Blerpader

Nothing too amazing to share about today in terms of touristy stuff, but I had some really ground-breaking things happen for me personally! Early afternoon-ish I went to my voice lesson with Phil Hall, a Musical Theatre coach here in the city. We worked on the piece I'll be presenting in the workshop when classes start next week - it's called "But The World Goes Round." (Dave! This is your song!)

I found it apropos to include me in front of the giant globe in Columbus Circle!

I am trying really hard to figure out a way to post a 2min mp3 clip to this blog from my lesson to give you an idea of what we're working on... maybe Christine can help me figure out how to post mp3 files. Or Jude how did you post a video? Anyway, it's called "mixed belt" and the purpose is to sing healthily while sounding like you're belting. Ha. Pretty easy shmeesy, right?...Actually it's one of the the hardest things I've done in three years, even after all I've learned from studying strictly classical voice! I should note that I'm incredibly grateful for my classical training and the fabulous work Julie has done with me - and can now truly see how beneficial it has been and how it has opened infinite doors to all kinds of styles and techniques that I now get to start dabbling in...

I came home and napped and things and then tonight I went to Yoga. I finally achieved this pose:

Oh wait - no, sorry - that's a picture I found on google. And that man is out of his mind. Well, actually, he's probably more enlightened than any of us looking at his photo. My POINT is that the class was fantastic. I loved it and needed it and enjoyed every sweaty moment. I found myself smiling a few times in different poses as a manifestation of my body's appreciation for taking care of myself. I'm going again tomorrow - "oooommmm..." (Ruby, no Tibetan bells at this studio. Wah.)

Tonight I watched So You Think You Can Dance and enjoyed resting my feet and my sore body. It's been raining, but tomorrow is supposed to be super beautiful so hopefully I can get tickets to Shakespeare in the Park tomorrow night!