Sunday
So, when I finally run out of weird observations of the world, I fall back on what all writers could do in their sleep that requires little, or no, actual ‘work’; reviewing. This can be very funny if it’s negative, or very very boring unless the topic is a particularly interesting one. Thankfully, I got an interesting topic to do 
Let me first say that Arla Clausen of the music department here at IWCC is amazing. I mean, WOW! That lady can put together a fantastic show! There was a recital performance of the choir, show choir, the Iowa Western gentlemen, and jazz band on Sunday and it was phenominal! But there were empty seats, so some people obviously missed out.
As it was, though, I have some specific observations to talk about, mostly because a few of these people were in my applied voice master class and I totally want to give them kudos on a great job.
The first thing I noticed that night was that John Jones was wearing a tux, and if you’ve ever seen this kid… I dunno, it would have been the last thing you would pick for him to wear. But he pulled it off, I was surprised ;P But that’s not all, of course, I just thought that was funny. I wanted to say he’s a fantastic performer as well. I figured he would be; he has a very flamboyant personality and he uses it to the best of his advantage. Also, it helps that he’s worked hard to be a great musician both with singing and piano.
Josh Elwood did great too! He’s another in my master class and he’s always been kinda nervous getting up solo even though he has a wonderful voice, but he got up and performed solo and duet without a hitch on Sunday! I was so thrilled for him; totally knew he could do it.
I also got the privilage of finding another someone who rather stood out, but who I haven’t yet gotten to meet. His name was Evan Rayborn. Particularly, he did a rather hilarious solo in the spoof of the song ‘The Lion Sleeps Tonight’ that the Iowa Western Gentlemen sang while show choir was setting up. He hit notes I haven’t heard some girls hit before! His vocal range was amazing really.
As always, Rebecca Ronz stole the show. I knew she could sing really well from Master Class, but I found out she a great dancer too! In Show Choir, she was, by far, the best dancer there. She caught your attention because she looked like she was actually trying, unlike a lot of the girls who were just kinda going through the moves they’d learned. The guys, I thought, did great in the dancing because a lot of the show choir guys were also in the Iowa Western Gentlemen group.
BTW!!!! My favorite song that Show Choir did (which was my fav part of the whole thing) was ‘42nd street’. Great job!
But, really, it was hard to pick a favorite part of the show because the whole thing was just stellar performing. Everyone did… I dunno, amazingly well, including the Jazz band! Casey Sheets, a friend of my sister’s, was in it and I totally didn’t know.
But anyway, I should probably wind down before I get off on another tangent 
Congrats to the music department, it’s obvious how hard they’ve been working this year 
Good job to all the music teachers and especially Arla for pulling it together. Hats off.
Sarah