Memory 10

A whopping four years ago there was a group of music students from Messiah College who ventured down to Oklahoma City for the annual ACDA conference. [American Choral Directors Association]. Of these students, there were four girls, and this trip would come to define their friendship over the reminder of their college careers. They did crazy things, played crazy games, and most importantly, were exposed to crazy awesome music.

I was one of these girls.

Throughout the following years we referred to ourselves as “Oklahoma Girls” frankly because we were the only girls and because Oklahoma was an awesome state {who knew?}

There was then a time in 2010 in which I was able to take a course from one of my favorite people ever birthed. Her name is Elaine. The course was vocal pedagogy, a class in which you learn about how to teach voice lessons. Mechanics, methodologies, muscles, and most importantly, your very own “trial student”. The course: spectacular, as I don’t know that I have ever laughed harder in any classroom (well…maybe…that music department…). Towards the end of the semester there was extra time for chatter at which we talked about all sorts of things, of which one topic was Harry Potter. It was expressed that some had seen the newest movie at the time (HP7 Part 1), and some hadn’t. The Oklahoma girls were sitting on the side that had not yet seen the movie. As was Elaine. As an avid Harry Potter fan, it was basically inexcusable that so much time had passed without seeing the movie, but that was soon to be rectified. Chatter continued to happen and from someone’s brilliant mouth {it could have been mine, it could have been someone else’s, I don’t remember} the idea was set forth that we as a class (10 people) go see Harry Potter together during finals week. Did I mention brilliant?

Finals week came. Things came up, people had to work, to study to clean, but there was still a glimmer of hope in seeing Harry Potter. Movie times were scoped out, times were arranged, and on that day the Oklahoma Girls & Elaine piled in one car  and made their adventure to the Camp Hill Movie Theatre.

…I mean really, how many people can say that they went to see Harry Potter with their college professor?

I win!