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  So the AVHS band program last year announced a band-wide trip to NYC to perform at Carnegie Hall last year. Back then, I didn't have this aspiring love for geography. This was before I took AP Human Geo. I did some quizzes on sporcle and everything and memorized the 50 states and all the countries, but I never cared about cultural landscapes on the level that I do now. I remember thinking "dang, that's really cool." I really wanted to visit the East Coast back then, but who would've thought that this was just perfect. A trip with my friends to literally the best city in the world, where we have tons of free time and at the same time, don't even have to plan much. It's kind of a dream vacation. It is a dream vacation. Leading up to this trip, I was always jsut so excited to visit this city, I remember going on google maps and just seeing everything, studying NYC boroughs, learning about landscapes, it was so cool.  I never thought this trip would've h...

  Current Day Its like 2-3 weeks into 2nd semester senior year.  To start us off on what this post will be like, let's take a look at what I did today.  - I went to school at like 7:15 for A Period and fooled around in a horn sectional since our horn coach was here.  - played geoguessr doing ap human geo while occasionally looking at what we were doing in class and being confused  - literally being so bored during economics since my teacher doesnt let us have laptops or phones out. so i legit took off my keychain rubik's cube and played with it under my desk while she lectured about the most stupid things  - spent the period playing geoguessr in AP Lit. Today was day 1 of starting our essay for a book we read so it was like a work period in which no one really worked.  - (during lunch) went to the Rubik's cube club!!! I'ev never mentioned this before on my blog, I'll make sure to have a separate post on this.  - went to music theory where i was on...

 I returned from WBA Grand Champs 2 days ago, and I've had a bit of time to reflect. This post will be all about senior year in the front ensemble. It kind of makes sense to have this post wrap over everything about marching band, but that will take a lot of time to formulate. If you want, you can visit the  band label  for all posts related to band. What a season. I only did marching band in 9th, 10th, and 12th grade, and 10th grade was the online year, so I pretty much only have 2 legit marching band seasons. Anyway, first of all, everyone in the pit section is just so iconic to me, and I'll remember it so vividly forever.   - Rathul, center marimba, chillest guy, funny to troll .   - Bog, og.  - Matthew, someone I truly feel content dapping up every time he turns around. I remember during friends and family, when he turned around with such a genuine smile and dapped us up after act 1. That was such a sincerely genuine moment. It feels so surre...

  EuroTrip 2022. 2019 EuroTrip OVERVIEW 2019 // 5 Unique Countries (Italy, Vatican City, Monaco, France, Spain) Part 1: "Italy" Venice, Florence, Rome, Vatican City Part 2: "Cruise" Pompeii, Monte Carlo (Monaco), Cannes, Palma de Mallorca Part 3: "Spain" Barcelona, Madrid 2022 // 6 Unique Countries (France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Czech Republic, Austria) Part 1: "Northern Europe"   - Paris, France (4 days)  - Brussels, Belgium (1 day)  - Amsterdam, Netherlands (3 days)  - Berlin, Germany (2 days) Part 2: "YPSO Celebration of Music Tour"  - Leipzig, Germany (2 days)  - Prague, Czech Republic (2 days)  - Vienna, Austria (3 days) Hi. This summer, the transition from junior year to senior year of high school, is a busy one. One major contributor is this 2-week EUROTRIP. We planned this because I am in an orchestra called YPSO (Young People Symphony Orchestra) based in Berkeley/Oakland, and this orchestra is going on a European tour ...