Friday, December 24, 2010
Christmastime is Here
Wow! It's been quite a while. Let's see what has happened since.....
Around 10th grade, I started to get involved with photography and ever since, it has been one of my biggest passions. At the beginning of the summer, I started my own photography business. I've been receiving great feedback and am starting to get the word out. Click here to visit the site.
At the end of the summer, two of my friends and I took a road trip out to Indianapolis for the Drum Corps International World Class Championships to see some friends perform. We left at 3am on a Friday and and stopped in Cleveland, OH for breakfast/lunch before spending the night with my friend's family. The next morning, we headed into Indianapolis and checked into our hotel. After getting lunch, we drove to the stadium to see the show. Ever since 9th grade, I had dreamed of going to a championship performance and it was everything I had expected.
This past semester was EXTREMELY busy. In addition to taking a TON of classes, I was involved with Marching Band, Symphonic Band, Symphony Orchestra, Opera Pit, and a brass quintet that goes to elementary schools and teaches music. It was a lot to handle but I enjoyed every minute of it.
This year, we lost an incredibly generous man. George Parks was not only the UMass band director but one of my brothers in ΦMA. I had the pleasure of going to Ireland with him. He was a great man who is missed a ton.
This was an AWESOME semester for our chapter of ΦMA Sinfonia. We initiated 8 great men this semester. I love them dearly and I know they will do great things.
Probably the biggest event our chapter hosted was the Northeast Regional Fireside Conference. Putting it together was a TON of work and took months of planning but everything went well. Over 100 brothers came to UD for the weekend. It was so much fun learning more about the Fraternity and meeting brothers from other chapters. The weekend was put mainly put together by our President, Cameron Miller, and our Secretary, Liam McCartney.
I decided to pursue my dream of doing Drum Corps this year by auditioning for the Holy Name Cadets. The first camp I could go to was the December camp in New Jersey. It was everything I had expected and then some. It was full of vigorous workouts, marching, and playing. Click here for a video from camp.
UD's football team has been doing great this year! We started off the season with a 7-game winning streak and ended the regular season with a record of 9-2. Then, we entered the playoffs and are now headed to the National Championship game in Frisco, TX!!!
Finally, it's the most wonderful time of the year. My favorite holiday of the year, Christmas, is tomorrow. I love seeing all the lights and decorations throughout town. I've watched more than 20 Christmas movies already and listened to countless carols and I've done all my shopping. All that's left now is my family's Christmas Eve tradition. Every year, we go to the night church service with my other "family" (Friends who went to school with my dad), before driving around town and looking at lights before going back to their house to open some presents.
Happy Holidays and until next time,
Sláinte
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