January 29, 2006 at 2:25 AM

Well, I've changed my name again, to a better, but still accurate name. "C Smith" was so awful that my eyes bled every time I saw it. Thanks everyone who listened to my Zigeunerweisen recording and gave their opinion. I decided to go with that one, because it was in a better hall, on a better day, and it was more technically good. So now most of my apps. are in for camps. Tomorrow I have another lesson in N.Y., should be fun. I'm doing a lot of listening to various recordings of the Bruch, and trying to memorize it quickly also. My teacher suggested that we order the "Music Minus One" CD (the sound of the orchestra with no violinist, so you can practice along to it.) They have a slow and fast version you can practice to! That's awesome. I can't wait to get it.

I've had a pretty easy week because we had "Theme Week" in school. Every year we pick a country (this year it was France) and spend the whole week doing French-y things. (One of the days I made frites--ahh, they were delicious). So that meant no homework, and no classes (for regular subjects). Also, since we're starting the second semester, it means we're getting new electives, which means...dah dah DUMMMM...the musical! YAY! So many kids want to be in it that they choose by lottery--which means a lot of kids are weeping, since there are limited spots. Luckily for me, a new rule was made this year that, if you applied or plan on applying to the performing arts high school in my city for music, which obviously I did, then you're automatically in! This seems a little unfair...but you know, I'm not complaining.

The first plan was to do "Once Upon A Mattress" but there were some complaints from parents, as one of the main female roles is a pregnant woman...and they find it unsavory. Also the music is awful. So other ideas were: Fiddler on the Roof (nice, but we want something a little more light-hearted I think) Grease (which would be EXCELLENT! All the kids in my school love it) Cinderella (ehh...) Aladdin (ehh...I want a real musical instead of a Disney movie one.) So I'm REALLY excited about that.

Today my quartet performed our collaboration with the dance company. We were dressed as gypsies (long flowy skirts, bright-ish shirts, cool belts and other jangly things). It was quite a success. Watching the ballerinas and ... male dancers? out of the corner of my eye made me really wish I could do stuff like that. I was a serious gymnast when I was about 7 or 8 (that sounds strange...but I was going to the gym 6 days a week for pretty long and I was doing all this competing and stuff) and I absolutely loved it. But one day I broke my right arm on the uneven parallel bars....and that was it for me. I was a serious violin student by then, with my current teacher and everything, so my mom took it pretty badly and said I couldn't do it anymore. I couldn't practice for six weeks with the cast and everything, which was pretty awful, but I was mostly upset at the thought I couldn't do gymnastics anymore. Since then I've been on diving teams and stuff...but it hasn't been quite the same. And ballet is so pretty and you can wear awesome costumes and such. Okay, well, I'm rambling anyway and I need to go to sleep since I have to leave early for New York tomorrow!
Zzzzzz....

--alice

From Neil Cameron
Posted on January 29, 2006 at 3:12 AM

"... more technically good." ???? Ms Reptilian one, I hate to be the grammar police, but that's something that can really make my eyes bleed. :)

I prefer the new ID. I originally thought C. Smith was a bloke.

Neil

From Pauline Lerner
Posted on January 29, 2006 at 8:07 AM

I like your new name, too. It is definitely classy for a classy lady violinist.

From C. Veronica Smith
Posted on January 29, 2006 at 1:48 PM

Sorry, Neil! Originally I wrote it as "technically better" but I realized I had already used the word "better" two times in that sentence. ;-)

From Linda Lerskier
Posted on January 29, 2006 at 4:32 PM

You're leaving for NY? Let me know when you're preforming the ZiggieZangZang live here. xD

I like your new naem too. C. Smith sounded rather plain. At first, I thought the C stood for Carl. o_O

From Colleen Russo
Posted on January 29, 2006 at 5:40 PM

Thats funny because I did gymnastics at that same age, and my mom made me quit when I injured my arm!

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