Since this quarantine Jaiden and Janelle have been playing around with Rick's studio equipment and learning how to record. They recorded this fun song, Tonight You Belong to Me that was originally sung by The Lennon Sisters (MP3 attached). Also, here is a fun picture of them from their last concert.... Also, Janelle just got called to be on the Seminary Council next year. She is really excited!!
Also, a local news story with some great footage of Janelle right in front... (Starting about ten seconds in -- after the ad). It was a fantastic concert. The girls are so sad that their director is retiring...
From Grandma to Janelle and Jaiden,Very lovely Song and I love the harmony. Fun to have all the singers in your family! That is exciting that Janelle got called to be on the Seminary Council! That will be a great experience for her! Uncle Derek was Seminary President. Great that Jaiden was elected to the Student Council. All these experiences are great to have.
My best friend and I were elected Song Leaders/Cheer Leaders in Jr. High. They only had 2. We would lead the school in our school song after each assembly (since I am so musically talented;-)---cough, cough!)
I was Sophomore Class Secretary. I remember we had to go around to the different classrooms and tell them why they should vote for us. These were called "whistle-stops." Back in the early days of our country, I guess the men running for President of the United States would ride on the train to different cities around the country, and crowds would come to hear them speak from the back of the train and these were called "Whistle-stops," because of the train whistles I suppose.
I was one of the girls nominated for Prom Queen, but didn't win that.
Then we moved to Olympus High after my sophomore year and I went from being a big fish in a little pond to being a little fish in a big pond. There were 720 in my graduating class!
The next year Skyline High School opened and half of Olympus kids went there. Merrill was a senior that year. Seniors got to choose whether to go to Skyline or stay at Olympus. He chose to stay in Olympus. So he went all three years there.
My business teacher dictated a letter to me that I had to take down in shorthand and then type up for her to sign. I had asked her for a letter of recommendation for a scholarship to Henager's Business School. In it, she mentioned in the letter that academically, I was number 20 out of the graduating class of 720 students. I don't know if there was more than one with a certain ranking or not. I did get a full-tuition scholarship.
The top so many of the graduating students were invited to write a graduation speech and turn it in. I don't remember if I wrote one and turned it in or not. When I graduated from Henager's Business College, I was voted "the Secretary most likely to Succeed" by my fellow graduates. So write in your journals about all these experiences, and you can tell them to your grandchildren someday! Love, Grandma
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