's hope!

That was my night and morning in a nutshell. some nutshell. Must be a huge nutshell cause I wrote a lot lol. How many times did I just say nutshell? nutshell.