Today, I went to a band festival with our wind ensemble group. Festival is basically a “competition” where us band kids dress formally to perform and be critiqued/rated by judges. Last year, we participated in the SCSBOA festival {Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association} and received a rating of good for our performance. A good is basically a 3/5 rating. This year, we went back and performed for the judges and improved our rating to an EXCELLENT- a 4/5 rating. Our wind ensemble definitely improved from last year.

I believed I did a pretty good job. The only thing I messed up on is skipping an eighth note by accident during a song. It’s not noticeable. The best thing of it all: I didn’t squeak! I played pretty loud myself, bumping up the low winds like there’s no tomorrow.  We had to also dress formally for the performance. I wore a simple black dress- which you can find the pictures on my Tumblr.

For the past couple of days, I have been going around the school asking the staff members and students to help donate to my “cause” in participating in this year’s Relay for Life Event. As a participant, I need to fundraise at least $100. I normally don’t like going around asking people for donations.. But I managed to find a way to gather up $92 in 2 days. I just need $8 more to go and I’m finished! The hardest part in anything is finishing up in the project you started. I’m getting there!