Katie's Blog: I'm Just Sayin . . .: Oh the talent that BYU has!

Quotes I Live By

“There are cycles of good and bad times, ups and downs, periods of joy and sadness, and times of plenty as well as scarcity. When our lives turn in an unanticipated and undesirable direction, sometimes we experience stress and anxiety. One of the challenges of this mortal experience is to not allow the stresses and strains of life to get the better of us—to endure the varied seasons of life while remaining positive, even optimistic. Perhaps when difficulties and challenges strike, we should have these hopeful words of Robert Browning etched in our minds: 'The best is yet to be'"--L. Tom Perry

"It isn't as bad as you sometimes think it is. It all works out. Don't worry. I say that to myself every morning. It will all work out. If you do your best, it will all work out. Put your trust in God, and move forward with faith and confidence in the future. The Lord will not forsake us. He will not forsake us . . . If we will put our trust in Him, if we will pray to Him, if we live worthy of His blessings, He will hear our prayers."
--President Gordon B. Hinckley

"God the Eternal Father did not give [the] first great commandment because He needs us to love Him. His power and glory are not diminished should we disregard, deny or even defile His name. His influence and dominion extend through time and space independent of our acceptance, approval or admiration. . . No, God does not need us to love Him. But oh, how we need to love God! . . . For what we love determines what we seek. What we seek determines what we think and do. What we think and do determines who are--and who we will become." --President Uchtdorf

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Oh the talent that BYU has!

Last Friday was my first ward activity! Originally I wasn't going to be able to go, because my choir class was having a retreat that was right in the middle of it, but that got switched to this week (yay), so I was able to go. It was a really fun activity though. We had a talent show, which is a typical sounding activity, haha, but all the acts were really good! I was actually somewhat disappointed that there weren't any American Idolesque performances..But oh well!!

Some of the girls in my FHE group put together a little skit, where they dressed up as guys and tried out their "best" pick up lines on someone from the audience. It was actually really entertaining!

Some of the girls in the ward did this funny performance of the song "I'll Make a Man out of You" from Mulan...It was pretty humorous!

My lovely roommate Shalece has an excellent voice! She sang the funniest song called 15 pounds. She pretty much rocked it up!!

Everybody likes a good quartet right? Well, there were four boys in my ward that put together a little group and sang White Christmas. By far my FAVORITE performance of the night! Two of the guys actually had okay voices..but one of the guys..totally tone deaf, and he knew it! I was cracking up, as was the rest of the crowd. I decided that I'd humor you all, and post it on here. Unfortunately, I couldn't get it to work. If I'm ever with any of you though, I'll be sure to have you watch it!

There were a lot of really great acts during the night, and the last act was my Bishop singing "Home, Home on the Range." He's not exactly the next American Idol, but it was fun :) I definitely have a very talented ward though! I'm sure we'll be having another talent show sometime!