This has been such a crazy busy weekend!! I think over the course of the weekend, from Friday afternoon to Saturday night, I was only home for maybe a total of six hours, that's how busy I was with concert preparations.
I was on the decorations committee with Ursula and Jerry, and we spent Friday afternoon coming up with fake dating profiles for each of the members to hang up on the walls, and then we also went to buy paint and cut out cardboard to use to make a Polaroid-esque cutout that people could take pictures with (our social media integration). We had rehearsal Friday night from 8-10 and then Ursula and I went to the Brooklyn apartment (where Jerry and two other Mixtapes live) to continue working on the decorations. Ursula was working on the dating profiles while Jerry and I painted the Polaroid cut out. I was very proud of myself for being artistic and painting, it made me really happy. And it turned out really well! By the time we finished, it was around 3 in the morning so Ursula decided to just stay as opposed to making the hour-long trek back to Manhattan. We slept on the couches downstairs and then left around 11 the next morning. We got back to Manhattan a little after noon and agreed to meet up again around 2:30/3 to buy wall decorations and other decorations for the room. I went home, took a two hour nap, showered, and then headed down to meet Ursula. We spent about an hour shopping for decorations and then we came back to my room to get ready before call at 6.
We got to the venue a little before 6 and quickly ate before going in to start the decorations. I think it ended up looking pretty cool. Our color scheme was black, white, and red so we bought black, white, and red streamer things that we hung along the walls, and we put the fake dating profiles underneath them. We set up the Polaroid cut out by the door so that people could take pictures if they wanted.
We had a quick sound check for the Vocaholics (one of the all-male groups) and for the Cleftomaniacs (the all-girl group) and for us and then we mingled for a bit until it was time for the concert to start. The Vocaholics opened and they were incredible! I went to all their concerts last year and I still love them, I'm such a huge fan. Then the Cleftomaniacs went on, and they were good too. Finally it was our turn! Josh and Ian went to go set up the microphones and then we all ran down the center aisle onto the performance area.
It was such an incredible experience. I thought I was happy before about being in the group, but having our first concert changed everything. I was on such a high from the performance and hearing the audience cheer for us. I distinctly remember a moment toward the end of Evolution of Justin Timberlake when I realized that we were almost at the end of the song and of the concert and I got kind of mad because I didn't want it to end! When we finished one of the members of the group was joking about an encore but I was like, we don't have enough material for an encore; we sang all the material we know and the new members don't know old repertoire.
It was so fun to see all my friends after the concert who'd come out to see me. A surprising number of people showed up to see me, and I was really touched. It was nice because it was kind of like they were my surrogate family. Afterwards we had to stay and clean up the room, which didn't take too long. Then we all headed over to Andrew's apartment for the after party. That was a strange experience because there were a bunch of random people there that didn't seem to know anyone. The people that were invited were Mixtapes (obviously) and Vocs and Cleftos; some of the Vocs showed which was nice because they're all cool guys, and none of the Cleftos showed which was okay because they're kind of their own separate group, they don't mingle too much. And then of course people brought their friends, like I brought Elle and Sharon. But I remember sitting outside and seeing a group of random people walk in and I was like "Does anyone know these people?" and no one knew them. There was probably some connection there, but it was very vague.
Overall the entire weekend was insanely busy but fun. My first Mixtapes concert went really well and I'm so happy to be a part of this amazing family.
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