Day 19

Daily Practice

1 hour +
I worked through the Daily Vocalizations CD for about 30 mins.  Then I went to performance class and massacred Defying Gravity, but I'm not going to dwell on it... stand up, dust myself off, and jump back on the horse.  I'll be back in performance class tomorrow. :) Afterwards I went home and practiced Falling for You, the song I want to sing for my demo.  I finished out the day with my third private lesson with Kurt.  He helped me work on my mixed voice and "wicked witch" cry to clean up Defying Gravity and make it sound more theatrical and less classical.

Healthy Meals 32 and 33

Breakfast- apple cinnamon oatmeal





 Dinner- salad: romaine lettuce, ground turkey, shredded cheese, poppyseed dressing




Charitable Deed 2

So here's the outside of the school!

Couldn't take pictures of the kids...

Yesterday I went to PS 76 as a New York Cares volunteer.  A group of 5 volunteers met with about 20 4th and 5th graders from 8:00am- 8:40am, before their school day started.  Our purpose was to play math games with the students-- creating a fun environment to help them strengthen their math skills while having a good time.  We started as a whole group playing "Buzz" with the numbers 3 and 5.  If you've never played "Buzz" before, you should!  Basically you go around in the circle counting in order starting with 1, 2, 3, and so on, but when you get to a number that is a multiple of 3 or 5, or has  a 3 or 5 in it, you say "buzz".  If you mess up, you are out and have to sit down.  (Believe it or not, I actually played this game just a month ago while on Spring Break in Cancun.  Yes my friends and I are dorks, and we got ridiculously excited in the middle of a hotel bar when we got all the way to 150.) After playing as a large group, we broke into smaller groups and played with math flash cards and board games.  It was hard to keep the students focused; some of them acted like they didn't want to be playing, but it was always exciting when they would get an answer right, and their faces would light up when we praised them.  Fun times.  I love that this program exists because having been a high school teacher, I've seen first hand that if students don't fall in love with math at an early age, they face an uphill battle for many years to come.