Summer!

Yay! my first blog!...ok..so summer is over. School has started and I don't like it. I miss sleeping in and everything else that comes along with summer. My summer was basically...amazing. I started off my summer by going to Camp RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Award). The camp was held in Capitan, New Mexico in the mountains. It was my first REAL camp...like cabins and everything! The first couple of days were kinda weird because i didnt know anybody. As I started meeting people, it got better. Rotary has a program thing called the Rotary Youth Exchange Program and at this camp there were 5 exchange students who were some of the most amazing people ive ever met. They were from Brazil, Argentina, Poland, Australia and France. The two that i really got to know were from Brazil and Argentina. They were really friendly and their views on things were really different. They told me how lucky we are to have the things that we do here, and how much different it is. Sadly, they went back home a month later but i still keep in touch with them. While I was at Camp RYLA, i got a phone call from the professor of horn at WTAMU, Mr. Lemon. Basically, he wanted me to play with his ensemble at the 2008 INTERNATIONAL....INTERNATIONAL Horn Symposium in Denver, Colorado. Of course I said yes, and this leads to my second major summer memory. A couple of weeks later I went to WTAMU BAND CAMP 2008!!!! The camp lasts two weeks but i was only there one week because the second week is when i was going to Denver. Band Camp was good...i was second chair top band...i had a really bad audition and got beat by the most annoying girl EVER, but its ok cause i got invited to play in denver and she didnt :) the annoying girl is the girl sitting in front of me...i had loads of fun and made alot of memories...anyways...after that i left to Denver and had the most amazing week of my summer. The whole convention was about HORNS!..everything music wise that i had EVER wanted was there and i got EVERYTHING i wanted. I loved waking up in the morning, looking out my window and seeing the rocky freakin mountains! I played two concerts there and they turned out really good. I met one of the best horn players in the world and carried on multiple conversations with him and even got a picture!!! (the pic is to the right)I met alot of people and made a ton of new friends. the best part is that they were all for the most part exactly like me :)...theyve been throught the whole band obsession thing. the only difference is that they've grown out of it. anyways, Denver is full of things to do and i would recommend going if you can. It was really sad when we had to leave, but we had to! I came back home and started summer band, which went ok...i guess. and now school has started and summer is over..:)