Marching Sets and Jazz Hands

The past couple weeks have been pretty busy, Last week was Homecoming and every day was a different theme. Monday was frat day (I wore a toga), Tuesday was Disney Day (I was a Sith Lord from Star Wars), Wednesday was Duck Dynasty Day (I was Alan Robertson), Thursday was Superhero Day (I wore a Superman Skin Suit) and Friday was Bluejay Day (I just wore Bluejay attire). It was a fun week and Friday night was the game. Everyone was hyped, but not nearly as much as I was. Not only did I get to cheer my team on in a game of football, it was the first game we had a marching set for I'll be There. I was a little nervous but I always am before a show. The team wasn't doing too hot but we still had hope. It came to halftime and the band executed everything just about perfectly. And I nailed my 4 bar trumpet solo for I'll be There. We may have lost the game at the end but it was still fun. There was the dance afterwards and the DJ was actually really good this time. In the past the DJ's have been average or terrible. I did my fair share of dancing until it ended at midnight.

After a few hours sleep, I got up at 6:00 for the Grains for Hope 50 mile bike ride. It started at 7:00 and I was filming the ride while riding on my bike. I was about two miles from Bern when I was too tired to carry on any longer. So I rode in the truck with my camera and filmed the rest of the ride. It was a beautiful day and the ride was a success. When we got back I noticed the back tire on my bike was flat! No wonder I didn't get very far. It was still a lot of fun and the meal afterwards was great.

This week we did a lot of work in band to clean the moves in our sets and to learn to play Who Are You (By: The Who). In our show choir (Infinity) we worked a lot on choreography and not as much on the singing portion. Choreography isn't my favorite part of the choir but it really needed work.

But the most exciting part of the week was the auditions for our musical, Guys and Dolls. I hadn't ever seen the movie or any productions of it so I wasn't sure what to expect. We did a lot of singing and acting those three days for auditions. I was really hoping for the character Nicely Johnson but with no such luck. My character is Benny Southwest. Not sure who he is or what he does, but he has a few songs with other characters so it will be fun regardless. That's all I have for now, keep on a lookout for the next chapter on the life of Billy Hatfield, Musician, Actor and Geek.