Preference? Already?!

     Sadie’s was just ending and girls had already begun asking to Preference... and it was more than a month away!! Crazy chicks! But I’ve had fun helping friends ask (EmmaLee & Melanie) their dates, finding a date for myself, asking him, and trying on dresses!!

Callie and I helping Melanie ask Damon

     Trying on dresses at the University Mall. Although only two of us can actually go to Preference, we all decided to go and try them on just for fun! And I have to say-I have some pretty GORGEOUS friends!

{Me, BreAnne, Natalie and EmmaLee}
This brown dress was a few sizes to big but I HAD to try it on! It was beautiful!

{Natalie, Me, EmmaLee and BreAnne}

Some {EXTRA} news!

    

      It’s official! My application to BYU-Idaho has been completed! Now-we wait :/ It’s crazy to think that in just a few short months I’ll be preparing to leave home for college life! Senior year came WAY to fast! Don’t get me wrong-I’m VERY excited to Graduate and go to college! But, I’m going to miss Band and all my amazing friends!

     HAPPY THANKSGIVING! I’m SOOOO happy that this week is Thanksgiving. It couldn’t have come at a better time! This is a MUCH needed School break for me!

     I’m SO thankful that we live so close to all our Family and that I get to spend time with them this Thanksgiving as we stuff ourselves and remember all that we’re grateful for!

     This year, I’ve had the amazing opportunity to be in the top band at the High School, the Wind Symphony. Being part of this band, I got to audition for All-State and Honor Band. I haven’t heard back about All-State yet, but I do get to be in the Honor Band! Which I’m incredibly excited about! On Monday we had chair placements, and I was placed 1st chair! Although, I’m completely scared out of my mind to be in 1st chair, I am VERY excited! I also get to play with the Orchestra for the Christmas concert! Which I am also loving :)

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Happy Thanksgiving!

The last moments of Band

     This last weekend I had the incredibly amazing. I had the opportunity to go to St. George with the Marching Band and participate in the Red Rocks Competition and BOA (Bands Of America). The trip was so fun and I feel so incredibly blessed to be able to participate in such a wonderful even with my amazing band family. 

     Thursday night we had our annual banquet and the Section Leaders gave out awards (which BTW... were AWESOME!) to everyone in their section. Afterwards, we had out "party" with all the band kids from other schools.

      Friday was the Red Rocks Competition! What an exciting and scary night it was. We were able to perform at the Dixie Stadium for Red Rocks (bud sadly, not for BOA). We got Best Visual Performance and Best General Effect. Clovis West got Best Music... which is the best one!! But we still won!!!!

     Saturday is probably the scariest day of the entire trip, with Prelims AND finals all in one day. We performed Prelims and did an AMAZING show! We swept and won the whole competition and placed in finals. We performed 8th out of the 10 bands for finals and did the best show we've ever done! We did AMAZING!!!!!! I remember feeling the chills run up my spine as the announcer called out Best Visual: American Fork. Best Music: American Fork. And Best General Effect: American Fork. First place: AMERICAN FORK!!! How could I not smile? :) I was as proud and happy as ever. Once they let us all go, I couldn't help the tears from spilling. What an amazing moment and a great way to end my last year of Marching Band.

EmmaLee and I at our last BYU competition

 EmmaLee and I

 The last Band practice

 At the rest stop on our way to St. George

{Angi, Me, Melanie and Callie}

Gettin' prettied up for the partay!

{Angi, Me, Kayla, Natalie, and Melanie} 

EmmaLee and I 

At the banquet

{MY FAMILY!!! Me, Callie and Kayla} 

 On the bus with my two crazy section leaders! Sam and EmmaLee

At the banquet with my insanely GORGEOUS best friends!

{Callie, Kayla, Melanie, BreAnne, EmmaLee, me, Natalie} 

After the banquet with Michele!

{Me, Michele and EmmaLee}

 After performing prelims, eating dinner, anxiously waiting to perform one more time!

{Maddie, Callie, Kayla, Me, clarinet people, Caitlin, Angi, Melanie, and Kristen}

AFTER WINNING FINALS!!!!!!!! With our incredibly amazing drum major!

{Me, Caitlin and EmmaLee} 

 AFTER WINNING FINALS!!!!!! With our flute staff member, Michele!

{EmmaLee, Michele and Me}

AFTER WINNING FINALS!!!! All the flutes :) 

Showing our medals on the bus :)

At the St. George temple

{All the fluties}

Senior flutes and Michele!

{Kristen, Me, EmmaLee, BreAnne, Maddie and Melanie}

Monday after school, the Mayor came and congratulated us on our incredible weekend!

{The whole band, the Mayor and his wife, and Mr. Miller}

     I'm so thankful for the incredible opportunity I was able to have while being a member of the American Fork High School Marching Band. I'll never forget all the great times I've had. I'm going to miss the excitement of the first day of marching band, the first time we march to the white church for parade season, when we get to see our show music for the first time and play through it, I'll even miss band camp :). I'm going to miss the yelling staff members telling us to do better, the endless hours of M&M, the ridiculous heat, the sock tan lines. I'm going to miss performing our show for the first time, feeling the chills run up and down your spine, hearing the music, feeling the music. I'm going to miss running through the show and even chunking through it :). But the thing I'm going to miss most, is the best friends I made. I'm so thankful to everyone for making it an incredible last Marching Season. I couldn't have asked for a better year to end on :)