And Nostalgia Sets In

I went to my cousin's senior choir concert tonight at Champaign Central High School. She was beautiful, and she sang the song I sang for my senior solo, "Maybe This Time," from Kander & Ebb's "Cabaret." I was so proud of her!!! And her mommy even played the piano for her. It was very awesometearfullovelyspecial.

HOWEVER, I was very unimpressed with everything else. There was a very small smattering of people in the audience (maybe 50-60); the choir members talked while they walked on stage and in between performances; a couple of the soloists weren't even prepared for their performances. It made me very sad, for when I was in the choral program there, the senior performances were so packed that people had to stand in the back.

I guess I just wish more people could have seen the hard work Megs put into her solo, which was by far the most rehearsed and professional one. I don't know why students aren't supporting their peers. I don't know what has happened to the once thriving choral department at CHS, where kids would bend over backward to participate. I also wish there could be some stability with the choir director. What's it been, J: three in nine years? I left with a bitter taste in my mouth, hungry for the dedicated music maestros of bygone days...like the ones below: Don't they look gorgeous? They're* so excited to be together, and they are thrilled to start singing. Most of the kids on stage tonight weren't even taking their gig seriously. :( Maybe I should go to EIU to get my music ed. degree, not my middle level teaching degree. Then Abby and I could take over the Unit 4 music program!



*I can't remember the girl's name between Libby and Jenn. Help me out.