Welcome to my first ever Choir of the Night Award. I will start by describing the competition and then the resulting reward. Following this I will present the runner-up and Winner. (Grand Champion if you will) So after attending the Taylorsville Choir Concert tonight and actually watching from the audience for the first time in four years, I have hand selected two choirs to take home these awards tonight based on varies things. I will expound when I select the winners.
RUNNER-UP: Madrigals
Tonight the Madrigals were simply stunning, and not just with there high percentage of attractive young ladies. There Jazzy sound took the auditorium by storm. There first song, taken from Robert Frost's poem, Two Roads was a shimmering work that truly emphasized there unity and blending. All things accounted for the sound was very impressive. There next two pieces on the other hand expressed their true style, that of Jazz. There dissonant chords and sweet harmonies secured them the runner-up position with no contestation.
GRAND CHAMPION: Jr. Choir
The Jr. Choir came out like a lion! With a triple spiritual assault they were able to leave the audience in the same state that Ammon left King Lamoni in. Out COLD! Or it could be compared to when the spirit carried Nephi away into an exceedingly high mountain. Take your pick. The point is not only was Junior Choir the best sounding, it was the most surprising. Jr. Choirs just don't sound like that. Concert Choir sounded like a joke in comparison (not to dog on concert choir, they were really good, it is just the Junior Choir was better) and truly in comparison to last years groups of men's and women's choruses, it was huge difference. I should know I was in Men's Chorus last year, and I am so proud of my little Men. They were simply astounding tonight. You all brought that group together so well, you guys are growing up and your voices are maturing so well. Congrats on the wonderful result of so much hard work!
That is all we have time for tonight in this Awards Ceremony. Congratulations to Mads on a tremendous job and an even more deserved congratulations to the Jr. Choir on their History making upset.
I hope you all enjoyed that. All I said is the truth and can I just say wow. Thanks for allowing me to witness it. And as Molly says, "I say go for it? What can you lose? Your pride? Good." Madrigals is worth the risk, and I would submit that this will be one of the hardest years for "T" to decide because of sheer talent.
Good Luck to all who are willing to go out for it! Remember a turtle makes progress when it sticks its neck out.
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Monday, November 13, 2006
Thursday, October 19, 2006
E-mails
It has been a while since my last post, not to mention that my latest was far to serious for my taste. I won’t be doing that again for a while. It does make me wonder about myself, and about my approach to life. Am I really a serious person who acts flippant at times or a flippant person who acts serious at times? Although it may not seem desirable I have always been partial to the latter but with that last blog I begin to doubt myself. I am afraid that these will be the questions that haunt me the rest of my life...ok well maybe not the rest of my life, maybe not even the rest of the day. On second thought maybe I am just a logical person who doesn’t sweat the small stuff. Well in any case this is not the blog to take care of this important question. So just about 30 minutes ago I was driving home after my back to back History classes (which always seem to open my mind) and I was thinking, as I listened to the radio, about something that I have never thought about before. Yesterday a friend of mine, who I was talking to on Instant Messenger said, "Oh, I was just about to send you an E-mail." As I reflected on this sentence today I realized something.
I understand why the process is called e-mail (Electronic Mail hence E-mail) but why in heavens name would we say I was going to send you an e-mail? When I said non-electronic or tangible mail I say that I sent a letter, not I just sent you "a mail". These incongruencies (did you know that incongruencies is not a word, yet it means what is says, I feel like Carroll or Shakespeare right now) cause me to wonder. No wonder so many immigrants have trouble with our language not to mention the natural born citizens themselves. Is it understood that we are fostering a society that is corrupting it's own language?!? I think we must not be and except it were for the good saints of the English world like Ms. Parrish (for you that don’t know, she is an excellent English teacher where I went to High school) the future of the English language would be in dire straits, even the most immanent peril. She, with her English department colleagues, is nearly single handedly turning the tide on linguistic decay, and to think we don't appreciate the significance of what they are doing! I am planning to Blog about my English experience and Ms. Parrish at a later date but first I need to get her permission. If you long to sate this linguistic hunger you must wait until my future installment which will be entitle, “Ms. Parrish”…or something like that.
I digress. The point is that I have decided to make a stand and from now on I will be saying. "Oh, I was just about to send you an E-letter." Surely that is more correct! I know, I know. What a dumb thing to take a stand on, especially when I will sound silly while doing it, but if I don’t who will. Now does someone really need to take a stand on so “silly” a point? I think so. I for one will be firm in this arena. I will be found using E-letter in every situation that demands it.
I challenge all of you to stand with me, to fight this demon that threatens the beauty of a Language that brought us Shakespeare, Elliot, Thoreau, Seuss and many more! If we do not unite now on this hollowed yet public web page, all could be lost! I hope that all will see the wisdom of this argument and will join with me by turning the internet world upside down by using the word E-letter instead of E-mail when describing what is being sent. Flood cyberspace with it, make it the vernacular of the masses! Together we can and will be victorious!
I understand why the process is called e-mail (Electronic Mail hence E-mail) but why in heavens name would we say I was going to send you an e-mail? When I said non-electronic or tangible mail I say that I sent a letter, not I just sent you "a mail". These incongruencies (did you know that incongruencies is not a word, yet it means what is says, I feel like Carroll or Shakespeare right now) cause me to wonder. No wonder so many immigrants have trouble with our language not to mention the natural born citizens themselves. Is it understood that we are fostering a society that is corrupting it's own language?!? I think we must not be and except it were for the good saints of the English world like Ms. Parrish (for you that don’t know, she is an excellent English teacher where I went to High school) the future of the English language would be in dire straits, even the most immanent peril. She, with her English department colleagues, is nearly single handedly turning the tide on linguistic decay, and to think we don't appreciate the significance of what they are doing! I am planning to Blog about my English experience and Ms. Parrish at a later date but first I need to get her permission. If you long to sate this linguistic hunger you must wait until my future installment which will be entitle, “Ms. Parrish”…or something like that.
I digress. The point is that I have decided to make a stand and from now on I will be saying. "Oh, I was just about to send you an E-letter." Surely that is more correct! I know, I know. What a dumb thing to take a stand on, especially when I will sound silly while doing it, but if I don’t who will. Now does someone really need to take a stand on so “silly” a point? I think so. I for one will be firm in this arena. I will be found using E-letter in every situation that demands it.
I challenge all of you to stand with me, to fight this demon that threatens the beauty of a Language that brought us Shakespeare, Elliot, Thoreau, Seuss and many more! If we do not unite now on this hollowed yet public web page, all could be lost! I hope that all will see the wisdom of this argument and will join with me by turning the internet world upside down by using the word E-letter instead of E-mail when describing what is being sent. Flood cyberspace with it, make it the vernacular of the masses! Together we can and will be victorious!
Sunday, October 15, 2006
A Tribute...
Hello everyone!
I really don't know who will be reading this but hey I just wanted to make sure that if you are reading it you feel loved, acknowledged, and appreciated. I have come to be a firm believer in appeasing the masses. I know I like being happy and I know that most people I know like to be happy so I will be happy to oblige.
This first blog is to be somewhat of a Tribute. I first found out about blogging lat summer. I had heard about it but I had no idea what it really was. So you can imagine my glee when my sister allowed me to read my first blog written by the infamous Christopher Thatcher. Those that know him or have read his blogs will understand where I am coming from. Not only is he hilarious but his command of the English language is astounding. Now I don't think he would want me to praise him too much so I must acknowledge that he isn't the most eloquent author nor does he use the fanciest words but he is a veritable master of making you emotionally volatile through his writings. You feel what he is feeling (or at least what I think he is feeling). You feel like you are watching a Star Wars episode only Luke is now Thatcher and you want to just scream "Go Thatcher Go!! Don't give in to the Dark side, beat that slacker in you!" Aside: If you couldn't tell this subject is very emotionally charged for me. The point I am really trying to get across is that Thatcher has been an inspiration to me not only in the field of sports (Ultimate and Cross Country) but in the world of Blogging. Thanks Thatch!
So that Thatcher doesn't feel singled out I will pick on my fellow lurp Kyle Klein. What more can be said than his height says for him? The kid is incredible! I had the opportunity to be in Men's Chorus with him last year and let me tell you what...WOW! I haven't know him all that long but through my sister Marissa Worsham (see, same last name) I have had the excuse to spend some quality time with him. I learned to see the true measure of his (6' 5") stature in choir but also on the Ultimate field. I was very impressed with his sincerity and easy-going nature. So I made an added effort to seek out opportunities to get to know him better. After becoming his friend (I like to think that he considers me to be his friend) I would talk to him when I got a chance and tried to see what made him tick. I actually got the most insight on this in his blogs which were not only spontaneously funny but also very Kyle. I will illustrate. Last night is actually what made me finally decide to get a blog account when I read Kyle's blog on the "good ole' days". I definitely believe that the Power Rangers need to make a old school come back but that isn't the point. He was able in a way that I have not seen elsewhere to express himself and to make a statement, that might have been ridiculed in the "real world", without reservation. Thanks lil "k"!
Those are my tributes. I would like to add a disclaimer that I am most definitely heterosexual, in case you were getting any ideas. Sorry guys, you are cool and all but girls are just cuter. I hope that Thatcher and Kyle wont be offended by this heart-felt blog, which I hope they read. It was not my intention to embarrass them but to thank them for their positive influence that they have had on me and to praise them in public. Well maybe my blog isn't that public but hey I am only one guy with limited voice.
Special thanks to: the afore mentioned Marissa for her mad spelling skills, Don Harsh for spiritual support, Mr. Spell-Check for capitalizing my "I's", my parents for giving me life, Joseph Smith for restoring the Gospel, President Hinckley for leading the church, Nick Morandi for humbling me in Ultimate (I will blog this later), and finally the two stars of my blog, Christopher J. Thatcher, and Kyle J. Klein.
That's all Folks!
I really don't know who will be reading this but hey I just wanted to make sure that if you are reading it you feel loved, acknowledged, and appreciated. I have come to be a firm believer in appeasing the masses. I know I like being happy and I know that most people I know like to be happy so I will be happy to oblige.
This first blog is to be somewhat of a Tribute. I first found out about blogging lat summer. I had heard about it but I had no idea what it really was. So you can imagine my glee when my sister allowed me to read my first blog written by the infamous Christopher Thatcher. Those that know him or have read his blogs will understand where I am coming from. Not only is he hilarious but his command of the English language is astounding. Now I don't think he would want me to praise him too much so I must acknowledge that he isn't the most eloquent author nor does he use the fanciest words but he is a veritable master of making you emotionally volatile through his writings. You feel what he is feeling (or at least what I think he is feeling). You feel like you are watching a Star Wars episode only Luke is now Thatcher and you want to just scream "Go Thatcher Go!! Don't give in to the Dark side, beat that slacker in you!" Aside: If you couldn't tell this subject is very emotionally charged for me. The point I am really trying to get across is that Thatcher has been an inspiration to me not only in the field of sports (Ultimate and Cross Country) but in the world of Blogging. Thanks Thatch!
So that Thatcher doesn't feel singled out I will pick on my fellow lurp Kyle Klein. What more can be said than his height says for him? The kid is incredible! I had the opportunity to be in Men's Chorus with him last year and let me tell you what...WOW! I haven't know him all that long but through my sister Marissa Worsham (see, same last name) I have had the excuse to spend some quality time with him. I learned to see the true measure of his (6' 5") stature in choir but also on the Ultimate field. I was very impressed with his sincerity and easy-going nature. So I made an added effort to seek out opportunities to get to know him better. After becoming his friend (I like to think that he considers me to be his friend) I would talk to him when I got a chance and tried to see what made him tick. I actually got the most insight on this in his blogs which were not only spontaneously funny but also very Kyle. I will illustrate. Last night is actually what made me finally decide to get a blog account when I read Kyle's blog on the "good ole' days". I definitely believe that the Power Rangers need to make a old school come back but that isn't the point. He was able in a way that I have not seen elsewhere to express himself and to make a statement, that might have been ridiculed in the "real world", without reservation. Thanks lil "k"!
Those are my tributes. I would like to add a disclaimer that I am most definitely heterosexual, in case you were getting any ideas. Sorry guys, you are cool and all but girls are just cuter. I hope that Thatcher and Kyle wont be offended by this heart-felt blog, which I hope they read. It was not my intention to embarrass them but to thank them for their positive influence that they have had on me and to praise them in public. Well maybe my blog isn't that public but hey I am only one guy with limited voice.
Special thanks to: the afore mentioned Marissa for her mad spelling skills, Don Harsh for spiritual support, Mr. Spell-Check for capitalizing my "I's", my parents for giving me life, Joseph Smith for restoring the Gospel, President Hinckley for leading the church, Nick Morandi for humbling me in Ultimate (I will blog this later), and finally the two stars of my blog, Christopher J. Thatcher, and Kyle J. Klein.
That's all Folks!
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