One More Chapter
A twenty two year-old's view on life, death,
and Taylor Swift conspiracy theories
and Taylor Swift conspiracy theories
The past weekend was a whirlwind of events (and bad eating, shame on me) but full of family, friends and good times. F Friday my sister and I went to see The Fault in Our Stars with one of her friends (review to follow soon) after I came home from work. Exciting, but not unusual. Saturday was Chickee's Dance World's annual recital, entitled Legendary this year. It marked Chickee's 30th year in business and was also the first recital I attended without participating in as a dancer. It was felt strange and melancholic but it is always a joy to see my old teammates dance and the little ones whom I used to teach. The past few years Chickee and her daughter, Ariana, have asked me to create a "commerical" of sorts that advertise the recital and reveal the theme on the day tickets go on sale, but as I was away and dealing with finals this year it was a bit more difficult. Instead, I made a video to play as the opening to the show and commemorate the 30 years that Chickee's has been open. It took a while to create as most of the old video clips I needed were on VHS tape. Very long story short, I ended up having to film them as they played on my television using my friend's VCR while I sat close to the screen under a fort that I made with a blanket so the sunlight wouldn't reflect on the image. In the end, all worked out and I came out the other end with a fairly decent video... The opening is a compilation of the titles of the dances in the show. Skip to 1:40 to see the beginning of the actual video! I feel so proud to have been given the privilege to make this video for my amazing dance family, and can't wait to do more, and hopefully even better, projects for them in the future as I work to improve. Following recital we enjoyed a wonderful, Italian "family" dinner with the CDW group. Though, I do feel bad for those poor employees who seemed a bit over whelmed with the what had to have been 50 people that suddenly entered their restaurant hungry and loud. sorry! The rest of the weekend was slightly more average, consisting of working a wedding (I love my job!) and two birthdays: my father's and a friend/coworker, Jen Stone, who's we celebrated last night at the Gardner Ale House. It was a great time and reminded me of how much of a difference it makes when your coworkers are all also great friends and amazing company. Thank you for reading and hope you enjoy the video, Amanda Lucille Song of the DayStay With Me - Ed Sheeran cover!!!
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About This Blog:I started this blog as a way to challenge myself to write more over the 2014 year, but it has blossomed into so much more than that. I use it to let people in on what's happening in my life, talk about things I find important and to spread the news about amazing people, places and art. Archives
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