SPRING. IS. HERE!!!!! The weather this past weekend has been a dream--totally makes the past few months of horrible weather worth it. This was definitely a weekend that made me glad I live in New York. It was Weekend on the Square for all the adorable, wide-eyed and bushy-tailed incoming freshmeat at NYU which was kind of fun to experience second-hand. I never got to go to my Weekend on the Square because it was too far away, but it was fun to see all the little 'uns walking around WSP looking bewildered. I know the feeling, kids. It's also kind of crazy to think that in a matter of weeks, freshman year will be over and I'll be a wise fool once more. Where has the time gone??
This has been an interesting weekend, weather aside. I performed in First Stages which was a very interesting experience. The event was put on by the Vocal Performance program in conjunction with the Music Composition department. Music comp majors submitted pieces that were then sung by vocal performance (and music education) majors. It was a pretty short performance, I think there were eight songs and in total it was about 45 minutes. I met some pretty interesting people, both composers and people outside of the program which was nice. We had three shows, Friday and Saturday at 8pm and then Saturday at 3pm. The "matinee" was so poorly attended that Curtis (my friend/the guy organizing the event) had the performers sit in the audience to flesh it out a bit. Saturday night was definitely the best turn out, and I think the best performance. They filmed it so I'll be hearing about that soon.
I also went to Forbidden Belting tonight, which was put on by the VP juniors. Oh. My. Goodness. I find myself always in awe of the talent in my program. I can't believe sometimes that I got into such an amazing program, and that I'm one of these people. It was sooo much fun to watch my friends belt their faces off and sing repertoire that's "forbidden" (which is a total joke, we're encouraged to explore more contemporary repertoire as long as we do it healthfully and are mindful of the process they want us to follow). It was in a cool venue too, the Duplex Cabaret Room which was above the Duplex bar. We're thinking we might want to do a Forbidden Belting cabaret of our own when we're juniors at this location, because it was a really cool place. Very intimate, small but cozy.
Back to the beautiful weather. I spent as much time as I could outside, I think I even got a little bit of a tan :) I would bring a book or homework out to the park and read on the grass, and I walked around the West Village with Elle earlier today. It's been so nice that I've worn flip flops for three or four days in a row, and today I wore shorts!! I wore a dress yesterday too, it felt so nice. I think at this point the weather's only going to improve. There might be a few rainy spring days but spring is here to stay!! Spring is definitely my favorite season in New York--it's warm and sunny but not as humid and gross as summer.
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