Hello fellow band peoples and deviants! PASCO turned out to be really fun but unfortunately because of the way my boyfriend treated me and the battery in my camera was dead >< i wasn't able to get any pictures but i can describe everything . First of all, and most exciting, OUR BAND PLACED 3RD IN OUR DIVISION!!!! The only two schools above us were Calcus and Mercer Island High School. The Jazz Band were the ones who placed third for us. As for Wind Ensemble and Concert Band didn't get any awards but we were marked high from the judges. The Wind Ensemble ended up get mostly 1's and only a couple 2's, same for our Jazz Band. Concert Band got 2's, some 1's, and a couple 3's. But what really made Mr.Proff mad was that they downgraded us for our attire. The Wind Ensemble all has to wear tuxedo's while Concert Band just wears black slacks, socks, shoes, and a white shirt. I guess it confused them or something and we got points taken off. And in Jazz Band Proff says if your in Wind as well as Jazz its your privilage to wear your tux. Oh wells though The trip unfortunately was only an overnighter, it would have been three days if it hadn't been Easter weekend. And me and my anime friends were pissed because we had to miss Sakura-con because of PASCO. Our hotel was a Best Western and it was really beautiful. The trip up there and back was 5 hours and for our hang out time i dueled with Mykl, Barryn, Andrew, Alex, and Talon with our Yu-Gi-Oh cards, it was so much fun! Anyways, this friday is our band lock-in and we get to do some really fun stuff like play music at 2 AM and play dodgeball in the gym at 3 AM. We all get to get sugar high and really hyper too This time the camera will be charged and i will take bunches of pictures! Also Prom was switched to Andrew's birthday, May 16th, and we are really excited! Its being held at the Great Hall Union Station in Seattle and we get to ride up there in a limo with our two friends Tim and Jenny also in band with us. We are going to Anthony's for dinner before we go and then it time to party! The price for a couple with an ASB is $100 and $140 without. For a single its like 140 with an ASB and 160 without. The only question i wanna know is who goes to Prom alone? Okies, well thats all for now, i also am finishing up the second half of our band picture it might have a third part depending if i can squeeze everyone else in it lol

Alright tomorrow i leave for a two-day band festival trip to PASCO near the Tri-Cities in Washington State. We will be leaving at 5 AM tomorrow from LSHS and then its a 5 hour trip up there. The Concert Band plays at 10:40 and the Wind Ensemble plays at 12:30. Jazz Band plays the next night so we get back Sunday at around 1:00 in the morning. I am bringing my camera and yes i will be taking tons of pictures! I get to go swimming and work out with Andrew and im staying the night at his house tonight so we can both wake up at four and his mom can drive us to LSHS. Andrew, Barryn, Myk, Alex, and I are working on building strong Yu-Gi-Oh decks too and we're going to duel one another a lot on this trip! Also i will take a pic of the Phu-king restaraunt that Proff told us about lol Andrew, Myk, and I are practicing our music now and soon Myk will go home so we all can get a good nights sleep. I bought some Monster Energy drinks for Andrew and I so we can stay awake to duel on the trip. Anyway i luv ya'll and i'll post up pics and give the scores when i return! GO VIKES!

Well today is the first time that the Concert Band gets to perform at Arlington High School along with the Wind Ensemble. Both of the Viking groups have band competitions and on April 10th and 11th we travel to PASCO for another competition. We are so excited! We had to pay 95.00 for the trip but it was worth it if you saw the hotel we're staying at! Its really beautiful it has a huge fountain when you walk in the main doors and if you look straight past that you can see the building we'll be performing in. For all the band geeks out there i am going to take loads of pics on that trip and im going to try to get some today as well. I will try to get a pic up of me and my awesome band director too ^^ I also got my brand new Tenor Sax two days ago and i get to play it for pep at friday's rescheduled Faculty Basketball Game! The whole band was surprised because originally the drumline was just supposed to play but all of the teachers asked for the whole band and we gave them a big Viking "YES!". I will try to get pics from that as well, the game happens tomorrow. Well thats it for right now, time for me to head out to my bus, but i will be back on later tonight to explain how the competition went. Sayonara!

Alright Vikings! "plays Everybody's Everything (Karate)" So our state games have been going very well! We lost our first game against Garfield and their drumline kicked our butts but as for their brass/woodwinds we owned them! Yesterday's game was against Decatur and we won 59 to 56. Today's game was very intense like the last two and we played Eisenhower (Ike) and won 50 to 49. Decatur and Ike had very good brass/woodwinds sections but their drumline wasn't as good as Garfields. But what do you expect when Garfields band is ranked #1 in the state? O_o Overall these games were very fun for our band although now the best the Vikings can place is 5th since we lost against Garfield TT_TT Oh well, maybe next year. Andrew, my bf, didn't show up at todays game against Ike since he had a diabetes appointment at Children's Hospital so that's why he wasn't in any of my new pics. But that's not the worst part, yesterday, right before we got to the game and even after it ended, i had a small heart attack! For half the bus ride up to Tacoma and through the rest of the night i had trouble breathing and my heart was in so much pain. I was lucky not to collapse during the game Proff kept an eye on me and after the game i went to the hospital because it worsened. At first they thought it was Asthma but then they found out the scary truth, and besides, i've never had Asthma in my life! I was pretty scared since im only 16 and had my first heart attack even if it was just a small one. The doctor said if i had waited any longer to get checked i might have died or at least been close to death. TT_TT My friends, as well as my family, are scared for me too and i had a little breathing problems at today's game. As a result of this i may not be on DA for a while since i need rest and stuff. Overall, new pics are posted so enjoy!

I am SO happy! We had playing tests yesterday from measures 44-54 in one of our pieces of music called Awakening Hills. I smoked Alexs' butt and today Proff posted the results for who made it into Wind Ensemble and who is staying/made it into Concert Band. This applies for next year but i couldn't be happier! Andrew also made it into Wind Ensemble but he's not that happy about it. he wants to play his Alto Sax in Wind because his heart lies in that instrument and he was forced to play Clarinet by Proff, of course, since we don't have many Clarinets, he wants Andrew to play it. Andrew was pretty upset And poor Jab may not be in Wind next year due to family problems and might have to move TT_TT Proff asked him at last nights game if Jab would switch from Alto Sax to Contrabass Clarinet and he said yes! We hugged each other, and Alex, because we were so happy! In Proff's class it is almost impossible to make it into Wind Ensemble, you ahve to be extremely good. Anyways the Vikings basketball team lost last friday's game against Mariner, and we almost had them! With 12 seconds left to go we had 49 and Mariner had 48. Then without us believing it was possible they scored a basket and it was their worst free-thrower who made the shot! We were pissed and then he shot a 1 pointer and made it making the score 51-49. With 4 seconds left in the game the Vikes tried to make a comeback but it was no good TT_TT We have a chance to make it to state though still, we won yesterday's game at Jackson against their team, the Timberwolves, and we showed them up! The Vikings won 76-56 against Jackson. This friday everyone is getting pumped, we play Stanwood at Marysville-Pilchuck high school and if we win this game we go to state on March 3rd from then to the 7th. GO VIKES! As sad as it might sound, this will be the first time in Lake Stevens history that the boys basketball goes to state. Isn't that sad? Other than this nothing else has been up with me. I have to register for my 11th grade classes tomorrow. On friday i am going to get as many pictures as possible of my band mates and I. Show the Viking Luv!