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If you’re looking for the beginning, it’s right here. ;}
And here’s the part where my brain drops right out of my head, because I honestly don’t believe that this really happened.
Guys, I put my all into this thing, but I don’t know that I actually expected them to send me to Wales again. I thought [...]
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If you’re looking for the beginning, it’s right here. ;}
Saturday: Lift-Off
I don’t remember Saturday very well. I slept in as late as I could, and took as long as possible getting ready. I ordered breakfast up to the room. I carefully styled my hair (to whatever extent it’s even possible to style my hair, when [...]
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If you’re looking for the beginning, it’s right here. ;}
Well, Why NOT Get Sick?
It was my own fault, honestly. Marty’s birthday is August 26th, so the previous weekend we had a party and some fun evenings with friends, and the inevitable influx of wheat, sugar, and dairy. One little exception at a time, I can [...]
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If you’re looking for the beginning, it’s right here. ;}
Thirty Days and Counting
In August, I scheduled my voice lessons. I learned the songs. I guessed at the Welsh until—glory of glories!—I colluded with the gracious and generous Joan Mandry and my ever-persevering mother to receive an audio cassette of Joan’s amazing Welsh diction by FedEx. [...]
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If you’re looking for the beginning, it’s right here. ;}
And then…
I’ll tell you—this year, I thought competing was going to be an awful idea. I already had so much on my plate that I couldn’t imagine giving a competition the time and preparation it deserved. I didn’t want to do it halfway, especially since I [...]
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Okay, now look.
It’s very hard to write stuff like this down. It’s like trying to write down a dream you had three days ago. Once it’s over, you’re in a different dimension—a different mindset, a completely different universe with different physics and laws of nature and so on and so forth. So don’t let the [...]
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I am completely high off this morning’s rehearsal.
I met with Alan Thomas, who is the wonderful competition accompanist, and we worked out the bits and pieces and tempos and so forth for my two pieces. I’m competing in the David G. Morris competition (lots of Morrises running around these Welsh festivals!), which happens (I believe!) [...]
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