January 15, 2011

Daily Practice Session #15

Technical Concepts - breath support and blended belt
Minutes - 25

Repertoire - Everything I Know and I Will Be Loved Tonight
Minutes – 25

Successes – Blending was good

Areas for improvement – continuation of phrases

Notes: I need more breath support to finish out my phrases

January 14, 2011

Daily Practice Session # 14
Technical Concepts - breath support and blending
Minutes - 20

Repertoire - It Won't Be Long Now, Out Tonight and Everything I Know
Minutes – 25

Successes –  Support was good today!

Areas for improvement –  Blending was not so good today

Notes:  Getting ready for JRB
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Private Lessons #2Date/time -  January 14, 2011 12:30-1:30

Instructor - Lorri Oliver
Minutes- 60

Repertoire - Come To Your Senses, Everything I Know

Points covered – Support and confidence

Notes: I need more confidence

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January 13, 2011 Continued!

Healthy Eating #11
Meal Description –  Cream of Tomato with Meatballs and 1/2 Turkey Sandwhich

Restaurant or Market – El Tesoro Cafe

Rating – 10 out of 10

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Healthy Eating #12
Meal Description –  Lean Cuisine

Restaurant or Market –  Walmart

Rating – 5 out of 10

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Dance/Personal Fitness #4
Date/time - January 13, 2011

Type of class – Yoga

Difficulty Level - Beginner

Studio and Instructor (Include Photo) – Westside Community Center with Lori

What did you most enjoy? –  The energy

What did you find challenging and why? –  My lack of flexibility

Observations –  I seemed stronger this time

January 13, 2011

Daily Practice Session #13
Technical Concepts - Breath support and focus
Minutes -25

Repertoire - Everything I Know, Out Tonight and I Will Be Loved Tonight
Minutes – 20

Successes –  Blended belt is getting better

Areas for improvement –  confidence

Notes: I need confidence!
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Coaching Sessions #2
Date/time -  January 13, 2011 11:15-1:00
Instructor - David Geist
Minutes- 1.75 Hours

Repertoire - Everything I Know and I Will Be Loved Tonight

Points covered – Song selection

Notes: Rough day, but made it through it

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Healthy Eating #10
Meal Description –  Yogurt and Kashi Bar

Restaurant or Market –  Walmart
Rating – 10 out of 10
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January 12, 2010

Daily Practice Session #12
Technical Concepts - Breath support, focus, and vowels
Minutes -15

Repertoire - Everything I Know, I Will Be Loved Tonight, Out Tonight and It Won't Be Long Now
Minutes – 25

Successes – I can now sing It Won't Be Long Now in the original key

Areas for improvement – vowels need improvement

Notes: I think I've chosen my songs for Jason Robert Brown!
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Coaching Sessions #1
Date/time - January 12, 2010 10AM-11AM

Instructor - Aaron Howe
Minutes- 60

Repertoire - Everything I Know, Out Tonight, It Won't Be Long Now, I Will Be Loved Tonight

Points covered – Vowels, blending and confidence

Notes: This really helped me get a different perspective on my voice and how to use it

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January 11, 2010

Daily Practice Session #11
Technical Concepts - Breath support and blending
Minutes -25

Repertoire - Everything I Know
Minutes – 15

Successes – My blended belt was better!

Areas for improvement – Need my focus to be more forward

Notes: Meeting with Mr. Howe tomorrow for some coaching, woot!
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Healthy Eating: Healthy Meal #9
Meal Description – Dinner salad with two meat balls (which I accidentally ate before I took the picture)

Restaurant or Market – St. Clair

Rating – 11 out of 10 (AMAZING!)

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January 10, 2011

Daily Practice Session #10

Technical Concepts - Breath support and blending
Minutes -20

Repertoire - Everything I Know
Minutes – 20

Successes – Breath support was good

Areas for improvement – Keeping the blending volume the same

Notes: I need to rest my voice a little bit, my allergies are so bad

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Dance #2
Date/time - January 10, 2011 5:30-6:30 PM 

Type of class – Jazz

Difficulty Level - Beginner/Intermediate (but I think they were lying)

Studio and Instructor (Include Photo) – Marshall's

What did you most enjoy? –  Being with Leo, Gilbert and Jonathan

What did you find challenging and why? –  It was waaaaayyy to advanced for me so I struggled the entire class.

Observations – I'm going back to beginner

January 9, 2010

Daily Practice Session #9
Technical Concepts - Breath support and "edge"
Minutes -15

Repertoire - Terrified
Minutes – 15

Successes –  My "edge" was good today!

Areas for improvement – More confidence in myself with this song.

Notes: Back from snowboarding and nobody yelled at me for practicing. :)