International Christmas

Happy New Year!! I meant to write a few things about Christmas before I left on vacation, but that didn't happen. Right now I am enjoying my last few days of Christmas break in England before I head back and start school again on Monday. I promise to write all about England later, but for today I want share about some of my Christmas activities back in Bucharest.

I was involved in leading a choir for two different Christmas programs this year. It was something brand new for me. I have been a part of choirs for many years and I really enjoy it, but I have never led a choir before, neither have I had any training to lead a choir....so I was a little intimidated about it. However, I think both programs went very well.

The first Christmas program was at the beginning of December for our church. I was asked to lead the adult choir about three weeks before the program date. I put together some songs, and we had practice after church on Sundays. I always had a different group of people practicing, so I really wasn't sure how it was going to turn out, but in the end it was fine

 

The following week we had our school Christmas program. The elementary students put on the play "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever" and inbetween acts my high school choir that I have been teaching this semester got to perform. It was their first performance as a choir, so they were pretty nervous, but they did an amazing job. I was very proud of them. I have really enjoyed teaching this class. Choir was probably one of the highlights of my high school career, and being able to pass that on to these students has been a privilege. Next semester I will not be teaching choir, but I will be working, with the drama teacher, as the musical director for our spring drama, "Annie."