Monday, February 13, 2012

Anxiety, anyone? Ways to Soothe Yourself

"Music has charms to soothe a savage breast"--CongreveOr an anxious one.   I was invited to attend a Sunday matinee performance of the 92nd street Y Lyrics and Lyricists series. The 92nd Street YMHA is one of the oldest and finest cultural and community centers the city has to offe...
1/15/08 3:37pm
I love listening to music. Classical is awesome, especially Tchaikovsky's 5th Symphony. My sister used to play viola in the UCF Orchestra (where she goes to college) and my family and I always went to her concerts.
1/15/08 3:39pm

i love the viola but cello is my favorite!

 

used to? did she, gasp, give it up?

 

1/15/08 3:44pm

Well, she's going to become a journalism major, and her professor eats up all her time. She wasn't able to go on with them anymore.

 

You like cello too? I used to play before I joined guard to get away from that tyrant of an orchestra director we had... 

1/15/08 3:47pm

hmm joining the guard sounds serious.

 

what is a color guard? ?

1/16/08 12:59pm

Gasp! You don't know?

 

We're a group of performers that march in parades and halftme shows with the band. In the winter, we go off and do our own thing. We spin flags, rifles, and (if we're lucky) sabres while marching drill. Here's a video clip of my band performing the third movement of our show from the 2007 Marching season. Watch for the colored blips. That's the guard.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5hI1wwYgPQ 

 

 

1/16/08 2:42pm

hee, no i really had no clue. we don't have those things here in the city.

looks like fun! 

1/16/08 3:09pm
It's a lot of fun. You instantly gain about 200 new friends in the band. It's a lot of time and hard work, but it's definitely worth it.Ninja