The other day at our morning meeting I was approached by my teacher Mr. Alvarez who is also known to you readers as “The Brown Guy.”
He said, “Keaton I need to talk to you after the meeting,”
Immediately I thought oh crap what have I done now, but I hadn’t done anything.
It was a proposition, an idea that could change the face of the Ojai Valley School. It is nothing as substantial as the newly founded Mac N Cheeseburger, might I add AMAAAAAAZIIIIING, but that is beside the point.
It had bacon on it
Back on topic.
Mr. A wanted to perform a song with myself and John aka backinphilly.
He can play alto sax and the song had alto sax in it, but he didn’t know what the song was called.
This Friday was my 3rd and last time performing in the annual Festival of Talent for school. My sophomore and junior years I sang a song with my friend Maddie and this year I sang a song with my friend Serry.
This year, we had a hard time choosing which song to sing, because there were so many good ones that we had in mind. We finally came to the decision of singing a song called “Meant to Be” by Melissa Polinar.
Since I first discovered it, it has been one of my favorite songs and thankfully it fit both of our voices well. We only had a few practices, but it came together really quickly. Music teacher Mr. Boyd was amazing at figuring out the guitar on such short notice and with no tabs (THANK YOU!!).
I usually get extremely nervous about singing in front of a crowd, and I was nervous when I went on stage, but for some reason when I started singing this time my nerves died down. I think it’s just the fact that it was such a bittersweet moment, my last talent show and probably the last time I will be singing in front of people.
There were SO MANY other awesome acts in this show. To start us off we had an amazing robot-like dance by Jack Liu that was just phenomenal. It was so entertaining and it was obvious he spent a lot of time perfecting every move and that he has such a natural talent for dancing. There were a lot of other singing acts and a really awesome piano battle with 2 extremely talented pianists. The acting group the Spud Factory had 2 very cute short films, one that was dedicated to the senior class that was very sweet and thoughtful of them. It was so entertaining and I think that everyone there had an awesome time.
I will definitely miss performing in front of people and seeing all the other talent that the school has to offer. Thankfully, I get to perform one last time at the concert before graduation, my very last hurrah at OVS. I can’t wait to sing with chorus and the most amazing voice coach Mrs. Boyd one last time.
“I don’t know where I’m at I’m standing at the back And I’m tired of waiting Waiting here in line, hoping that I’ll find what I’ve been chasing.
I shot for the sky I’m stuck on the ground So why do I try, I know I’m gonna to fall down I thought I could fly, so why did I drown? Never know why it’s coming down, down, down.
Not ready to let go Cause then I’d never know What I could be missing But I’m missing way too much So when do I give up what I’ve been wishing for…”
Every year at Ojai Valley School we have a show at the end of the year called the Festival of Talent, which is exactly what it sounds like. Last year we had a particularly beautiful performance by two fellow OVS bloggers, theotherblackgirl and rangerthecat; however, the former graduated.
They sang “Down” by Jason Walker, a song from the hit TV show “The Vampire Diaries.” The show is based off a book series of the same name, written by Lisa Jane (Ljane) Smith. But I’m getting off topic.
They did an amazing job at the show, a duet that left everyone speechless.
I apologize for the shaking and coughing. It was freezing, I had no tripod and clearly, I was coughing.
You can compare it to the original:
So what’s this song really about?
Well, I don’t think I know. I’m kind of super lame about the “interpreting the artistic and hidden meaning of stuff.” So I couldn’t tell you what the artist meant or even what the general public thinks.
But I can tell you what it means to me.
It’s about someone who can’t find love. This person has been standing around, waiting, hoping, wishing for the right person to come around. It sounds like perfect love entered his/her life once, but it failed. The singer is stuck on said love and is unwilling to forget it, for fear of it coming back and not being there to reciprocate. Or maybe he/she is afraid that love was so perfect there will never be anything else like it. Either way, this person is going down because of the loss. He/she is confused why it felt like they could “fly” when they were in love, only to realize they were “stuck on the ground” and then they “drowned.”
It is entirely possible I missed the point completely. But that’s what it says to me.
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