Californian Teens in The Big Apple.

Most people spend their spring break sitting around at home, watching TV, going to the movies, or taking trips with their family. Sounds fun right? Wrong. Because as I see it, the way I spent my spring break this year was the best decision of my life.

Our choir teacher, Ms. Tavares, has been planning a trip for our choir to sing somewhere in New York since before I was even a student at my current high school. Then sometime last November or so, she informed our choir that we are the only non-jazz group invited to sing (and open) at a jazz festival in Carnagie Hall! CARNAGIE HALL. I am fourteen years old, and I got to sing in Carnagie Hall. That is something that people work their entire lives for, and I got to experience the sensation at a young age. Let me give you all a jist of how this trip went down.

Day 1:

Tuesday April 6th - 3AM. I wake up, extremely tired but excited, and go to my friend Hannah's house. Her mom then drives me, Hannah, and our other friend Conner to the airport. Flight takes off from LAX at 7 AM and arrives in Newark, New Jersey around 3:20 PM. We then take a bus to the hotel, eat, go to a rehearsal, and then the lovely Mrs. Fernicola took myself and a few others out to see Times Square at night! It was so surreal, I could hardly believe where I was. Go back to the hotel, and sleep.

Day 2:

Wednesday April 7th - 7AM. Wake up, eat breakfast, go back to sleep for 2 hours. Really wake up. We met our tour guide, Hal. He hated us because we walked really slow and took pictures of everything we passed. Hal yells a lot. Then we went all the way to the top of the Rockefeller Center where we could see a fantastic veiw of all of New York City. After that, we went to the Museam of Modern Art, where we walked around and took pictures and just had a good time. Then Hannah's mom took a group of us down to Century 21, an amazing store! We rode the subway and the guys attempted to sing Santa Fe from Rent as we were going along. Sleep.

Day 3:

Thursday April 8th - 7 AM. Breakfast, SOHO (best place ever) and dinner at Hard Rock Cafe! It was really good. Then we got dressed up, and went to see a Broadway show! I went and saw Avenue Q. It was fantastic. SO funny. Would have liked to see Next to Normal though. At least Avenue Q was still worth it. Sleep.

Day 4:

Biggest day of our lives/final real day here. Hal took us to the Museum of Natural History. We were a little dissapointed when we got there and saw that it didn't look like Night at the Museum, but were happy nonetheless. We made multiple subway trips and did a lot of walking, but finally made it from the museum to Times Square. We cruised around in different stores until it was time to get ready for our performance. We went to a rehearsal, looked out at Carnagie, and realized this is it. This is what we have worked all year for. We went back to the hotel, changed, and gathered in the dressing room, listening to multiple speaches. Ms. T made me and several others cry before we even went on. We walk out onstage. We sing. BAM. Its over. The end. We go backstage and cry some more. Reception at Rosy O' Grady's afterwards was AMAZING. Lovelovelove.

Day 5:

THREE AM. No sleep. Plane ride home. That's it. It's over.

Goodbye New York, the city that never sleeps. Hello LA, you worthless piece of crap.

:)