Parade

Today was our Cayce Parade of Lights.! It was sooo much fun... NOT! It was exausting. First I didn't wake up in time to go to church, so i had to stay home and clean the house. Now when I say clean I mean clean. My step-dad makes sure of it. He has always treated me differently than his kids., But I had to clean the kitchen, bathroom, livin room, dining room, back porch, front porch, sister's room, and both my brother's rooms, and I had to sweep and mop. I had to be at the school at 3:30 to get on my uniform and get lighted for the parade. That was a hassle. It took forever!! When we got to the start of the parade, we had to wait about 30 minutes. The parade finally started. We got in line and started playing our music, it all went well until we ahd played it about 6-7 times. People were dropping cymbals and flip folders all over the place! But besides that, it went well. By the time we got about halfway through, my hands started falling asleep lol. My back was acheing and my arms were sore, but I survived. And those are the reasons I do not enjoy parades lol.

So I know I haven't been bologging everyday like I promised lol, But I'll keep trying. Not much has changed since I last blogged. So far my friend made me audition for the school's musical "Leader of the Pack" that went well, we both made it and i am playing Mickey one of the Jivettes. I am lovin' my first line which goes like this... "Yeah, Elvis was drafted. I'm going to kill myself." lol Im really super excited! Rehearsals started last week, but I couldnt start until next week because of prior band obligations. The Cayce Parade of Lights is coming up on sunday, and i get to be in it...duh lol im in band. For those of you who think that doing parades sounds like soooooo much fun... it ISN"T! you get to march in straight lines and play the same song a hundred times and start and stop and start and stop. The reason I missed those rehearsals is because I had to be at PARADE PRACTICE! I mean who has to practice for a parade if your in band?! if you've been in band for a whole marching semester, you should know by now how to march in a straight line dontcha think? But nooo, we can't do that simple thing. But the good part about the parade is we get to wear lights on our uniforms, since it is the Parade of Lights lol.

thats about all I have for today i guess...

So I'll leave you with one thing to ponder while im away...

1. Since light travels faster than sound, isn't that why some peopleappear bright until you hear them speak?


2. Whose cruel idea was it for the word "lisp" to have an "s" in it?


3. Why do they sterilize needles for lethal injections?


4. If it's tourist season, why can't we shoot them?

I survived!!

So today was Thanksgiving. I spent my time with my grandmother in Summerville. Now i'm use to big get togethers at holidays and children and all that... after all i am the all powerful babysitter for any of my relatives and their friends. Today i was the only person willing to hang out with the kids. There were 3 of them, so it wasn't that bad. I even sat at the KIDDIE TABLE with them lol. im soo nice :) I love these kids but man did they wear me out. I had to stop eating at one point to help the little girl to the bathroom... which was a treat, we played mutiple games, watched Mighty Joe Young, and while eating they all exclamed that there was turkey and mashed potatoes under the table. Guess who had to clean that mess up. I'll give you a hint... ME! But it was a very enjoyable and noisey thanksgiving, and I had a really good time.

Happy Thanksgiving

"If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, "thank you," that would suffice." ~Meister Eckhart

So tomorrow is Thanksgiving. I love this holiday, not only for the tremendous amount of food that i consume every year (lol) but also for the amount of time i get to spend with my family that I don't see very often. Many people have turned this holiday into an excuse to just eat a lot and watch football. Many don't treasure the time with family and realize all that they are thankful for. Every year my family gets together and has a huge feast. We cook everything that we can find that just tastes good. And we share it with all our friends. We have one upstanding tradition, we all sit down after syaing the blessing and go around the table telling what we are thankful for. I have a list of things that I am thankful for that I would like to share with you:

1. My family


2. The grace of God


3. being alive and well


4. having friends


5. my gifts that God has given me


6. clothes on my back


7. a place to live


8. an education

There are many more things that I am thankful for, but i don't want to bore you with my list :) Remember that you should always be thankful for what you have everyday, when you wake up in the morning you should thank God that you woke up .

"Thanksgiving was never meant to be shut up in a single day." ~Robert Caspar Lintner

Achieving your goals

If anybody actually reads this blog, then they would know that I am a MAJOR music freak! Well, my band director, Mr. Hair, informed me last week that I would have to learn how to play the french horn by Christmas vacation. He gave me my instrument today and said play! Besides Diamond, who just got a french horn today as well (she originally plays sax) I am the only other horn player! And to top it all off, I have to play first part!!! I was definately not expecting this :). He wants me to learn this so quickly so I can participate in the brass choir at an ice show. I was shocked by this quick transition, but I am up to the challenge that was put on me by Mr. Hair. I just have to practice, and the way I see it is, if I wasnt to be a music education major, I have to learn the basics for all the insturments anyway.. so why not start now?? It is just another stepping stone on the way to my mojor goal.

I remember one of Mrr. Brady's famous quotes...

"Never trade what you want at the moment for what you want the most."

So im back, two in a row!! Yeah! lol. THis one is about a few saturdays ago..
as you may know, im in the Marching band at BC. Well we went to State Finals, and I am VERY dissapointed in our score. We made 11 out of 12. I am accustomed to being if not in the top three, then the top five. I know exactly what happend too. The band director.. even though I love him to death, does not enforce any rules that he makes. we dont practice like we should, we never get anything done. The attitude of this band really is horrible. It feels like nobody wants it as much as me and a select others. I feel like this band has a lot of potential, but with some of the people there, we probably wont make it far in the world of competitive marching band unless some major changes are made.

First Time for everything

So today I decided to start blogging... I don't know why I just did. So i guess if people are going to be reading this ( I hope so otherwise it's a waste of my time), I should tell you a little about myself. My name is Kelsey Hoose, I am a junior at Brookland-Cayce High School. I am seventeen years old. I am a bit of a smart-aleck (not wanting to use the other choice word that i get quite often). I will tell you honestly how i feel no matter what anyone else thinks. I am in the BcHS marching band. I want to attend Carroll university, and become a band director. Before I attended BC, I went to Swansea High. It was at that "fine" institution that I first started marching band. I remember the first day of band camp... Hot, I also remember the first thought I had about my new band director, Mr. Brady, that man is crazy and he is going to kill us all by the end of camp. Well, i'm still here and that man is the sole reason I want to be a band director as well. I have a few rules to this blog... yes I know who needs more rules... here they are:

1. You may post comments, but PLEASE DON'T use any names other than yours or mine.
2. Be respectful of anyone else who may have a comment... their opinion counts just as much as yours... maybe more.

Thats about all of them, but remember, I am a girl and I have the right to change any and all of these rules without telling you... thank you and come again!!