Refresh!

So here is a quick refresher on things. My name is Viper Cecilia Obras and I have a strong passion and love for music and anything musical. My hobbies are blogging-although I am not very good at it- singing, writing, reading, drawing, and listening to music. You'll find out more about me as you read more. 
Great incentive, don't you think?

They say that the Phoenix is born from the ashes...

This is what is going to happen.

1) I will post the lyrics of certain songs I come across

2) I will write about my opinions on the song and what I think it means

3) YOU as my followers will give me your opinions and we will discuss!

Not much of a plan, but it's the best I can do.

They say the phoenix is born from the ashes, so a new blog will come from the remains of my old one. It will be like starting over! :D

Transition, Metamorphosis, Change, Alteration

I have made a change to my blog. I am no longer going to write about choir. Instead, I am going to take apart songs and give an opinion based explanation on what the lyrics mean. It's going to be very abstract, but I thought about this a long time and I realized that blogging about choir isn't really taking me anywhere. 


So here goes. Wish me luck....

Reincarnation

Hey! The blog has come back to life! There's so many things I have tou tell you guys...
1) My cousin Liza is in the choir with me! She is an alto. 
2) My birthday was last week! :D
If it isn't obvious by now, choir has started again and I passed the evaluations. Yesterday we practiced a new song in Bulgarian, a song called "The chicken Waltz", "Fly Butterfly," and,"I wish I were an octopus". I will try to put the words on ASAP. They are theatrical rounds by someone called Bob Applebaum. It's basically like a normal round, but you have to act certain things out. The choir is going on tour to Indiana in two weeks and I am not going to be able to go. I have ISATS that week, so it's best if I stay put for now. 
BUTTERFLY SONG
Fly, butterfly. Fly in through my open window
and stay there softly in my hand
let me see your gentle wings.
Stay a while, stay butterfly.
Quietly still
Talk to me. Tell all you have seen all this day. 
Tell me, sweet butterfly if you have seen a pretty rose or daffodil?
Tell me, sweet butterfly, do they amaze as much as you, fair butterfly?



Give me your opinions on the song! Frankly, I like it but I think it's strange for people to be talking to butterflies....

Quiet, utter chaos

Hey guys! I haven't written in a while! here's the 411 on things.
Choir ended. ( A while ago, actually.) The week of January 9 we are having evaluations.
Basically, it goes like this: are you good enough to STAY in the choir?
I mean, they don't actually say that, but that's what they mean! Mr. Wallenberg asks us whether we know he difference between sharps and flats and if we can tell what key a note is in. He's also going to test us on whether we can label musical notes in solfege or not....
I can't do ANY of that stuff and I'm so nervous!!!!!


Also, that's the day new people can join choir.


HELP ME!

Random Entry

Hey, guys! Things have been pretty intense lately, so I haven't written in a while.
I took my selective enrollment high school test.
I had two concerts.
We are still going to  choir practice.
My family came over from Kansas. That includes my aunt and three cousins. Also, my mom went to Europe for the holidays and my grandma is taking care of me.
Yeah, I got  alot going on.
Right after school, I'm going to choir to PARTY!!!
P-A-R-T- why? BECAUSE I GOTTA! I'm very excited! I wonder what we are going to do! It IS our last day of choir, after all.... Frankly, I am relieved by that aspect. I'll have more free time and I will spend less time worrying about how to harmonize with the sopranos and altos.
After that, I am going to go home and do my homework, a favorite thing to do while being tortured with the fact that winter break and Christmas are so close yet so far away.
Honestly, whoever made us get out the 23rd is a complete idiot without feelings. Just thought I should mention that.

Last time we went to choir (ages and ages ago, on Tuesday) we went to the senior center and sang carols on every floor! It was fun! I really enjoyed myself and it felt good to make people smile!

I also want to include that I have learned to play 'Old Abram Brown' on the piano! I have no idea how I did it!


Well, I do. I sang it to myself over and over and found the keys that were the right notes. Took me a long time, too.

I just want to include that our concert on the 18 went great! It was AWESOME! Especially when we sang 'Old Abram Brown'! That was my favorite part! I love that song! It is so wonderfully creepy!
We had to be actors as well as singers. That's what Mr. Wallenburg says, anyway. It's true,though. He doesn't just teach us how to sing, he teaches us how to act. During 'Abram Brown', we had to march stiffly, like zombies and we had to be stone faced and deadly serious. It was easy, but I almost burst out laughing when we had to pre3tend to age 60 years and shuffle around like crazy old people.
(No offense. I respect my elders.)

I called this entry 'Random entry' because it doesn't really have a purpose and it doesn't flow smoothly, it just flits from topic to topic.

So there you go.


Happy holidays to everyone!
Have a haaapy/merry (Fill in the blank according to what you celebrate)!

Hello, Roger's Park-ers!

Today, we went to Wrigleyville to practice for our concert on December 18.  The Roger's Park choir went also, so I met a lot of new people! My mother dropped me off, so I was the first person from the Humboldt Park choir to arrive. I didn't know ANYONE and I would have made new friends faster if it weren't for all the weird looks people were giving me. Everyone didn't stop staring at me, and it made me feel nervous. I felt so small and insignificant! Also, the auditorium we were practicing in was ENORMOUS and that obviously didn't help. Then, another Vivace named Derrik from my choir came and I was relieved even though we were nowhere near each other. The buses were late, but we went straight to work after everyone got situated. We practiced the "Monk version" of Jingle Bells and then we did the X111 century Jingle Bells dance party song. I can't reveal much more because I don't want to give away important concert info.... Sorry, folks but this remains classified. AT THE END WE DID ABRAM BROWN!!!!I LOVE THAT SONG! Even if it is quite creepy..... Listening to it in the dark with headphones that have surround sound when you are home alone is not a good idea.... 
I had so much fun playing my "talking drum"! I found out what it's called! :D YAY! 
Although it is made of two oatmeal cans taped together with some more tape on top, it has great sound! 
We are going to be accompanied by a harp, a pro drummer named Mr. Ferdinand, and a girl named Katie playing the flute! She is in Vivace and she sounds amazing! 
My dad picked me up and we stuffed ourselves at the buffet afterwards. And now I am at home writing this. Guess that's the end of this post.
Oh yeah. Almost forgot.






The Roger's Park kids made our choir look miniscule.