Various and Sundry Things

Last week I auditioned for and made it into the school chorale here. I'm so excited to be a part of it- to get to sing at Homecoming and the Christmas concert, to tour over spring break, and simply to enjoy the friendships. The director, Mr. Hontz, and his wife, our pianist, are super fun and wonderful to work with.

Well, I was enjoying Chorale so much that I decided to go ahead and try out for a smaller group called Magnify that practices this semester and travels around performing next semester. There were only ten of us auditioning, and originally they planned to cut it down to 6-8 people. After we had spent about half and hour auditioning together, Mr. and Mrs. Hontz left the room to confer. They came back with big smiles and told us...we were all on the team! They simply decided to keep all ten of us after hearing us sing together. I'm so, so happy to be a part of this group and can't wait to get to know everyone in it better.

Finally, I submitted an application to be part of the Student Ambassador team here at ABC, which mostly involves helping lead campus tours and talking to prospective students. I got the word on Monday that I was accepted to a team of six to do that. When I was originally looking at Appalachian, the campus tours and student ambassadors were heavily involved in my decision to apply, so I'm looking forward to playing a role in that area.

College life continues to be fun, challenging, exciting, nerve-wracking and holds new adventures each day! This is what I usually look like when I'm in my room:

~Hannah Grace