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[sanura]

Well, that was surprisingly fun. It was kind of a halfway Lanier class of 200 reunion, this National Merit Finalist presentation... I saw zillions of middle school acquaintances, and Jenny! Yay. I finally introduced her to Bryce (and also Andrew, cause he's cool). 4 out of 6 of the Del Rio people were there, all but JR and Cathy. Josh. Hmm. Talked to Marcus a tiny bit, met Jenny's apparently cool ex-history teacher, and was accosted by Nabil (who was there with friends, not having gotten a National Merit award) asking me if I'd go to M2M with him and Tony the day after. No. No shopping. But it was nice talking to Nabil.

Oh, and did I mention the food? Wow. Seriously. Hors d'oeuvres? Um, if you say so. Chicken strips, egg rolls, mushroom-and-onion paste (YUM), blackberries, RASPberries (YAAAYYY), and this incredible cranberry-mint drink with cranberry ice in it.

Nabil wants me to go shopping. He should know better. But I love this song. And some other things. I should finish Sathi's song.

You are coming to the opera (composition club concert), RIGHT? Everybody? April 29th at 4:00 at school. It's a Thursday. COME. Program so far:

"Sin Dormir"
Reggie Mathalone, Ryan Stickney, and Andrew Brozÿ

"Variations on a theme by Rachmaninov"
Reggie Mathalone

"Impression for Viola and 'Cello"
Rainey Weber

"Alaiah"
Ryan Stickney

string quartet improv


intermission I
"Rain Dream: a dream of rain, encounters and poorly written jazz."
Reggie Mathalone

"Untitled"
Mercy Karpicke

"La Langue von Liebe"
O'Niell Haynes

"Two Tone Sets for 'Cello and Piano"
Andrew Brozÿ

piano trio improv


intermission II
Selections from the opera "Starbirds"
- "the Farewell"
- "the Conspiracy Duet"
- "Sathi's Song"
- "Interlude"*
Ryan Stickney
*Orchestration by Reggie Mathalone