(Top Pic: Heather & I @ La Piazza; Bottom Pic L-R: Shauna-dancer, Eric-singer, Heather-singer)
Well, guys and gals I'm sorry it's taken me so long to update this thing, but I had the hardest time finding a time or place to use the internet...so it's Monday afternoon and this is my first official visit to my blog since I arrived here on Thursday. :) Let's see...where to begin...
I flew in about lunch time on Thurs. and met 2 of my 5 roommates right away. My roomie Shauna (dancer) and I arrived first so we got dibs on the "master" bedroom with it's own bath (YAY). There are 6 girls living in a 3 bedroom 2 bath apt. with 6 guys doing the same thing a floor below us. 2 female and 2 male vocalists as well as 4 female and 4 male dancers. Heather is my singin' buddy and I love her already! She's beautiful with a great sense of humor and a hardcore voice that will blow you away. We immediately started working on our country show, "Pure Country" and it's going to probably be my favorite! I already know 80% of the songs so it's just a matter of catching on to the subtle changes that they've made for they're version of the song. We are beginning with night rehearsals, so I don't have anything to do until about 3:30 in the afternoon. (It's AWESOME!!!) I'm singing everything from Faith Hill's "Breathe" to Patsy Cline's "Crazy" so this show is right up my alley. My only concern is that they basically have me in a soprano roll. Now if you are a musician then you probably know my voice well and you're laughing right now...if not then let me just say that all of the songs are a good bit higher than anything I'm used to belting out so this will definitely be a new challenge for me to overcome vocally...
The studio is only about 2 mi. down the road and there is a grocery store and shopping center about a mi. away, so thus far we've been walking everywhere that we need to go. It's great exercise, but I can't say that I don't desperately miss having my car. ;)
I went to Sheridan Hills Baptist Church Sunday and I really enjoyed it. I just looked up churches in the phonebook and tried to pick the closest one that was either baptist, methodist, or something I thought I could enjoy. The cab fair was a little expensive, but I think Heather's going to go with me next week so I will at least have a friend and can split the fair.
Other than that things are going great. I love the people and they're all VERY good at what they do. The shows are going to be amazing so if you haven't booked your cruise you'd better start making plans!!! :)
Keep in touch!
Love,
Me~
