Messiah In America

This is the show I have been practicing with since January. It is my second professional choir that I have been a part of and I am wishing I hadn't let all those years slip by between high school A Capella and now. I love to sing, I adore it and can't remember a time in my life when performing wasn't my favorite thing to do.

Lets see if I can map out my performing. I debuted with The Winner School ballet class at age 6, not sure what we wore but I bet it was killer cute! I continued on as a dancer until about 14. By that point I was in advanced rigid ballet classes, but my body refused to grow into the shape of a ballerina! So after some really sad moments I morphed from dancer into singer! I performed at Kingsbury Hall in the children's choir in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (superb) at ages 11 and 12, then onto High School endeavors. We competed at State Competition and did well I believe. Then came the sad dry spell of just singing The Used in my car for a few years...and hello Disneyland! Last Christmas I was in the Candlelight Processional as a part of the Disneyland Choir and totally loved it! I couldn't just abandon my old friend music after reintroducing myself and so I immediately auditioned for OCMCO (Orange County Mormon Choral Organization) and this is what I want to blog about today...

Next week we are premiering Messiah in America! It is an original handwritten Oratorio by Brett Stewart who is an absolute genius and a spiritual giant to top it off. It is text hand selected from The Book of Mormon from the story of Christ visiting the America's after his resurrection. The Spirit is so strong in rehearsal I get chills just thinking about how amazing this will be at Segerstrom Hall. I have never had the opportunity to sing in a building with good acoustics. I am breathless with excitement!!! Perfectly befitting of my personality it just so happens that I am the bright eyed chipmunk front and center during the show! Beyond all of my excitement is a sense of overwhelming gratitude that I got to be a part of this.

It is a missionary opportunity the likes of which I have never had access to. I am the lone Mormon at work and get questioned about my beliefs all the time, Now I can simply ask for their support in my amazing show and with their bodies in the audience I can sing at the top of my voice my testimony for all of them to hear! I am very excited to have my boyfriend's parents attending, especially his Dad, and am anxious to hear about how their experience was during the show. I invited everyone to bring a non-member friend or just simply a date! C'mon who wouldn't love the opportunity to get dressed up and go to the theatre? It is my favorite thing...even better than ice cream! I feel enormously blessed to be a part of a professional choir that is dedicated to performing music that uplifts the spirit and invites peace into all those who hear.

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