Here We Go...Again

So...yeah, here I am. I haven't done this in a while...

I guess it's been one hell of a month. Between handling all that's going on at home, thinking about and then and coming back to school, and starting a new year, it's enough to make you either forget about or not desire updating a blog. I forget people read this. Really, I do.

And of all the nights to begin posting again, tonight is the annual A Cappella Fest at GFS. I think it's rather early this year. A cappella fest...dear god, I have so many memories...part of me wishes I was there right now (Although it's over at this point), but I think a bigger part of me knows how painful it would be to go back there and only be a part of the audience. I was in the audience once, but that was four years ago and I was watching my cousin perform in the Bufftones. So much has changed since then...

That was when the Bufftones and Double Treble still existed, and GFS A Cappella very much resembled the Hilltones and Laurelei. There were no outside groups in that show, either. The whole concert was organized and run by David Buffem (Sp?) and it was tradition that his group, the Vineyard Sound, be the guest performers. They were truly magnificant to watch, and I have the recordings from that show if anyone needs a reminder of how good they were.

But as always, times change, and the Vineyard Sound would only sing one song the following year. It was their last appearence at the Fest, and they opened the show with Good Ol' A Cappella. That was also the year that Off The Beat first performed, and they drove us wild. It was especially fun because Deb was still a part of Chamber Singers my first year in the group, and so Heather, Jeff, Doris, and I all got to see her go from one group to the other. It was a very inspiring change, and she became our idol for it. I can only imagine that by now she's probably had enough a cappella to last a life time.

I was also very surprised to learn that OTB wasn't performing at the Fest this year. It may have had something to do with there main connection to the group graduating from Penn, but I thought the relationship would have held. Well, as I said, times change.

Well, besides my deep love for the Fest, I will never forget what it felt like to step on stage there. I cannot say more about the experience, other than it is like nothing else I've ever felt before. Those who have been there know.

And last year's after party at Heather's was quite wonderful too, even if unexpected.

For now, at least, that's my spiel on A Cappella Fest. Anyone who wishes to talk about it further should know that I will never pass up the opportunity, all you have to do ask.

I haven't really talked to anyone lately. It's been ever so quiet on the friend front. Many are probably busy with school. Jeff has a show very soon if I'm not mistaken.

Okay, I'm beginning to ramble, and there's still so much to say about the move at my mother's and my new computers Maggie and Eloise. Also updates on school and such forth. I'll probably continue tomorrow.

I'm back.