The next day, after the long drive in, shopping, and the blue man group, it was time for our concert choir competition. It was a little one, held in a GORGEOUS cathedral. I was in awe when I walked into that church, it was just so beautiful! Anyways, it was really interesting to sit and listen to all the little chamber choirs and big choirs and to hear how good they sounded. We ended up not placing in the top three for concert choir and chamber choir, but it was still a remarkable experience.
That night, we were all pumped and ready to get all dressy and lookin' nice for the dance club! At first, I thought it really was going to be some stupid little place that played music and served us food, and that no one really was going to dance. Boy, I was WAY wrong. We arrived there, and it was a three story dance club in a city, no other explanation. We all ate for like, I'd say 15 minutes, and then danced the whoooole rest of the time. I was pooped at the end.
The next day was our last, and probably THE most important out of the whole trip. It was nationals, the big squeeze, our last chance to show everyone who we are. With everyone's hard a and tight curls in their hair (guys included... just kidding) we all loaded onto the bus, anxiously awaiting the day to begin. When we first got there, it was just to watch protege as they performed in the prep category. It was between them and one other group, and with the group sucking butt, it was a given championship for them. Right after they went, we all headed back to the bus and went back to the hotel to get ready for our performance. We only had a short period of time, but it all got done efficiently and it was eventually the time to shine.
We were all ancy as we warmed up and got ourselves in the mode. To make finals there was like the grand championship to us. No matter how well we did at the end, having two performances made us a group to be scared of. The show went by and felt amazing; I had a weird feeling, but didn't know what it was. When awards came around, they started listing off the six who would be performing in finals. As the names got listed, we kept getting more and more nervous. Three groups went by and STILL no happiness. Then.... we heard our name loud and clear. We were all SO pumped!!! It got even better when we found out we were THIRD IN THE DAY ROUND, only a TENTH OF A POINT behind second, and FOUR POINTS behind first. Nobody could believe it, well I couldn't!
Finals came really fast after, and we all had THE biggest moment of the year. Seniors were crying, everyone bonding, things just clicked. We went out on that stage and killed it. I don't even remember much that happened because I was just so happy the whole time. When we found out at the main awards that we had gotten fourth, I was happy. Yeah, bummed because we moved down one, but so so happy.
The trip, as a whole, was a success.
P.S. picture is of group who won... totino grace... SO GOOD
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