so 11 years in 4-H might be about to pay off! i mean, i liked the club..it was annoying at times, but i do have many, many fond memories of the events i participated in that club...blood mobile cookie bakes (over 400 dozen and counting!!!), 4-H even paved the way for me to go to St.Louis whch is further away then i have been in my whole life! (i mean, technically, i had to earn it, but ok)...so i sent in my scholarship applications for 4-H..whew...i hope i get some from them! my wonderful 4-H leader wrote me a glowing letter (according to my mum, i didn't get to see it, of course, sealed envelopes and all that jazz), i do miss her...she was and still is an awesome lady! i mean...she has her own scholarship!! named after her and everything! but yeah...4-H rocked....and it was a such a nice alternative from girlscouts, the FFA and other such organizations....
so tomorrow is my all region jazz audition..as the defending 1st chair, i am gonna have to be absolutely stellar...i mean, i gots to WOW them from the moment i walk in, to the moment i leave....yeah sounds awesome, right..i can see it in a musical actually..the judges at their little table...scribbling fiercely...a spotlight upon them, all the rest of the room in dark...then you hear a door open... a feeble glow begins to highlight a solitary figure, the glow gleaming on the sax strapped around her neck...she paces forward, the light growing ever stronger... she stops some distance off, the judges still have not looked up...she grasps her saxophone..slowly bringing it up....the first mellow notes drip forth, soft at first, but still low, still throbing with soul..she raises her face as the judges stop scribbiling and look up in growing awe, they put down their pencils and just listen...! the melody goes on and on, until...!!! it fades back away....all of the sudden, spotlights! flashy sequins! chorus girls! neon lights! people singing, raging operas, its a musical! hana'li's audition is a show to boot! finally it all dies away, she is left playing her saxophone..calmly, a little sadly after all that sparkle....and then finally....it is over...the spotlight has faded back into a glow..and she turns...and walks back out of the room.
so here's hoping i do well tomorrow!
if i screw up, i'll just break into "Suddenly Semore" and hope someone in the room likes musicals ;)