alma del core

I had my PA today for voice. So basically I spent my day freaking out about how I only knew the words to one of my songs and how I was in no voice to sing in front of the entire music faculty and how I didn't know if I was supposed to bow when I came in and how I couldn't forget to pronounce my accompanist's name correctly and how I looked fat in my dress and how this would probably be the most humiliating three minutes of my music journey at Gustavus thus far. Whew. It wasn't bad. At all. In fact, it went far better than I could have hoped. And I am now done with voice as a freshman, which is wonderful. I've kind of despised voice lessons throughout the year. From my teacher telling me to lift the aliens out of my head (among thousands of other instructions I couldn't understand) to my embarrassment when my morning "gunk" inhibiting any kind of nice sound became a weekly visitor to my lesson, I could have done without. However, now thinking back, I've learned this year. And free lessons is a really great annoyance to have. So thanks, Gustavus Music Department. And thanks, Trish; I'll be sure to keep an eye on the aliens throughout the summer.