The Little Mermaid

Ever wondered what it would be like if Disney moments were real? Well, here's a glimpse of it! Stuart Edge has done it again. This video may not have taken place on UVU Campus but it sure did work it nearby here. It's for sure a surprise that is very much needed, and it's super sweet!

Thank you Stuart Edge, Peter Hollins, BYU's Vocal Point, and Note Worthy!

Have you ever thought in song? If you have, you can totally relate to these guys. It's legit. Disney's so dang catchy!

And it just adds to the fact that perhaps it's really awkward when someone breaks into song and the other person doesn't... These kids, gotta give them props!

Philanthropy Day Freeze

As you saw earlier, we were preparing for Philanthropy Day. This video is of volunteers who were willing to help think outside of the box to create more awareness. At 11:17 AM people froze on Philanthropy Day. The "freeze" part is when people stop whatever they are doing for a full 2 minutes. There was a huge contrast between those who are frozen and those walking to class. The frozen people also wore signs with information about S2S and quotes about why people give. It was huge success! Many people were asking questions like "What is S2S?" and the signs had answers. Philanthropy Day came and we had a booth for donations. However, it was all preparatory for the launch of S2S Week. Yes, Student to Student week! It's a wonderful campaign and will definitely be worthwhile. The spirit of comradery and giving is growing!

By the way, I edited this movie with the help of Bryan Spratt :) And the video footage came from Kameron Dearing and Jeri Allphin.

Prep for Philanthropy

Student Engagement and Philanthropy Day was on Feb. 27, 2014. To help create awareness, we went around campus and interviewed people asking them a series of questions. This is a rough compilation of what we found.

"What is Philanthropy?"

"What is S2S?"

"Who is a Philanthropy Superhero?"

"How do you feel when you give?"

and

"Will you give when it's time for S2S?"

Turns out, not too many people know what Philanthropy is, or what S2S is. Luckily, we helped create some awareness. There's a lot of good going on at UVU and the more people know about it, the easier it'll be for people to help.

So, what is Philanthropy? 

Donations of time, money, or resources for a social purpose.

What is S2S?

It stands for Student 2 Student. It's philanthropy for students. Students give money, and then it's given to students in need in form of a scholarship.

This is put on by UVU's Student Alumni Association. 

All About Us in the mall

We did something more special. We sang a love song in the mall for people. It was a new experience for Heidi, but she did well! And then we handed out Valentines for strangers. I even scared an old man accidentally. After he was done being startled, he looked a little thankful. A lot of people were very thankful for the surprise. Even a couple of young men were super thankful. My favorite, we gave a valentine to an employee at a jewelry store and she was so thrilled! Said we were the cutest things!
I apologize, I went a lot flat for you all... but Heidi rocked it :)

Enjoy!!

Party in the USA

Maybe we should get to back to dancing. Perhaps if we dance with some strangers, point to people, smile, wink, or point at people, it'll allow more people feel the love we spread. It seemed only a couple of people enjoyed the event. We're working on it... somehow we're not getting strangers to dance with us. Do we need a sign with us? "Surprise! Sing and Dance with Us!"

School spirit... let's keep it up!!

Thank you to Jill Broadhead, Liz Edwards, Lisa Ferguson, Tatijanna Loureiro, Jason Robbins, and Elizabeth Clifton! You guys rock and make these adventures possible!

Stormtrooper Twerk

This was an unexpected surprise. I don't know if many of you had seen the original Stormtrooper Twerk, but BYU did a pretty awesome job at recreating it! I'm quite jealous I wasn't able to attend, but it looks great. They had a good sound system set up. Well done, BYU, well done.

Fun fact: Scott DW, the man who coordinated the original, he actually wrote the song and then choreographed the dance. I love the song so much, I made "Beat Calls" my ringtone. Yep, there's even a reference to a wookie.

I just want you all to see the original, then see what it's like for BYU to copied it.

And now the local version below.

One day... I will be apart of something as flashy as this.

Birthday Bowling Bash

Here is my friend Sarah Flinder's birthday party and we actually performed on Ryan Porter's birthday. Double header birthday celebration! I have to say, this could not have happened without the help of the BYU Bowling Alley. They were very kind to help attach the music to the sound system at the alley!

Seriously, we're getting better at this.

Special thanks to Tatijanna Loureiro, Ryan Porter, Princess Taylor, Jerry Black, Jill Broadhead, Tyler Brinkerhoff, Bryan Spratt, Laura Shattuck, Lexi Crane, and Tanner Montierth.

If you haven't seen this movie, it's pretty great! The soundtrack is available on Amazon.com - I bought both the regular version and the instrumental version... sooo good!

Let it begin

Here's the first video of the blog! I just gotta say, these girls know what they're doing. From left to right at the table Cozette, Tatijanna Loureiro, Lindsay Carling, and Liz Edwards. They sound amazing, and next time I'll be sure to capture that! And the guys walking by, on the left is Bryan Spratt, and the guy creepily standing near is myself. 

We learned a lot on this video. So, more amazing things to come!

Here're the lyrics. For those of you that don't know the song, it's "Royals" by Lorde.

[Verse 1]
I've never seen a diamond in the flesh
I cut my teeth on wedding rings in the movies
And I'm not proud of my address,
In a torn-up town, no postcode envy

But every song's like gold teeth, grey goose, trippin' in the bathroom
Blood stains, ball gowns, trashin' the hotel room,
We don't care, we're driving Cadillacs in our dreams.
But everybody's like Cristal, Maybach, diamonds on your timepiece.
Jet planes, islands, tigers on a gold leash.
We don't care, we aren't caught up in your love affair.

And we'll never be royals (royals).
It don't run in our blood,
That kind of luxe just ain't for us.
We crave a different kind of buzz.
Let me be your ruler (ruler),
You can call me queen Bee
And baby I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule.
Let me live that fantasy.

[Verse 2]
My friends and I—we've cracked the code.
We count our dollars on the train to the party.
And everyone who knows us knows that we're fine with this,
We didn't come from money.

But every song's like gold teeth, grey goose, trippin' in the bathroom.
Blood stains, ball gowns, trashin' the hotel room,
We don't care, we're driving Cadillacs in our dreams.
But everybody's like Cristal, Maybach, diamonds on your timepiece.
Jet planes, islands, tigers on a gold leash
We don't care, we aren't caught up in your love affair

And we'll never be royals (royals).
It don't run in our blood
That kind of luxe just ain't for us.
We crave a different kind of buzz.
Let me be your ruler (ruler),
You can call me queen Bee
And baby I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule.
Let me live that fantasy.

Ooh ooh oh
We're bigger than we ever dreamed,
And I'm in love with being queen.
Ooh ooh oh
Life is great without a care
We aren't caught up in your love affair.

And we'll never be royals (royals).
It don't run in our blood
That kind of luxe just ain't for us.
We crave a different kind of buzz
Let me be your ruler (ruler),
You can call me queen Bee
And baby I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule.
Let me live that fantasy.

Lorde Lyrics. AZlyrics. 1/16/14. http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/lorde/royals.html/

Where Do I Come From?

Well, when a Mommy and a Daddy really like each other... Just kidding.

Potentially Boring content below. Feel free to skip.

I'm 4th of 5 kids. 4 of us still living. From top to bottom, girl, boy, girl, then me, and lastly boy. We're all 3-4 years apart. Just enough to not be rivals, but also enough to not to be close. I grew up in Virginia from the tip of the South. From my house, go north and you'll see city people but go south there are empty barns with antique farm equipment. My mom stayed home and took care of the kids and her spare time was usually donated to the local cub scouts program. Lots of work, but she loves it. My dad's a Marine, well retired, but you know what they say, "Once a Marine, always a Marine." Don't let the military background fool you, he's a softy. Oldest girl passed away before I was born, but I know she's still around watching over us. Oldest boy lives in Maryland with his wife and 3 kids. Yup, I'm Uncle Ben. Such good rice... Anyway. The girl just older than me works with mentally handicapped children and helps them learn life skills. Lots of patience and love from that girl. Youngest boy lives in Virginia with my folks as the hilarious golden child. Now that you've roughly met my family, I'll tell you a little more about me.

I took the personality color code test and I'm predominantly yellow, white, and blue. Yes, they were all within a few points of each other. Very little red, but I get along great with reds. I'm unemployed, but a full time student. Perhaps I might graduate someday.

I like sleeping in, overeating, eating before bed, running, but not into sports. I still like potty humor, laughing the good belly laughs, eating honey flavored greek yogurt, bobbing my head to music, dancing like an idiot, making other people smile, and I really love those magical moments in life when you get the overwhelming feeling of "I'm supposed to be here." I figure that should suffice for now.

STOP- for those of you that skipped, you may read the following to understand the purpose of this blog.

I don't usually read other people's blogs because I have a short attention span. I'm determined to keep these posts short, and entertaining. You'll soon learn, I live for the fun of it. So, my goal with this blog is to post what it's like to break into song out in public. We see it in musicals all the time, and apparently it's totally normal to them. I want to see what it's really like to randomly break out into song. So, I'll be using all sorts of songs such as radio tunes, musicals, maybe some a cappella stuff, and possibly but not limited to some patriotic tunes. I hopefully won't be the star of all of these because I do know some amazingly talented people I'd love to spotlight.

Well, that's that. If it's slightly vague, sorry. It's an intro. I'll just let the music speak for itself.