Winter Break 2011

Hello everybody!

I hope all of my readers are having a great winter break from school. Also, I hope everybody had an amazing Christmas or Hanukkah. So much has happened since my last blog entry. Enjoy!

Jazz band has been going really well. While I am happy that improv classes are now available, I wish they were started when I was a freshman. I have gotten tons of information out of them. But, I wish that I didn’t feel stressed and feel the need to cram all of the musical knowledge before I go off to college in the fall. I feel as if I am far behind my fellow trombone players coming from other high schools. Mr. Popat was recently named the new supervisor of visual and performing arts for the district. Congrats! 🙂

In recent wind ensemble news, we had an awesome holiday concert earlier in the month. Mrs. Russo picked out new music for us to work on for the Bands of Randolph concert and Region Concert Band Festival in March. I love the selections she made! So far they include “Ride”- Samuel Hazo, “A Movement For Rosa”- Mark Camphouse, and “The Hounds of Spring”- Alfred Reed. I can tell you right now, the wind ensemble will be VERY busy figuring out each of these pieces and getting it performance-ready.

A little bit of progress has been made on my college applications

I hope everybody has a great Christmas/Hanukkah and an amazing new year! I can’t wait to see what 2012 has in store for me!! 🙂 Best of luck!

Jordan

Swim Team Update

Hello Everybody!

I hope you are having a great weekend. Here is the latest update from my life. I hope that all of my readers are enjoying the insight I am giving into my life. Enjoy!

Swim team is going well! I am getting better and better each day. I can’t wait to compete in a meet this season and move up a lane. While I was not in the pool, I got the opportunity to time one of the Randolph lanes. Timing a lane at our meet last Thursday versus Kinnelon High School was awesome! I got to cheer on my teammates from the deck and help out the team at the same time. Also, some swimmers who normally do not get called upon to swim were selected to compete in various events. I was happy to see those people getting “the call.” Kudos to Matt Gaydos for setting his personal best time in the 400 freestyle relay, I am super proud of you buddy! (I couldnt believe the stopwatch at first glance!)