Friday, March 19, 2010

Choir and Corned Beef

On Wednesday, I had my spring choir concert. I'm in the Concert Choir and we sang some pretty exciting songs. I especially loved the last song, where all the choirs came together and sang, "Come Thou Fount," arranged by Mack Wilberg. It was beautiful.
{The Altos}

While waiting for our turn on stage, we watched, "The Princess and the Frog," in the choir room. I love this movie. I think I've watched it four times in the past three days.
I also have some exciting news... I made Xela!! Xela is the women's show choir and I'm so excited I made it! Tryouts were a few weeks ago and my letter came in the mail yesterday. I'm also in the A Capella choir, which is the Senior class choir. I'm so happy. :)


Changing subjects, on St. Patrick's Day, my family was going to have an Irish dinner, but since I had my choir concert that day, we had our dinner on Thursday. We had brisket sandwiches. The sandwich consists of: rye bread, corned beef, Swiss cheese, and sauerkraut (shredded cabbage fermented in brine). If that doesn't sound gross enough, then I don't know what... It was simply disgusting. Nobody in my family liked it except my dad. I tried to be good and ate the whole thing, but I really hope I don't have to eat something like that ever again. I don't know how the Irish do it.

{Corned Beef}
{Sauerkraut}
Last three pictures via Google

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE XELA!!!!!! Xela was the best class of my senior year!! you will love it AND once a xela sister always a xela sister. i'm proud of you jessica!

Melissa said...

ok if your corned beef looked anything like that picture no wonder it was gross! Trust me, if cooked right its pretty good :) and congrats onxela

Lisa Childs said...

yay! Congrats! And yeah your pic of the CB does not look very appetizing. We had CB and C a few weeks ago.. My mom felt festive and wanted in on an irish tradition.. haha but it also wasn't my favorite. I don't like it that much. So proud of you for xela jess!! congrats congrats congrats! :)

Julie said...

You must remember that the corned beef idea was NOT mine. Every time I think about it, my stomach gets a bit squeamish. Your father tries so hard to culture us. :). SO happy you are in Xela--it will be a great experience for you. Love you muchly...Mom

Jefferson said...

Oh my gosh, I love brisket sandwiches!! THEY'RE SO YUMMY!!!! Some of my favorite, even!

Also - CONGRATULATIONS ON MAKING XELA!!! BAAAH!!!! I'M SO EXCITED FOR YOU!!!!!!!!!! BAAAAAHHH!!!! :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D remember when we were in Foods your Sophomore year and you were all excited to finally get to start choir? LOOK WHERE YOU ARE NOW! IT'S AMAZING! GAH! :D I'm very excited for you. :)

PS. I creepily found your blog. And blog stalk you now. I hope that's okay.

Yours truly,
Jefferson