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jaalaThese are the extra-curricular activities I'm interested in for this year:
church choir: I've already signed up for this. It's not semi-professional/university-level or anything but they are above average for a small church choir and sing nice music. The director is very friendly and enthusiastic and his wife (who I had a long conversation with quite by chance outside Camera Kingston) says he's a good director. (He's certainly well qualified. He directed a Kingston Renaissance group!)
band: I've already auditioned and will, I hope, end up in the band I was in last year. The lower-level band may be cancelled this year which could mean one of three things: 1. the advanced band might become a mega-band (not good if I end up in it), 2. they'll simply exclude a lot of people from being in a band and retain the usual membership numbers for Wind Ensemble, or 3. I might end up in the Symphony Orchestra, weird as that sounds, in an unusually large orchestra flute section. I'm required to be in a large ensemble and this is the most likely option.
Link (Girl Guides of Canada): I've already signed up for this and it involves only a couple events per term.
vocal jazz ensemble: A friend is organizing and, presumably, directing this. I've signed the list already--at her request, because she knows I did vocal jazz at Mt A. If I wish, I can take this for credit.
Choral Ensemble: I auditioned for this last year and didn't get in. However, several vocal students have told me that after the first month I could have just shown up. Though there are still a heck of a lot of people who are required to sing in the choir (making optional admission difficult), my chances might be better this year because I am not sick this time. It's quite a good choir, not quite as good (or with as enthusiastic participants) as the one at Mt A but capable of singing advanced repertoire. Most of their repertoire that I've heard I loved. (They did Bernstein's Chichester Psalms last year.)
Queen's Student Opera Company: This year's production is Donizetti's L'Elisir d'Amore. Though I find Lucia di Lammermoor pretty but formulaic and musically boring, L'Elisir might be different. Anybody? How might the flute part be? (I'll probably go listen to it at the library.)
I missed the individual auditions last year but was allowed into the chorus because they needed more non-sopranos and because I performed well at the group (choral) audition. It was a lot of fun. (I auditioned for the orchestra and got in but switched to cast because the second flute part was almost non-existent.) This year, I'd need to audition individually for both cast and orchestra. I might get in to the orchestra. The chorus audition is a pretty scary prospect (I have to find an aria I can sing, fast!) but I might even be successful there if my experience and willingness to sing alto/tenor counts for something.
On the other hand, they are advertising for Assistant Stage Managers. I've always wanted to get into backstage tech work and this is a position that would utilize some musical ability. Last year, it looked like the ASMs were having a great time. (And they complained less than the cast.)
Queen's Musical Theatre: This year's show is Crazy for You and I love Gershwin's music. I auditioned for the orchestra last year and didn't get in but I think I am a better player now. (I was offered the spot last year about a month later regardless.) There is an ocarina/pennywhistle section that would be fun to play. On the other hand, they take anybody that offers backstage/tech help; however, I certainly wouldn't get to be an ASM. I'm not auditioning for the chorus because my chances are something in the vicinity of nil and because the female chorus in this show isn't really my thing anyhow.
American Sign Language class: I've wanted to learn ASL ever since I watched Sesame Street as a child. I even tried to teach myself as a teenager. It might be useful in a job search. This is a non-university course so I wouldn't have to worry about a blot on my transcript if I quit... but it would be a waste of the $135 fee. I don't know when this class takes place yet so it might not even be a possibility.
samba percussion group: I attended the open workshop yesterday and had a ball. One must audition for a spot but they are apparently very low-pressure.
The Society for Python Appreciation and Mimicry (SPAM): More geeks than you can shake a stick at! I'm not a fanatical Python fan but I think I'd probably like these people. Meetings (i.e. social gatherings) are not all that frequent.
Swing or Salsa dance clubs: I need to get regular exercise (would help with my back pain and depression) and it's a lot more likely to happen in a group setting. I like dancing too and I've missed it since I quite ballet at age 13. I have a tiny bit of beginner background in swing dance and know that I enjoyed it. As for salsa, I have no background at all but my friend (see vocal jazz above, also v-p of SPAM) assures me I'd love it.
dance club classes: Again, because I need exercise. (It would be a choice between this and the above option.) It's a great pity that moderne classes conflict with church services because that would be my first choice. The other class I think I'd enjoy is beginner tap. It would cost $55 plus the cost of the tap shoes. Classes run all year.
Highland dance club: Same reason as the other dance options. This would be really fun but I don't know if I'm fit enough to handle it. Classes cost $50 and run only in the winter.
Queen's Athletics Instructional Program dance class: Ballroom dance (!) is $32 and runs for about a month. Again, something I've always wanted to learn. There's just one problem: I have no partner! (This is a requirement in order to register.) Even if I could find some friend who was willing, I think a class "designed for couples" would be awkward for a platonic couple.
Highland dance is $57 and runs for nine weeks. See "Highland dance club" comments above.
I have got to narrow this down...
church choir: I've already signed up for this. It's not semi-professional/university-level or anything but they are above average for a small church choir and sing nice music. The director is very friendly and enthusiastic and his wife (who I had a long conversation with quite by chance outside Camera Kingston) says he's a good director. (He's certainly well qualified. He directed a Kingston Renaissance group!)
band: I've already auditioned and will, I hope, end up in the band I was in last year. The lower-level band may be cancelled this year which could mean one of three things: 1. the advanced band might become a mega-band (not good if I end up in it), 2. they'll simply exclude a lot of people from being in a band and retain the usual membership numbers for Wind Ensemble, or 3. I might end up in the Symphony Orchestra, weird as that sounds, in an unusually large orchestra flute section. I'm required to be in a large ensemble and this is the most likely option.
Link (Girl Guides of Canada): I've already signed up for this and it involves only a couple events per term.
vocal jazz ensemble: A friend is organizing and, presumably, directing this. I've signed the list already--at her request, because she knows I did vocal jazz at Mt A. If I wish, I can take this for credit.
Choral Ensemble: I auditioned for this last year and didn't get in. However, several vocal students have told me that after the first month I could have just shown up. Though there are still a heck of a lot of people who are required to sing in the choir (making optional admission difficult), my chances might be better this year because I am not sick this time. It's quite a good choir, not quite as good (or with as enthusiastic participants) as the one at Mt A but capable of singing advanced repertoire. Most of their repertoire that I've heard I loved. (They did Bernstein's Chichester Psalms last year.)
Queen's Student Opera Company: This year's production is Donizetti's L'Elisir d'Amore. Though I find Lucia di Lammermoor pretty but formulaic and musically boring, L'Elisir might be different. Anybody? How might the flute part be? (I'll probably go listen to it at the library.)
I missed the individual auditions last year but was allowed into the chorus because they needed more non-sopranos and because I performed well at the group (choral) audition. It was a lot of fun. (I auditioned for the orchestra and got in but switched to cast because the second flute part was almost non-existent.) This year, I'd need to audition individually for both cast and orchestra. I might get in to the orchestra. The chorus audition is a pretty scary prospect (I have to find an aria I can sing, fast!) but I might even be successful there if my experience and willingness to sing alto/tenor counts for something.
On the other hand, they are advertising for Assistant Stage Managers. I've always wanted to get into backstage tech work and this is a position that would utilize some musical ability. Last year, it looked like the ASMs were having a great time. (And they complained less than the cast.)
Queen's Musical Theatre: This year's show is Crazy for You and I love Gershwin's music. I auditioned for the orchestra last year and didn't get in but I think I am a better player now. (I was offered the spot last year about a month later regardless.) There is an ocarina/pennywhistle section that would be fun to play. On the other hand, they take anybody that offers backstage/tech help; however, I certainly wouldn't get to be an ASM. I'm not auditioning for the chorus because my chances are something in the vicinity of nil and because the female chorus in this show isn't really my thing anyhow.
American Sign Language class: I've wanted to learn ASL ever since I watched Sesame Street as a child. I even tried to teach myself as a teenager. It might be useful in a job search. This is a non-university course so I wouldn't have to worry about a blot on my transcript if I quit... but it would be a waste of the $135 fee. I don't know when this class takes place yet so it might not even be a possibility.
samba percussion group: I attended the open workshop yesterday and had a ball. One must audition for a spot but they are apparently very low-pressure.
The Society for Python Appreciation and Mimicry (SPAM): More geeks than you can shake a stick at! I'm not a fanatical Python fan but I think I'd probably like these people. Meetings (i.e. social gatherings) are not all that frequent.
Swing or Salsa dance clubs: I need to get regular exercise (would help with my back pain and depression) and it's a lot more likely to happen in a group setting. I like dancing too and I've missed it since I quite ballet at age 13. I have a tiny bit of beginner background in swing dance and know that I enjoyed it. As for salsa, I have no background at all but my friend (see vocal jazz above, also v-p of SPAM) assures me I'd love it.
dance club classes: Again, because I need exercise. (It would be a choice between this and the above option.) It's a great pity that moderne classes conflict with church services because that would be my first choice. The other class I think I'd enjoy is beginner tap. It would cost $55 plus the cost of the tap shoes. Classes run all year.
Highland dance club: Same reason as the other dance options. This would be really fun but I don't know if I'm fit enough to handle it. Classes cost $50 and run only in the winter.
Queen's Athletics Instructional Program dance class: Ballroom dance (!) is $32 and runs for about a month. Again, something I've always wanted to learn. There's just one problem: I have no partner! (This is a requirement in order to register.) Even if I could find some friend who was willing, I think a class "designed for couples" would be awkward for a platonic couple.
Highland dance is $57 and runs for nine weeks. See "Highland dance club" comments above.
I have got to narrow this down...
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Date: 2004-09-15 07:08 pm (UTC)Anyhoo... we're well off the topic of choosing extracurricular activities now.
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Date: 2004-09-15 07:19 pm (UTC)Will they let you teach a course? That's fun, too.... there's even a little money in it.