#clayhighschool

Heyyyyyyyyyyyyyy..  How are you doing my friend? :)

For this post I'll talk on my music experience of my time in the USA!

Some of you might not know that I was an exchange student in US for a year. I was there from 2012-2013 and It had been a dream-come-true. Like honestly I couldn't asked for anything better. My life there was completely different from here.

Everything was different. Whether it's a time, culture, weather, people, races, food, continent, country.. I mean every single thing is different from my hometown. My host family lives at South Bend, Indiana. My mom name's Wendy. Dad name's Paul. 

For me they are the best people I will have ever known.

They treated me like a real family. When I was there, I didn't feel homesick or anything at all. Time was running by so damn fast. 

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I think I need to stop talking about them. Otherwise my it's gonna be a flood from my tears.. I miss them so much..

Now let's get straight to the point. 

My high school name is Clay high school. It is a fine art school that has a specialty in arts magnet. Clay specialize's in Dance, Music, Band, Orchestra, Choir, Drama, and Arts. There were lots of arts and music clubs for the student to join. Back in Thai high school, I did not even care to participate in any clubs because I knew it was gonna be lame. But for Clay, it seemed like I was interested in every single clubs there were.

Eventually I decided to audition for Clay's annually musical theater. At first I wanted to audition for the cast but then I realized my English were not as good as natives. So I canceled my plan. But then my American friend said I should go for a musician audition! because in order to perform a musical, a live music band is required! Now what's the waits? Go for it!

and so I want for an audition. It went well enough to get me in the band! I got to be in the guitarist position. Hoorayyyyyyy!

That year musical name was "Damn Yankeez"

Damn Yankees is a musical comedy with a book by George Abbott and Douglass Wallop and music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. The story is a modern retelling of the Faust legend set during the 1950s in Washington, D.C., during a time when the New York Yankees dominated Major League Baseball. It is based on Wallop's novel The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant.  (Source from here)

Back then I didn't know what it actually meant (and still don't) :P

But yeah. As soon as I saw the notes and lines I was like 

W!

T!!

F!!!

What the heck are these lines!!!!!!

But yes eventually I passed through it..

There were a total of 14 songs I needed to perform which I honestly had no idea what they were.. (and still don't..)

Here's the list of Damn Yankeez soundtracks

Overture

Six Months Out Of Every Year

Goodbye Old Girl

Blooper Ballet

Heart

Shoeless Joe from Hannibal, Mo

A Little Brains, a Little Talent

A Man Doesn't Know

Whatever Lola Wants

Who's Got the Pain?

The Game

Near to You

Those Were the Good Old Day

Two Lost Souls

I gained lots of music experiences from this musical show. It was my first time performing in foreign country and I proved that Asians are better than they thought :) hehe