Secondly, I had a whole ton of miracles last night at the Music Banquet. Every year, the music department has this banquet to recognize all the members (well...all the ones that show up), hand out senior awards, and announce scholarship winners. There were three awards/scholarships available that I was eligible for.
The first was the Director's Award, which is something Mr. O gives out and he chooses who he feels is his most "outstanding" senior. He started giving a speech about it, talking about how the person receiving this goes above and beyond and hasn't stopped working since 9th grade...well BEFORE 9th grade...and at that point I knew it was me. He loves to tell the story of how when I was in 8th grade, he came to the Spring concert at the middle school and after only being there two minutes, this girl came up to him asking, "When does marching band start? Did I miss it? Can I join? When's the first day? What do I need to bring?" Yupp...that was me. :)
The second was the Matt B. Scholarship. The distributor chose to give $1000 to five people this year...and I was one of them. :)
And the third, was the Chaz H. Scholarship. The recipient has to play at least 3 instruments, be a positive role model, excellent work ethic, great grades, a leader...all these really great qualities that Chaz had (he was a member of the marching band...died in a car accident in 2008). Well, I got to hug Mr. O a third time that night...cause I was awarded that scholarship as well. :)
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| Mr. O (band director), myself, and Briana H. (Chaz's sister) |
It was so unreal and overwhelming...after I was named as the recipient for the Chaz H. Scholarship, my mom came over (she was sitting at another table) and gave me a huge hug and told me how proud she was of me. And then of course we both start crying right in the middle of the banquet...haha.
Praise God for such a wonderful night and a phenomenal four years with the music department. :)
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| Thanks, God. :) |
Aaaahhh yay God! I am so proud of you, Rachel!
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