Last night Dan, Jason, and I went to the Mountain View choir concert. Yes, that's right...we graced those hallowed halls of our beloved high school. Talk about walk down memory lane. As we sat there, laughing at the cheesiness of it all, and enjoying the fun of the Christmas production I went through a few emotions:1) Profound relief that I am not in high school. Let's be honest...that's an important stage of life that I would NEVER do again!
2) A little bit of longing to be a part of a group again (choir, swimming, etc.).
3) Gratitude that I still keep in touch with a lot of my good friends.
It's always the tradition for all of the alumni to join the choir on stage for the last song (which is always the Hallelujah Chorus). When Mrs. Matthews called us up I was so excited to see who else was going to be there! Up walked Shauna, Tiffany, Jeanne, Charlotte, Dan, and probably a lot more that I didn't get the chance to see! I had to laugh as I looked around and realized that we were probably the oldest graduating class there! I got to stand by Charlotte...just like old times! She told me after we sang that she was following me (too bad I was following her)! Good thing that we mostly remembered the song!
Well, after the concert Dan, Jason, and I went down to visit Richard and Kelli. Of course that led to another couple of hours of reminiscing. Wow...there were a lot of things that I had totally forgotten! It was SO much fun to sit there and talk about all the fun times we had together.
Of course, today I wanted to blog about it all, so I had to find some pictures. That led to a couple hours of looking through all of my high school pictures and bringing back even more memories!!! I've tried to not include too many...but here's your warning: LOTS OF PICTURES!
Here are the girls of Chamber Choir! I'm pretty sure this is on choir tour when we went down to Las Vegas!! woo WOO!
Oh Mrs. Matthews...she is definitely a saint!! She dealt so well with a group of "know it all" seniors! Thanks for your patience and love!
I had to include a picture of Marshall because we often stood next to each other in choir. One of my most vivid memories of choir is Marshall giving me a "good game" (but a little longer than a typical good game) and whispering "Just go with it!" Oh those infamous words! Of course, I always stood front and center, and he would do it right as Mrs. Matthews was getting ready to start a song! Thanks Marshall...thanks a lot!
Oh we all thought we were so cool!! Ha ha! Of course, Sio and Patrick really were cool! (Student Body President and New Kid at the School!) ;)
Anyone up for the Cup Game?!! (Which reminds me...does anyone have pictures of when Chamber Choir did Stomp...or whatever we were supposed to call it?)
What would choir be without choir tour?!! This is Patrick who sang with the Florida choir that kicked all of our butts in New York! I'm not exactly sure how we got to be such good friends during the competition. I've often wondered what happened to him...he wanted to go into music as I recall. Maybe someday I will find him again! Miracles happen, right!?
Okay...these next few pictures don't have anything to do with choir. But as I said, I was having so much fun looking at all of them that I had to share some more of my memories! I hope you enjoy them as well, as many of you are in them and a part of them!!
Yea for the Catalina Biology field trip!
Yea for friends!
Yea for the BEST COACH EVER!!!
Yea for Graduation (and for long hair)!
