A Small World

Ok now that I have gotten back to normal after International I would like to talk about it a little more...because well, it excites me!!!

We competed against 32 chorus' from all over the world. England, New Zealand, Sweden, Australia and Canada were represented. Some of the women from England were in our hotel and they were so cool. When I got off at my floor on the elevator one proceeded to say "Cheerio!" in her British accent. It made me smile. They were from Nottingham. This is so cool to me that women from other countries are learning and singing this American artform we call barbershop!!!

So we performed on Thursday and made top 10 not knowing where we stood. Then after the finals on saturday we came out 6th. At first we were bummed that we didn't get a better place but I was soon reminded that there are 600 chorus' all over the world and thousands of Sweet Adelines that will never even make it to International let alone get in the top 10 and get a medal. So I wear my 6th place medal proudly...I mean it is 6th in the whole world for goodness sake.
On Saturday night Sweet Adelines set the Guinness World Record for Worlds largest singing lesson. I was one of the verified 6651 participants. A rep was there from Guinness World records to verify that indeed a singing lesson took place. It was taught by Peggy Gram the international president and the Moxie Ladies 2009 International quartet champs and queens of harmony. That is my next goal...to be a queen.



In other news it is my last day at work here at CU. My time here is done and I am trying to stay positive, if there is one thing I need and one thing I prayed for before I even knew when this job would be over it was that I would be able to take a break...I have been working everyday I could since I didn't get paid time off and haven't had any time off since last Christmas so I am really going to be a happy camper next monday.