Saxytimes

Here's a video of the Smokin' Reed Saxtet at the Everyman Bistro last Sunday. The piece shown here is "Tifa's Theme" from Final Fantasy, arranged by our own Dr. Allegretti (playing soprano).



We've also put up our spring recordings here. Ch-ch-check it out.

Also, a heads up: to anyone reading from Boston, we're most likely going to have a performance with the Saxyderms on the Common next Saturday around noon (weather permitting). Just a heads up; details will follow.

In other news, I won a Wii from AEPi's charity raffle! I've never won anything big like that before. Super-exciting. Too bad I don't currently have a TV - but I'm sure my housemates will appreciate it next year.

TGIF - and an important plug!

This picture, taken last week, is already outdated...baby Charlotte is growing by the day!

1. Join me in praising God for beautiful weather on Spring Weekend.
2. Put a little Bach in your day!
3. Happiness is a handmade card slipped under my door when I was having a rough morning. Also, a warm gun (bang bang shoot shoot).
4. Trying to figure out the summer internship/job/money situation has got me feeling anxious and confused.
5. I'm waiting for the day when I finally get my tonsils out. Which will be in about a month, if you're wondering.
6. Taking a break for tea and conversation with my suitemates is hard to resist.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to seeing Nas, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, and Deer Tick, tomorrow my plans include general Spring Weekend madness and Sunday, I want to play a gig at the Everyman Bistro with the Saxtet!





And now for the plug...

Please please please go here and vote for my amazing suitemate, Karynn, and her team - they are finalists to win a $10,000 grant! Their project, called ImMEDIAte Justice, sounds amazing - "Empowering young women from South Central L.A. to make innovative films about reproductive justice." You can read more about it on the site where you vote.

Not only do I love this project because I love Karynn and her passion for social justice through media, but I'm also a big fan of peer education, especially sex education, where what's available in the schools might be lacking or non-existant. This isn't just someone coming in from the outside to educate teens - this is giving young women the tools to create their own media, with both the immediate goal of providing useful sex education to their peers and the longterm goal of providing them with a way to enact change in other areas that are important to them.

Also, check out this awesome video they made to promote the project. (Not sure if it's available to everyone or just select Facebookers, but hopefully you can view it.)