and a couple weeks pass.

whew! What a day it's been - no, more like what a week this will be. While it will be busy, today was a good start.

Today was marked by our first jazz choir rehearsal with the jazz band. It may sound a little nerdy, but it is really an awesome feeling to be singing in front of such a powerful group.



Not only was that opportunity interesting, it also changed the dynamics of a group tonight. No music buffs, I do not mean we were strategically louder or softer than usual. I mean that we all left the rehearsal room rejuvenated. As a group, we are undoubtedly a hodge-bodge of a ten person group: 2 Phi Psi's, 1 the peace house, 1 German international student, 1 that is in BSFFA (beloit science fiction and fantasy association), 1 trance dj, 1 guitar rocker, and myself - [insert an incredibly vague characteristic here). In other words, most of us do not usually pass a good deal of time with each other outside of our 6 hours of rehearsal a week.

However, tonight we all left the rehearsal together and walked back to residential side of campus laughing and joking around (by this, I mean speak in heavy Russian accents - its something we have been doing a lot lately). I was thinking why tonight was different and why we didn't just part ways like we do every Monday. I came to the conclusion that as we have grown together as an ensemble, the relationships between the members of the group have grown as well. Tonight was an awesome experience that a large number of people never get the chance to experience and we were all able to experience together.



*the are from chamber singers, not jazz choir - nonetheless, they are still nice.