Wright What?

          I auditioned for dance and applied to a total of 9 schools. I got in to everyone dance program except Julliard and got into every school except Fordham University, which is the college for Ailey B.F.A. program. Wright State was just one of those schools that you could call a "back up." My decision came down to Point Park University and Wright State University. Point Park has an amazing dance program in Pittsburgh, PA. Little did I know Wright State has an amazing one too.
         Anyways, The thing that interested me most is that I could be in a second company while earning my B.F.A. I sent in my audition tape to the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company and made the cut. I was still really in between. Point Park is really expensive, but I had spent 6 weeks last summer there so I know that I liked the teachers and I know that I would get what I needed. Also PA is pretty close to New York so I could go there on vacation. On the other hand Wright State was completely affordable and I observed a couple classes and I was impressed with the teachers, but I just didn't really know anything about it, I had no idea what the mascot was until I went into the bookstore for the first time at orientation.
            It was like a sign sent from God. I was at a dance competition in Wisconsin at the Kalahari and the judges there were from the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company. Marlayna and Lemoi were two of the judges and they did a performance at the end of the competition for us. They were amazing, I thought to myself "I would love to be able to dance like them." So, right then and there I decided that I would go to Wright State University. I am very happy with my decision because the dance program and the people are so amazing.

For Good

        The song, "For Good" is by Stephen Schwartz. I have liked this song ever since it was introduced to me my freshman year. It is from the musical "Wicked." This musical is the bad witch's point of view of the story, "The Land of Oz." This song comes in when Alphaba, the "bad" witch and Glenda, the "good" witch have to part because everyone is trying to kill Alphaba.
       Every year this song is used for graduation. It is a song about how much we have grown just by knowing each other and even though we have to part from one another,they will always be with us, in our heart. This song is very important to me because I could relate to it every year, I kept meeting new people in high school that changed my life "for good." I was also told in high school by younger people that I had changed their lives. Not only the song was important to me but what it represented, a circle. The circle in which everyone will go through the same things I went through and every year, freshman will sing this same song until they are seniors leaving something for the younger people to remind them by. When I sing the song for good it reminds me of each graduation that I have been through in my life and also the members of my favorite class in school, Show Choir.
        The purpose of this song in the musical is to let Alphaba and Glenda know that they will both be missed in each others lives but never gotten and that is also why we sing it at graduation. The audience is for all the people who are watching, targeting everyone who could relate to this song, which should be just about everyone. The Genre is a song/poem. The stance is loving, caring, knowing that you will be sad to see them go but you both have a future upon you. The medium is through song, it is singing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQJaZO2nfGg

Death

             I'm pretty sure I'm about to die. Soon. I have only been at school for a week but I already feel overwhelmed. I'm emotionally and physically drained and I'm sick of homework. I thought that college was suppose to be fun, hard work here and there, but still a lot of fun. Well, I don't think I have had much of any fun since I got into this state known as Ohio. I'm physically moving intensely for more than 7 hours everyday and I never get enough sleep because I don't get home until 10:30 and then I only have time to do homework and shower, and sometimes I don't have enough time to do that. I haven't seen my boyfriend in over a month and the part that kills me is that is going to be another 2 before I get to stare into his gorgeous green eyes again. Before I left for college I hadn't spent more then a couple days without him.
          Then God said "Let there be light," and finally there was good time on campus. I finally got to spend time with really great people. The liberal arts program has the best people in the world, everyone is so nice. The reason why it's been so hard for me is because I had to be here 3 weeks before school started because of DCDC2. So, there was no sign of existence anywhere. Things are starting to look up for me and hope that there are more gatherings to come but the seniors kind of already assured me that there wouldn't be another one like it. I guess that means i definitely should get my hopes up.