Amazing

Our choir performed at Orchestra Hall in the twin cities yesterday. We had the honor of singing there for the Minnesota Choral Arts Finale. Early this year we recorded a few songs and sent the tape in to a group of judges who listened and rated the choirs without knowing which recording was from each school. Out of many schools that sent in auditions, our choir was one of five choirs selected from the entire state of Minnesota. We traveled to Concordia College in St. Paul where we worked with the clinician on two of our pieces. After doing that and working on two mass pieces with the four other choirs, we got supper and got dressed for the concert. We then traveled to Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis and went through sound checks. Our choir has sung in three or four different venues this year, but none of them are even a fraction as amazing to sing in. The sound of the songs just carry so awesomely, the hall is so large, and the way the hall is set up is just brilliant. Singing on stage was one of the most exhilarating experiences I have ever had and I hope, that someday I can do something amazing and have the chance to perform there again.

Team

Being part of a team is more than just working together to accomplish a goal. It's more like helping your family reach their highest level of performance. During the course of a sports season, you and your teammates get very close and when a close-knit group of people push each other, you get results. Our school's wrestling team consistently has one of the best teams in the state, and it's not just the great coaches we have. There are a bunch of guys in one wrestling room for 2 hours straight working their butts off, and when you wrestle someone who is working that hard, you have to go that hard or you will get destroyed. And individuals on a team will often put the team before themselves. This year at the section wrestling tournament a wrestler competed for his team on a torn ACL, risking even more serious injury, to make sure that his team could keep the lead. That is what team is about.