Thank you all for your vibes last night and today! It means so much to me and to everyone in the area dealing with this. Today was a good enough day, less scary because there wasn't as much of a shock factor, but much more sad because identites were finally released, and many people realized that they did in fact know someone who was injured, or worse. The university had a moment of silence to pay our respects to Tech, and at 9pm, there was a candlelight vigil that over half of the student body attended on one of the campus lawns. It's just so sad, and it's going to be a while before anyone feels completely at peace with the situation.
But, life goes on, and the living must keep doing as such, so that's what I've been doing. I'm so happy that I'm a musician, and that I get the pleasure of singing myself to death every day. Music is such a positive release of energy, and at the end of all of my rehearsals today, I couldn't help but feel so blessed to be able to spend my life doing this. My Chorale is performing a version of U2's "MLK" this weekend, and it now has much more significance, and I can't wait to live that experience.
In other positive news, I auditioned for the top choral ensemble on campus last night, The Madison Singers of JMU, and I got a callback! The director told me I had one of the best auditions he's seen in a while, and that he was really excited to hear my callback. I'm so happy!
I've read through most of the posts, and I'm glad to hear that everyone is doing well. This week is going to be crazy for me (comme normale), as I have a choir concert tomorrow night, opera scene performances Thursday night, a speech presentation for my Communications class on Friday that's worth 60% of my grade, and a recital on Saturday in which I am performing 3 separate times. I hate to be a mushy "life is wonderful" type, but I really am grateful that I get to do all of this during the week...the current situation just makes me appreciate everything so much more!