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I am super pumped for college at Eau Claire after Orientation today!

We stayed at the lovely Plaza. I was worried bc I hadn't seen the downtown of ec and all i had seen were big ass stores and a starbucks. LUCKILY there is a tea house AND a coffee house both with frequent live music and poetry slams and such.

I got put in the wrong orientation group: the Undecideds. It confused me and made me think that I wouldn't get into the closed classes and I thought I got in a less good choir. It was very stressful and my Adviser at the time didn't seem to make an effort to fix the problem. A music professor was notified of my displacement and fixed my enrolling account and got all my music info sorted (I am now a voice major) I also got into Women's Chorale!

One of the best things about the day was that during my voice placement audition, Dr. S. began by reading me an email. This is really close to word for word: "Emily is a fantastic soprano. She sang the solo in the Dello Joio for the WCDA Convention in 2009. Emily is also a wonderful human being."
From that point I felt confident and like I was really meant to do this.

Another great feature of the day was the attention my hometown got. Dr. R, the helpful music professor noted how his student teaching experience there was the best experience of his life. He student taught under the former choir director who retired nearly over 10 years ago, Mr. Jacobi. Mr. Jacobi is a very joyful and thoughtful man, the professor and I shared a warm distinction of him. Dr. S who heard my audition was the director of Mr. Wanner, my high school choral director. Mr. Wanner loves talking about his college choir experience, and as his name gains attention in the choir world, Dr. S. knows him and is very proud. They are still friends. As I was exiting the student union, a professor held the door open for my family and I, read our name tags that revealed our home, and asked us where in Muskego we lived. Although we described the area, he didnt seem to know which is to be expected since our part is forgotten by your average Muskego resident. Shortly after, he mentioned he grew up on the first road in our subdivision off the main Muskego roadway, Janesville. What a small world.

I was really happy my bag got compliments

Lauren and I plan on doing bunk beds in our dorm. I have a moon chair, but a futon will fit too.

College will be so fun. I saw a lot of organizations I'd love to learn more about such as West African Music, Feminists, and Habitat for Humanities.