A belated thank you for the supporters of my Toronto trip

Thank you so very much for supporting me and enabling me to travel to Toronto with my choir a few weeks back. It was a brilliant place that I want to return to in the future, maybe I'll even live in Canada one day. It was a great opportunity to discover music, and science, and culture. It was a great way to cap off my days with West Ottawa Choir. I will share a a few highlights of the trip.

Watching The Lion King musical. In the show, comedy and drama are weaved together seamlessly. The show was full of amazing puppetry, voices, dance, staging, and messages. Disney's Lion King was great, the musical was phenomenal.

The Science Center. We visited, essentially, a science museum that covered every branch of Science you can imagine. This was exciting to me, as an aspiring zoologist. I walked on some nature trails, walked through a small rainforest, observed animals (including a wild raccoon), and played like a child with the interactive science displays.

Casa Loma. We visited a beautiful castle. I loved climbing the very high tower, and visiting the grounds which were beautiful and the perfect place to eat my first ever dragon fruit. I stumbled upon the amazing green house right when I had to leave.

CN Tower. I've been up the Empire and the Sears, but the CN Tower was amazing. You get to walk around and feel the high wind rush around you, and the view was breath taking.

Singing. This was, of course, the reason we went to Toronto, and boy did we sing. We sang in a castle, a science center, a beautiful church, on a tour boat, on the bus, and in a clinic. I got complimented on my mature low alto voice by our clinician which made me feel quite good. I love singing, and I love singing with my friends, and I love singing in new places.

Last day of high school!

1st hour- nothing very notable, I was taught about animals and then played the uke
2nd hour- ate amazingly delicious milk cake made by Annie and Annika, signed lots of fans, especially Mrs. Pierson's, played the ukulele more
3rd hour- ranted about boys, finished sports article and therefore all school work, reunited with Ms. Steketee, stole Hannah's super soaker and super soaked her
Lunch- Mrs. Pierson burned me CD's of Dvorak and Eastern choirs, showed Mrs. Pierson Kelila's terrible experience with "All the single ladies," shared in the woe of having "All the single ladies" stuck in my head with Mrs. Pierson, played more ukulele and sung on my way to 4th hour
4th hour- FOUND OUT I GOT THE JOB AS AN EDITOR FOR THE ALMANIAN, made planes with Breanna to go to Captain Sundae and meet my dogs tomorrow
5th hour- performed Still with the Woswe Ap Lit ladies, performed Forks and Knives, laughed very hard at a tumblr post about bra straps
6th hour- Day of sharing! Read a letter to Mrs. Pierson, ended my reign with Concert Choir via Jai Ho
After school- got invited to see Mrs. Pierson's horses and drink lemonade on her deck, stuffed newspapers with Strobel and Steketee and Sydney while sniffling after leaving Mrs. Pierson, returned to the choir room to retrieve my shorts and bike home, find a lot of eighth graders about to audition for WOSWE and deliver an excited, rambly, impassioned, motivational speech, bike home with all the smells of summer