CHICAGO!

      Happy Sunday! Around 7:30 this morning, my choir returned to KC. I was both miserable and ecstatic while on the trip to Chicago and back. On Thursday night, we left around 10 pm and had to spend the night on the bus. This was the miserable part. It was impossible to sleep at all. The chairs were so uncomfortable and I didn't get a single minute of sleep. We stopped at Denny's for breakfast where we had to change in this tiny little bathroom and brush our teeth. After another two hours, we finally arrived in Downtown, Chicago where we did some shopping on Michigan Avenue. We were in a bit of a hurry, I didn't buy anything, and it was snowing. Still not so fun.
      Two hour drive to the hotel, an hour-long wait for our room, quickly got ready for dinner, two hour drive to the restaurant, ate dinner, then saw American Idiot. It was Green Day songs with kind of a story line but not really. It was cool, I like it. Two hour drive back to the hotel, and I finally got to sleep. It was beautiful. We woke up early the next morning, had breakfast, then drove to the high school for our competition. We thought we sang well, but the judge critiqued us pretty harshly. After all the schools finished singing, we went to a mall where I did some shopping. The mall was amazing, it was so huge! After an hour-long drive, we arrived at Medieval Times. It's like Dolly Parton's Dixie Stampede, but the Renaissance version. We ate dinner and watched the show there, and it was also where the awards ceremony happened.
      After the show, everyone in my choir (around 70 kids) held hands because we wanted to go to New York City so badly. There are three categories, and we won gold for all of them! We were screaming so loud that I thought I would tear my vocal cords! Then, we were told that we got invited to sing in Carnegie Hall in NEW YORK CITY!! We all screamed and cried and I had never been so happy in my life. We really didn't think we'd done that well, but we won! See you next April, NYC!

The most delicious Chicago deep-dish pizza ever!

Pretty columns

The Bean!!

Millennium Park

Under the Bean!

Me in the Bean!

The Bean!

Downtown Chicago

In front of the Chicago Art Institute

The Cadillac Theatre, where we saw American Idiot

My friend and me at Medieval Times!

 

The Green Knight won!!

      Last night's bus ride back to KC was also pretty rough (still no sleep) but I did sleep for quite a while when I got home. Overall, the trip was so fun and I'm so glad I went! Now I have to do my homework... :(

Carpe Diem,
Brooke