Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Jazz Night!
We just had Jazz Night tonight, and I just wanted to record this day because I'm in a really good mood. This was phenomenal!!

Two middle school bands played, and two high school bands played (us, and our sister school). And I was SO worried that we were gonna suck, and that one of the middle school bands (that has a LOT of kids) was gonna be better than us, but my mom said definitely we were better than both the middle school bands, which is a relief, and also makes me really happy.

And then they had a semi-professional band play at the end - the "Paul Miller" band. They were REALLY good, and my regular band teacher (not the Jazz band teacher), played with them. It was GREAT!

When I go to college, I want to see more Jazz shows, and I want to KEEP PLAYING!!! ^__^

I was so excited for it today, because I got a chance to wear Goth Loli at the concert!!! Our Jazz Director wanted us to wear all black, and I was going to wear the ruffle top I had. I was also in the process of making a goth loli black skirt (with ruffle), so I sped up the process, sewing, placing, and sewing (again) the ruffle in the space of three days (I actually finished the *final* sewing today, in fashions, lol).

I tried the skirt (w/o ruffle) with the top on Monday, and I put on make-up with it (dark blue eyeliner and brown eyeshadow!), and then did up my hair in a half-bun on the side. I thought it looked a little inappropriate (dark) for the concert but my mom said it looked good, so I wore it!

I think I was one of the most dressed up people performing, but I really felt good, and pretty cool in my outfit & make-up. ^_^;

Okay, enough about the fashion, more about the music!

Our band was REALLY small, compared to everyone else's - we only had ten people, but we were still really good.

And our bass player is this adorable chibi kid (who, if he was older, I would totally think is CUTE!!) form the middle school, since our real bass player quit on us. Actually, so did our guitar player (he's a damn flake), but we didn't have time to replace the guitar. ^^;

But this kid, Nick, is SUPER friggin' amazing on the bass. He had like four rehearsals with us, and just got it. He's really amazing.

It's quite unfortunate that he's going to our sister school (GRR - fierce rivalry!), but I told him (have told him several times) that if he ever wants to switch, our school would be more than welcome to have him. We'll "save" him from the other school. XD

And after I said that tonight, right before I left, I just said "You're a great player. Keep on playing," because he really is, and no matter where he goes, it would be a TRAVESTY to waste that TALENT!

Anyway, that's all for now. G'night.