we left sunday at around 10 in the morning, spent an hour and a half singing songs like don't stop believing, a whole new world, reflection, and hey soul sister on the bus. shannon brought her asian food and we definitely pigged out. we got to seabeck, dropped our stuff off at the room, then ran off to explore and eat lunch. the choir kids sang christmas songs to us, taking us about three months into the future.
our first rehearsal was crazy, with more russian music (blah) and victory at sea, then chamber music rehearsal on the schubert, which i'm pretty much in love with. then it was off to form skits and explore some more.
after dinner we ran across the street to buy ben and jerry's ice cream, then it was our epic star wars rehearsal. my arm was about to fall off from the millions of triplets but it was so amazing, the brass nearly blew the building down. we performed chamber music in a very casual setting afterward, the schubert was so awesomeeee and everyone sounded good. then we did skits, and first place goes to the woodwinds: see erin's blog for the whole thing plus steven's commentary.
we all ran off to the cemetery after skits for no real reason, and hurried back just in time for curfew. the senior girls bonded over shannon's asian snacks, jamie's amazing cookies, and so many random truths. then the counselor told us to go to our respective rooms, and seven of us stayed to whisper about homecoming and "girlish intrigue". we stayed up until 3, my throat was sore, but it was so much fun.
we woke up to elaine's, then shannon's, cell phone alarms, then went back to sleep until it was time for breakfast. i was definitely sick but it didn't matter until later. we rehearsed yet again in the morning, this time beethoven, before packing, playing a last game of volleyball, eating lunch and running off to the charter buses (ours was husky themed. go UW!) we rode to the ferry, then ran around on the boat taking pictures with our hair blowing in our faces. then we were in seattle, then issaquah, then back home again.
it may be so dorky to love orchestra retreats, but i'd been looking forward to this weekend for a long time. it definitely didn't disappoint. here are some pictures that i love from our trip:
shannon took this of me, it basically summarizes what i did
steven and his chinese passport:
jguo!
volleyball epicness
freshmen! i love them so much.
ekim getting intense
favorite pic from skits
asian tommy hilfiger ad campaign
creepin some more, but i really like this
it was hard to narrow them down...may share more someday.
signing off for now!
