Things to consider...

Oh lord.  The packing has begun.  Now that I've made the program at Shorter there are numerous things to consider.  Haha!!

It's stressful.

But I leave in 2 weeks from tomorrow, if I go to Shorter so all is well.

Yay!!!

Much love,

Brent

Catching you up on the past few weeks.... haha

Alright guys,

I'm going to do this and hopefully stay on top of it all summer.

So let's start from the beginning.  As most of you know, I was nominated for the Governor's Honors Program for the upcoming summer.  Sadly, March 27th rolled around and my name was NOT on the list of the lucky ones chosen to go.  :-(

That night, Ms. Beth Barron came up to backstage during Whitewater Spectacular and was like, "Okay!  If I have anything to do with it you're not going to stay home this summer."  She proceeded to tell me all about Walnut Hill.  I went home and looked at the site and fell in love with everything I saw.  However, I thought that it would be too late to apply, and after discussing with some teachers we decided to just wait until next summer to apply.

A few weeks later, Ms. Beth contacted me on facebook and said that I needed to go this summer so that way I could put it on my college application.  She called up to Natick, Massachusetts and spoke with someone and they said that it was not too late for me to apply, so I did my best to work quickly and put together my application.

My application consisted of the following:

1) A cover letter requesting a scholarship (since the program is $$$$$ very expensive)

2) The form

3) 2 letters of recommendation (thank you so much Ms. Barbara and Mr. Bob, and all the others who wrote recommendations)

4) A resume

5) A headshot

6) A representation of work (Now, here's the thing, I had no way to make a representation of work quickly, so I sent in the dvd of "Little Women".)

7) $50 application fee

It was so stressful pulling all of that together.

On April May 29, 2009 my mom took my manila folder with all the necessary components to the post office.  It was shipped off, and all I could do was wait.

Wednesday May 6 I get home from school.  I've been grounded from the computer, but I beg my mom to let me check my e-mail.  It's about 4:00 and I open up my e-mail.  Immediately my eyes are drawn to the e-mail that is subjected "Walnut Hill Summer Theatre."  I started screaming, and freaking out, and I told my mom.  She was in the bathroom cleaning on the phone and was so excited.  I called Christian who answered the phone and was like, "I can't talk I'm in Quartet!"  I was babbling, but he got the message and I hung up the phone.  It was the most exciting moment of my life.

Dear Christopher,

Congratulations!!! You are the winner of the 1st Annual Walnut Hill Summer Theater Scholarship. We are excited to have you with us this summer. Attached is a copy of the letter that is being mailed to you along with the enrollment contract. Please let me know if you or your folks have any questions. If you would like you can print off the contract have a parent sign it and fax it back to us also. Hopefully this is great news and you will join us for an exciting and rewarding summer.

All the best,

Mike Bucco

Senior Associate Dean

Admission and Placement

Walnut Hill School

508-650-5020

fax:508-655-3726"

Exciting right?  You have no idea!!  :-)  The rest of my day consisted of calling everyone I could think of to tell them the exciting news.

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Fast forward to today.  I finally finished the form work I needed to actually attend the program.  Which included shot records and a physical.  Bleh!!  Haha.

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In the midst of all my Walnut Hill excitement, Shorter College Chorale came and performed at our school on Wednesday, May 14, 2009.  I was awestruck at how amazing they were, and it was such an honor to perform such pieces as "Sing Me to Heaven" and "Lux Aurumque" with them.  

After they left, our Assistant Choral Conductor is talking to me, and tells me about this summer voice program they have.  Well, me being the eager beaver I am decide I'm going to apply.  The program is $1000, but they offer scholarships, but the scholarship cut-off date was the 14th.

I talked to Ms. Barbara and she said, they'll still accept your scholarship application.  So apply!  And that I did.  I went to voice and we recorded two pieces: "On the Street Where You Live" from My Fair Lady and "This is the Moment" from Jekyll & Hyde.

My application was sent out Friday May 22.  And I was lucky enough to hear back in one short week, just as I did with Walnut Hill.

The e-mail from Shorter read:

"Abby and Brent Davis-

 

Welcome to Summer Arts Institute! My name is Nickie Nicholson, camp co-director, and I am so happy you’ve decided to spend June 14^th-June 27^th with us. We have a great two weeks planned for you. My FAVORITE event this year, is a performance by 2007 Metropolitan Opera National Council National Winner, member of the Houston Grand Opera Studio, and Shorter College graduate; Jamie Barton. She will be performing Saturday evening June 20^th here at Shorter College in the chapel. Parents are more that welcome to attend, free of charge.

 

For those who have applied for scholarships; our scholarship review committee will be in touch with you soon to let you know what you have received. We received many tapes and the talent coming into camp this year is astounding! I am very excited to hear everyone’s recitals performances."

That's the important part anyways.  So needless to say, I've got a long summer ahead of me.  And I'll be blogging at any opportunity I can get!!  Check back whenever you feel like it.

I love you guys and I'm so excited about this amazing summer ahead of me.

-Brent