So here we are in the last week of the semester of my first year at AMDA and it's been quite a year. I've had some really good amazing moments and some not so good ones as well, but all were for a reason and I'm grateful for them all.
I know I haven't blogged in awhile, so I figured I would spend the afternoon catching up on things and updating you all on the last couple months here at AMDA LA.
First off Easter came and my roommates and I decided we would have this super cute Easter dinner get together. We made Easter shaped pasta with red and white sauce, garlic bread, green beans and just enjoyed each others company. Below is a lovely picture of me modeling out Easter feast!
Dance Concert was at the end of April and it was a huge success! The cast was extremely talented and worked so incredibly hard on the show. As a cast we had our moments but it all paid off when we walked on that stage together. Below is a picture of us during circle up on opening night.
Kellie and her fiance Tyler came to see the show and I'm so glad they had the chance to! I've gotten super close to those two over the past year. Neither of them had ever seen me dance before so the show was the first time they got to see me and everyone dance together. They loved the show and I'm so thankful they got to come hang out with me for a night in Hollywood!
My dad and brother both came out to see my show in April and I was so incredibly excited about it. My brother hadn't seen me perform live since I was like 10 so him coming out to my show in college meant a ton. They both flew out on a Friday and stayed over the weekend. It was fun to have the both of them here and spend time with two of my favorite guys in the world.
Above is a photo of the car my dad and brother drove up to AMDA in... yes that's a mustang.... yes that's my dad striking a pose in a mustang. You gotta love him.
The guy pictured below is basically the best brother anyone could ever ask for. This kid has been there through a lot of crazy situations and means the absolute world to me. If you ever see the two of us together we are always just going at it with the teasing and messing with each other, but know we are really just best friends, which is how a brother and sister really should be. He hasn't seen me dance in forever, so when I got into the show I called him and invited him to my show. The next day he called me and told me he was coming with my dad. Let's just say my day was made. :) Below is a photo of the two of us right before I said goodbye to him after my show!
So now we get to my favorite part about Dance Concert weekend. THIS BOY... aka Landon Badoni... also my best friend in the entire world, drove.... for 12 hours... all night to come surprise me at my show. What the heck... I know. I was so incredibly surprised and beyond excited and happy to see this wonderful boy. And it really meant the world that he drove all the way from Utah to come see me perform in my show. The funny thing was is everyone in my entire family knew he was coming except me and everyone either called or texted me the day before he came asking me if I knew if he was coming or not. haha So since he came I really got to spend the entire weekend with three of my most favorite guys in the entire world. Basically it was one of the best weekends ever.
Pictured below is me with Kyle! He's both one of my Jazz teachers here at AMDA but he also was one of the directors for the show. I'm so incredibly thankful that I could work for and be inspired by him over the semester.
Below are just some fun snapshots from the past couple of weeks with me and my friends. I cut my hair, we went out to The Cheesecake Factory to celebrate Mother's Day and just had some good ole quality friend bonding time since the show was over and I could actually hang out with people again.
Marisa and I at The Cheesecake Factory!
The picture above is a photo of Troy and I. I met him my first week here at AMDA and I absolutely love and adore this guy. I love the way he dances and he's like my brother here at AMDA.
Pictured below is of me, Amanda, and our Musical Theatre Accompanist David Rada!
Me with Eileen Barnett! Eileen is my Musical Theatre teacher and I can't thank her enough for helping instill the love of Musical Theatre in me.
Santana and I on performance day in DTP!
The Last Day of Musical Theatre class photo.
This photo below is of Me, Riley, Michelle, and Josie. The three of us took our first jazz class here at AMDA with Michelle and we had the opportunity to continue taking jazz from this wonderful woman through our second semester of school. Now all of us are going our separate ways whether it be taking the summer off or moving to New York.
Below is a photo of me and my big sister here at AMDA Vesta! She came and saw a group of us perform at a show last night and we matched so of course we had to take a photo!
This is me with one of my most favorite Jazz teachers here at AMDA Dasha. Her class is insane but it gets you in crazy good shape. I'm so thankful that I could be apart of her piece last night. It was truly magical.
The whole cast with Dasha!
This is just a cute snapshot of me and Josie ready to perform last night!
Below is a photo of me and my girl Nini. She left yesterday for the summer but won't be returning to AMDA, and since I'm moving to New York we had to say our goodbyes considering we weren't exactly sure when we are going to get the chance to hang out again. I love this girl to the moon and back and I'm really going to miss messing with her all the time.
Overall this semester has been a really good one. I've made some really great memories with some really amazing people over the semester and I can't wait to make more. Now being the last week of second semester we just have our final demos and then we are officially done for the year. I perform 6 dances and then if anything gets picked for final showings I'll do that and then head home to Texas for the summer. Dad comes up this week to help me move back home and then I'm spending the summer working, traveling, and keeping up my training.
I'm so thankful for AMDA and the opportunities it's given me throughout this past year. It's going to be hard to leave in a week but I can't wait to see what New York has in store for me.
Love each and everyone of you and I'll see you all in a week!
Hugs and Kisses!
