Busy, busy day.
Solo & Ensemble was on Saturday. PAC regionals were also on Saturday, so I couldn’t go to our performance, but went after S&E to see some plays and the award ceremony.
Taylor, Tyler, and I did really well on our trio. We just needed to exaggerate our dynamics more. We got a one for our trio! I was very excited. Then I had to play my solo, which was running late so I had plenty of time to warm up and get nervous. A lot of people came in and watched me, which was okay, but it made me nervous until I started playing. I did really well, I watched the video later, and I made three mistakes. The judge said the first half of my song was the best playing he’d heard all day, which was a really good confidence booster, because ever since I cut my lip, I hadn’t sounded quite as good, but in the last month or so the muscles in my mouth healed really quickly. I got a one on that too. Taylor got a one, but I didn’t get to see him play, and I don’t know what Tyler got.
Then we went to get lunch, and then right to regionals. I heard we did really well, the actors were great, scene changes were really fast and quiet, and we were finally under time(!). After all the other schools went there was a dance party in the lobby with really lame music, but still fun, and then the award ceremony. We got four excellence awards (I think) and then we had the superior awards, and almost every group got one, except for one, but I still love them and think they’re awesome. Other schools didn’t get that many, but we still got third, we missed out on second by three points. We did get a one rating though. It was a little disappointing, especially for the seniors. We still did really well everyone is proud of everyone else, so it’s okay.
After we got back Anna and I decided last minute to go to the dance at the high school, it was semi-formal and we were in our PAC clothes, so it was a little funny. We had a lot of fun and it was worth going, I only got one weird look for being in a t-shirt,