On this Halloween night.....

So, I went to a harvest party yesterday at Allison's house, and we made a movie...shocker......what you should be shocked about is that we made a music video to "Thriller" by Michael Jackson :) Are you shocked? Hee, hee, just wait 'till you watch the movie!

Christmas Carol 2011

In September, I auditions for "A Christmas Carol" as usual. This year, I sang "On my own" from Les mis(love that song!!!!)

No surprises there, until I got a call back, and they asked me to be Martha Cratchet!!!!!! WHAT'S UP! Yay!!!!!! I was so excited, I'm still a little excited, actually :).

My mom auditioned, too, and she got a part in the Chorus, which is exactly what she wanted. She's going to wear the blue dress I made two years ago, and she looks great in it :)

~Erin ♥

PS
I have yet to bring my camera to a rehearsal....I believe it's time for a change, don't you?

It's your day!

To my best friend, Allison, on her 17th birthday.....

Hey dude! Yay! It's your birthday, and you're 17!! Sheesh. We're old. :) I just wanted to say that you are the best friend a girl could have! You're so much fun, and I love how you go right along with me when I want to randomly burst into song and dance in totally public places. I love how you know every single word to every song that may happen to pop into my head at those moments! I love how you can choreograph impromptu dance moves to "Don't stop believing", and, even though they may be super silly and not the least bit flattering, you do them with all your heart! :) I love that you embrace that no one can sing " Eye of the Tiger" well, and so just belt out the words in all your off-key glory.{Y'all know I'm doin' it right along with her!} I love that we can have a totally unplanned photo shoot in your back yard, and you always look fantastic! I love that we can talk about anything for hours, even if it's stupid and WAY teenage girl.

But most of all, I love that you are my friend!


O.k. Enough gooshey. Are you ready to sing? Get your voices ready...Here we go!..........

HAAAAAAAPPPPPYYYYY Birthday to you!
Happy birthday to you!
Happy birthday to ALLISON!!!
HAAAAAPPPPYYYY BIIIIRRRRRRTTTTHHHHDDDDAAAYYY TOOOOO YOOOUUUU!!!!!!!!!

And many more..........

A friend at the piano

This is Adam. You may remember him from a post I did a while back on an essay and a short story. Oh, you don't remember? Well, click here to bring yourself up to date.

O.K. now that you know all about what I'm talking about {ha!} I would like to share with you a series of videos. This past week, my friend Adam, who is an amazing piano player, was asked to help sell pianos for a local company at our county fair by playing for an hour. Y'all know me, so you know I brought my camera :) Below is one of the videos I took that day. You can watch this and the others at my youtube channel. Enjoy!




♪ Erin

Yo

Don't really have anything to post, but my piano teacher introduced me to this song, and I fell instantly in love{as I do with so many things!} and I knew that it would be a crime not to share it with all of you.

So now I present "To a wild Rose" by Edward Macdowell

Rock on!

Some teens from the local homeschool "scene", including myself, started a band, and we had our second practice this past Saturday. before I show you a clip of one of the songs we're working on, let me introduce you to the group:

Adam- Lead keyboard

Zakk- Lead Guitar

Grace- Drums

Kara-Electric Guitar/vocals
Corey{that one buggy eye behind Kara}- Guitar

Along with myself, there is one other member, Katherine, who plays keyboard, but I didn't get a picture of her.

We're still a little rough around the edges, but we get better with each practice. And now, here's Kara singing "Forever" by Fireflight:

I think Kara got a video of me singing. I'll see if she'll send it to me, and I'll post it, if you'd like☺

Swing it!

Every spring, during the entire month of June, we celebrate our community, starting with a parade, and ending with fireworks on the 4th of July. Each year, our library hosts a band to play in the park next door, and this year, the style was Big Band!!

Tony Awards highlights....

Well, at least in my opinion!

The Battle of the hosts:




Sister Act{Love this movie!!} :



The Cast of Anything Goes singing "Anything Goes" :



Harry Potter's Daniel Radcliffe in "how to succeed in Business without really trying" :



All in all, a pretty entertaining evening of televised Broadway!

Are you ready for your daily dose of humor?

If you answered "yes", then watch this video! You'll be chuckling at the mere thought of it!

It's the fabric of our lives

Cotton. You gotta love the stuff! It's magic! Seriously! cotton will keep you warm in the winter and cool in the summer. It's the fabric of our lives.

Inspirational Monday....April 4, 2011

Yay!! I didn't forget to do an inspirational post on inspirational Monday! Again, I'm sorry I forgot last week.

I've been thinking a lot about Broadway musicals lately, getting "wicked" songs stuck in my head, and to top it off, a couple weeks ago, PBS broadcasted the Les Miz concert, and I've had "one day more" running through my head ever since, which is annoying, since I don't know any of the words. Not that that's a bad thing, I do so love to sing Broadway songs at the top of my lungs as I do my chores around the house, especially when I vacuum, that way no one else can hear me belting out "Dear officer Krumpkee", thank goodness!

I hope you all have been inspired to go around the house singing "Memory" at the top of your lungs!

~Erin

Happy anniversary

For this week's Inspirational Monday, I shall share with you a short video. This is my favorite scene from my favorite episode of the Cosby show, Starring Comedian Bill Cosby. Full episode upon request.

In this episode, called "Happy anniversary", Heath-Cliff Huxtable and his family are celebrating his parents' 49th anniversary with a very special{and entertaining} gift.

A city on our knees

Now, I ask you. Does this sound like a Toby Mac song? Because I STRONGLY dislike his music. With a passion. But I love this song. What's up with that, peeps? What, I ask you, WHAT?!

By the by, you like how I managed to use the word "peeps" in a sentence? Yeah, me to. I think I should use it more often. It makes me feel hip...............and then I make that statement, which takes away all my recently gained cool-ness. So I think I'll stop talking before I embarrass myself to much and just give y'all a video. Cool? Cool.

Valentines playlist

Here are some of my favorite love songs, and are oft played on my ipod, just for Valentines day!

























Happy Valentines day!!!