Go, Tell It On The Mountain, Joshua Shank, And The Madrigals

i requested, yesterday, that my mother drive me to school this morning. See, the Madrigals, that is my amazingly epic choir, are singing for the Chamber of Commerce today. during 5th period.
(I GET OUT OF ECONOMICS, YAYAYAYAY!)
so i had to bring my velvets. It's this gorgeous black velvet dress with netting stuff at the top, and it's beautiful and very flattering. i actually look kinda good in it. But anyway. a Madrigal performance includes, at the moment, my velvet, my shoes, my socks, my make-up of various kinds, a comb, putting my hair up, a tin of bobby pins, and a dress bag. so i was like, "MOMMY, PLEASE DRIVE ME TO SCHOOL!" and she was like, "Okay."
so i woke up, threw everything into a bag, put that on a hanger with my velvet in a dress bag. and then i wandered downstairs, brushed my teeth (always important), and got in the car.
well, i got to school, walked in, opened the choir door, and was instantly greeted by a wall of sound. beautiful, glorious, Festival Deck the Halls type sound.
and i noted that i heard altos and tenors, but sopranos and basses were sadly absent. so i wandered over and realized that our president and my section leader, both of them sopranos, were there and singing, just against all of the altos and the tenors. so Paige, who's in my section, and i joined them. and then the basses showed up. apparently the tenors, altos, and basses had all three had sectionals. (mine were Tuesday and will be tomorrow)
So i joined them, and we all sang Go, Tell It On The Mountain. Joshua Shank's version.
i would like to say, here, that i am a major fan of Joshua Shank. his music is beautiful. like, he's my favorite composer.
and he's writing us the Spring piece in his Seasons Quartet... :D
i'm.
so.
excited.
like, you don't get it. i'm meeting one of my heroes. i'm.
so.
sooooooooooooooooo.
excited.
ecstatic.
delighted.
anxious.
nervous.
and he isn't even coming until the spring.
i collapse into girlish giggles when we talk about him. it's THAT bad.
:D
i even have a secret evil plan. mwuahahaha.
i'll tell you.
i love The Decemberists. sooo much. and their album, Hazards of Love, (a glorious rock opera) is easily one of my favorite cds, not just by them, but by anybody.
(Skillet and The Decemberists and Joshua Shank are all kind of on the same level of awesomeness in my book.)
well, i found this shirt that i want. it's a grey shirt with a tree on it, in, like, light red/pink, and above the tree it says The Decemberists, and below the tree it says The Hazards of Love.
and then i found out that Joshua Shank is a fan of The Decemberists.
(I read his blog, i'm not just a super creepy stalker... weeeeell... :D)
so my secret, evil, devious plan is to obtain and wear said shirt on the day that he comes, thus demonstrating how awesome i am. >_>
hehehehehe.
yes, i know, i have problems. but this is very exciting for me.
not only is he writing a piece of music specifically for us, for the Madrigals, for meeeee, he's coming down here to direct it and meet us.
i'm. ecstatic.
anyway, i digress. back to the story. the Madrigals were singing. and it was beautiful. it kinda clicked, you know? and it was glorious. so then i turned around and Logan walked in, so i jumped on him. because that's what i do. and then we all grabbed our stuff and left. and it just really put me in a good mood this morning.
hopefully today will be so much better than yesterday.
i like good days. bad days are not on my list of things i enjoy. (surprising, i know. :D)
but, so far, i'm in a marvelous mood today, and i plan on keeping it that way.
in just a few minutes, i get to go to Madrigals. i'm so delighted. i love feeling like this about my choir--like it's one of the highlights of my day.