#sfyca

Anyways, it was astonishing. I couldn't stop smiling throughout the first half. Playing a mixture of classical and folk tunes, they presented gorgeous pieces in silly ways, playing with the smoothest and clearest tone I've ever heard. To make it even better, they got sillier through the second half. To close they did a rendition of Carmen (the opera) in which they each played an important character. it was ridiculous. I couldn't stop laughing, and with every flourish of the main theme, the main trumpet playing Carmen tossed his wig, which barely fit over his voluminous jew-fro.

For their encore they played Flight of the Bumblebee. Nuff said. After a longish day of orientation/training, this concert was a perfect closer, its encore the silly party I'm currently at in which we are drinking Cook's and reading each other poetry.

I'm on a bus maybe ten minutes away from Eugene, OR on my way to a job at the Oregon Bach Festival. As a senior in high school I applied to this program I had put off looking at because of a summer job I had in Cali. YCA was that program, well, SFYCA (Stangeland Family Youth Choral Academy), but no one actually calls it that unless they're official. As a high schooler it was the most amazing experience. It was choral excellence in a choir of 70, 24/7. It was exhausting and exciting, and I doubt anything will ever compare. Except maybe this time.

When I was a participant in YCA my brother (who had participated as a student) was working as an AD (Activity Director) which is basically a counselor at this super intense choir camp. You can only do it once you're 21, so this year I applied to work as an AD. And here I am, on my way to that exact job. I'm pretty sure the bus just pulled off at the exit for Eugene, so I have to wrap up. To sum up, this is possibly going to be the most amazing experience of my life.