Mira 2009!

In case any of you haven't heard, I made it into Mira 2009!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHH!!!!!!! YESSSSS!!!!!!!!!!
What is Mira 2009, you may ask?
Mira, meaning 'wonderful' in Latin, is a mentoring program by the Elektra Women's Choir- they're from Vancouver and pretty famous! =)
I'm SOOOOOOO unbelievably excited!!!!!!!!
I made it in, along with 11 other high school aged girls- 2 of them being dear friends from my other 2 choirs!
So, at the performance, we're singing with the Elektra Women's Choir from Vancouver, The Balkan Babes from Victoria, Western Washington University Women's Chorale from Bellingham, Washington, and Brilliant Harmony from Japan at the Christ Church Cathedral in Vancouver!!!!
But- wait for it- we have to learn 10 songs for our show on March 1st!!!!
And our first practice is January 24th!!!!
=O
But I'm totally up for the challenge!
I've already got the sheet music for 8 of the songs though so I can start practicing! It's going to be intense, but not too long, so I know I can handle it!
So, at the moment, I'm in 3 choirs... on top of everything else... yeah... insane, but that's what I'm used to!
Unfortunately, I only know 1/10 songs, so this is going to be a lot! And one of the song is in Japanese, and another couple are in Latin!!
OH MAN OH MAN I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ok I'm done!
=D
If you want to read up more about this, check out this site and this part of it too!
Ooh, and they mention the 12 of us in this one! =)
God bless!

Grade 10! UGH!!

Hello Josh, Amanda, and Jane! The three people that read my blog! I LOVE you guys! =]
Oh, and hi to anyone else that is hopefully reading this! Well, it doesn't really matter if I have lots of people reading this particular post- I just meant it's nice to have more people reading my blog! Ok, I'll stop blabbering and get on with my post!

For those who don't know, I am in grade 10. Grade 10 is INTENSE!!!! It's crazy, horrible, informative, heinous, interesting, stupid, annoying, weird, useless, useful, and that's all the adjectives I can think of for now, due to my brain being fried from my latest research report! I knew I was in for a tough year, but really, I had NO idea. I knew I wouldn't have much of a social life. Again, NO IDEA. Which, inspired me to write the following poem:

Grade 10
-By Sarah Rush
October 1st 2008

It is the end
Of a long, tiring day
Now I wish I could sleep
All my troubles away
Who knew so much stress
Could be inflicted on a teen?
It seems so unfair, so unjust,
So- mean.
The world can be a cruel place
And everyone has things to deal with
But remember, or wait 'till you get to grade 10
And you'll see what I'm saying's no myth.


I tend to write poetry about everything I'm feeling- and, 99% of them were written in bed, as I was falling asleep and reflecting on the day, and often, my life. When this one was written, I obviously was really fed up with school work. Some of my poetry is happy, don't worry! =]

Well, I should get back to researching the Giant Hogweed, but hopefully I'll find more time to blog soon!

Catch ya later!