Yesterday was a great day. Plain and simple. What a way to start shows for 2010!! We played drums literally from 930am until 630pm...for 120 high school UCC kids at an all day youth event. This included 2 90 min workshops where they learned many SR songs, parts, the eenie-meenie-colleenie beat (for those who know what that awesome beat is!), and had a blast. Then, after having spent all month rearranging my own personal show in my head, God knocked my upside the head, and finally, we have a new step of success. Jovanna, you are NOT going to be happy with me on Wed. Enough said!! (well, you will be happy with me, in a not-so-happy way!!). I will NOT tell you what the new step is yet...you can all just be surprised at the next show!! I am confident now that in my new songs I have been playing we have at least 4 new show songs, which is great, because it is time for that (especially for repeat audiences)...and it was wonderful watching these high school kids come to life through them!
I have rearranged how I want to do "story time" as well...so we can actually tell more of your personal stories in shorter form. That worked well too. AND, we officially have "crazy audience time" to work like "crazy teacher time", at least at the shows where we have time, and room, to do this. When I do this, then tell the Angela story (for those who know it), there is not a dry eye left in the room...what a powerful use of something silly to share how to once again use a gift from God to make a difference in someone's life.
Anyhow, that is all for now...I was going to do a new question for you, but I see MANY people need to take the poll...I need more answers to the last questions...so everyone who is reading this ALL the time, as you are supposed to...pass onto those at your site who are NOT commenting/reading enough...to get on here. Their voices count...and I want to hear them :)
Thanks...see many of you from Minne in 2 days!!
I will not be back on until Friday...so hang in there until then.
SWEETNESS!!!! Super excited!!
ReplyDeletebright purple is a good choice in color too steve! im proud of you lol haha
ReplyDeleteYea i agree with you Ben...steve you dont have to say that my beat is awesome...you just asked and i came up with something random...but i cant wait to hear the new step and see you next month :)
ReplyDeleteWHAT?? WHY WON'T I BE HAPPY WITH YOU??? YOU CAN'T JUST LEAVE ME HANGING LIKE THIS!!!
ReplyDelete...I was all pumped for the shows wednesday and thursday... now I'm nervous.
ReplyDeleteMan.. I wanna know what the new step is >_< BUT!!! we get to see you next month!!!! woot lol . and i loveee the beats so far! they are amazing I was practicing it alittle bit ago and yeah... um... lets just say i was getting in to them cuz i got all them so far then boom... my computer fell andd i lost everything on it.. I think >_< ... but i got the beats tho. :) lol
ReplyDeletehaha dee you would put something on here like your computer falling haha :)
ReplyDeletelol yea..:D man it fell and the first thing i thought was...man i cant go on here no more untill I get it fixed.... THEN... me and my smartness thought i can just go on jens lol. :D so thats what im doing now. lol. me smart smart... cant you tell ;)
ReplyDeleteJovanna I agree with you!!! You will have to tell me if I should be worried bout the show on Sat! P.S. if any one is anywhere near Sutherland on Sat come to the show. As of last time I looked it was Steve, Jordan, MiKayla, and I...plus it's MiKayla's birthday!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry MiKayla, I had to say it!!!! <3
ReplyDeleteSteve- I can't wait to hear the new step!
ReplyDeleteKelli- You are introuble next time I see you! No one was suppose to know it is my birthday! :)
I'm curious to hear the new step... Also why Jovanna is going to be displeased.
ReplyDeleteI have no idea, but we can start brainstorming...
ReplyDeleteBased on what we've been talking about, the new step is to "BELIEVE IN YOURSELF AGAIN!" OR "TAKE ANOTHER CHANCE" OR "JOIN SR OR WE'LL PULL YOU UP ON STAGE FOR GUEST DRUMMING TWICE IN A ROW! MWAHAHAHAHAHA!"
Kelli, you do know that no matter what happens on Wednesday, I'm going to come back and tell you that you're going to have to be VERY worried about Saturday.
ReplyDeleteYou guys are simply ALL too funny! Remember, patience is a virtue, so leaving you all hanging just makes my day :) And, you are going to love the new shared song...because now that I have finished the basic creation of it, and see how it is going together...doing the middle (the main moving shared stuff) is simply going to be a blast...and then, you shall all be scared!
ReplyDeleteKelli, you will NOT be allowed to trip in the middle of this song...so we will have to get you over that stage :)
Colleen, I CAN say your beat is awesome because it IS awesome...be proud of yourself! (though saying eenie meenie colleenie beat everyday does tend to make one tongue tied!!)
OK, that is all for now...gotta get to bed and get rested for the big drive and a ton of shows...so, more on Friday for you all!
oh great another stepp to remember i have a hard enough time remembering the original seven steps lol I got like five out of seven remembered not in order but i got them lol
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ReplyDeleteSomeone tell me the new step!!!!! It's not my fault in 1200 miles away and not in the group anymore!!!!!! Someone tell me the Angela story too please!!!!!....I hate being down here!!! i miss soooo much!!!! i am SOOOO out of the loop!!!
ReplyDeleteI cant wait 2 learn the new song!!! IM SO EXCITED!!! I keep on telling my friend katie that we are going to be learning a new, awesome song soon!... she thinks im annoying. lol. she said she cant wait for us to learn it so ill stop talking about it lol. :D but... I cant wait! (:
ReplyDeletehaha okay steve i will be. yea my name does do that sometimes haha especially when you say it with the ie on the end :)
ReplyDeleteAmanda- i dont really know you that well but i will fill you in as soon as i find out what the step is myself. Though im as excited to hear abou tit as you are and the Angela story i havent heard that one either :)
Dee- me either :)
ReplyDeleteColleen & Dee,I cant wait to be 18!!! I will have my family back then!!
ReplyDeleteAmanda-awe yea that would be awesome!!
ReplyDeleteColleen, Yes im excited...are you going to MTR??
ReplyDeleteAmanda-woot!!! u goin 2 be 18!!!!!! :D lol im hyper..:)
ReplyDeleteDee, LOL!!!! WOOT!!!! Im excited to be 18!!! Dee are we going to have 2 different conversations again???
ReplyDeleteAmanda-Im excited for you!! woot! lol hmm prob. lol. :D that the best part. confusing each other lol ;)
ReplyDeleteAmanda-i think so, i went the past two years...if you went last year i was the one who had eerybody sign her shirt, i have red hair :)
ReplyDeleteColleen, OMGOSH!!!!!!!!! I signed your shirt!!!!!! :) w00t!!!!
ReplyDeleteDee,Wow Dee yea you can tell i have been talkin you to alot!!!! I'm starting to say w00t!!!...haha speaking of you i just got a text from you!!! ;) w00t!!
Amanda- LoL!!!! :D WooT!!!! success.lol. ;) Im happy i can make people say woot! lol. i dont even know where i got it from O.o lol oh well... woot! ;D
ReplyDeleteAmanda-even the smallest amount of conersation that you have with dee and you will start talking like her, it really funny :) i am going to go and find your name on my shirt now :)
ReplyDeleteLoL my friend ash just told me that two day... my treacher said woot today. lol i was like did you just say that? lol it made me laugh. THE WORDS GETTING AROUND!!! :D can i get a woot woot! wait... maybe i got it from that...? lol who knows with me.
ReplyDeleteDee, hahaha wow MTR will be funnn!!!! I cant wait!!!!
ReplyDeletei know cant wait! @(^_^)@ monkey
ReplyDeleteJovanna- Did they really drag you up twice in a row?
ReplyDeleteDee and Amanda- You guys make me smile. Which is good, because I had a stressful day today.
Sonja-i know isnt it fun just to sit there and go through all the comments and then you see a huge long line from dee and Amanda.... they are people that always make you smile :)
ReplyDeleteAre you going to mt. rushmore?
Colleen- That's why I log on here before I do homework. Stress relief. I don't know if I'm going to Mt. Rushmore or not. For one thing, it's pretty close to when our theater production opens and I'm a main character, so my director would flip. Also, I'm pretty new so I don't really know the songs or how everything works yet. The people at my site are super helpful though.
ReplyDeletewell sometimes things like your theater performance are more important because you have already made to commitment to it, and congratulations on getting a lead role :) good luck
ReplyDeleteColleen- Don't you just love how life gets in the way of itself like that? I'll have to work on that one. Oh, and thanks.
ReplyDeleteYayy im glad we make you guys smile!! :D LoL that made me smile lol .thx you guys rock my world thank you. :)
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to learn the new songs and the new step of success! Jovanna why would you be mad???? Is it a song that you do not like?haha good luck figureing it out and i hope you are not to mad jovanna!!!Steve please tell us!!!!!...:)Pretty please with a cherry on top!!!!!...:)
ReplyDeletebye bye everyone thanks for inspiring me to be such an awesome person and do good things in life!!!to me and to others i am trying to be good forever!!!..:)
We got a sneak preview of the beta version of the shared drum song. It will be a work of art. Also, did someone mention it was hard to remember the existing SEVEN steps? I am so far behind! lol. So here it is, 11:22 and I am finally caught up with all of the messages and posts. Steve, you were such a liar when you said it would only take about 5 min a couple times a week. But then again, what a wonderful thing to be wrong about. You must be thrilled that the blog has been this successful. And......good luck with keeping the new step a secret with this blog in place. But, I bet if you ask extra nice, nobody will spill the beans. Is that a deal, folks?
ReplyDeleteno no one mentond that tom no one said that at all lol
ReplyDeleteSonja, Ask Tom or someone like that if you can ride with them...I know Hannah rode with them last year or at least i think she did...
ReplyDeleteDee, I havent said w00t today so maybe it was just for yesterday...
Amanda-YOU SAID IT!!! :D ON THE PHONE!!! hahaha :D LoL!
ReplyDeleteDee, HAHAHAH!!!!! UGH YOU GOT ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI know! woot woot! just passing on the wootin love... lol i have noo clue. ;)
ReplyDeleteDee, Wootin??? whats is that? Is that a new word???
ReplyDeletelol i have no clue lol it poped in my head so i was like ok... wootin...? i dont like it. lol
ReplyDeleteSonja- your welcome, sorry it took me so long to write back. and yes the way life is...its just so wonderful haha :)
ReplyDeleteTom- we saw the song (well the first version) so its not really final on what it is gonna be when its done :)
Dee and Amanda- you guys are so much fun to just sit here and read a few of your comments, and dee im loving the new version of woot...wootin :)
Dee, HAHA i love it!!!!
ReplyDeleteColleen-lol thanks :D wootin!! XD LoL yeah and...I... Got..... GLASSES!!! :D ahh! LoL im sooo excited! idk why. lol. but... They're PuRpLe!!! LoL ok I fell better now.
ReplyDeleteAmanda- Woot Wootin. ;D
haha dee- you would be excited about getting glasses :)
ReplyDeleteDee- I have purple glasses too! Well, mostly purple. They also have a little bit of dark pink and silver crocodile/alligator logos on the sides. (I have no idea which one it is.)
ReplyDeleteColleen- lol i know! :D in a week ill be like man i wish i didnt have em. lol. ;) prob not... there purple!! :D lol anyways lol.
ReplyDeleteSonja-LoL really?!?!?! thats amazing! idr what they look like. lol I dont have them yet. Im waiting for the call...Im so excited, and there purple!!! man.. what is wrong with me? lol.
Dee- I was pretty psyched about my purple glasses when I got them too. Purple is an epic color after all. ;)
ReplyDeletewow steve... you have a lot of comments to go through! i'm comment 57, and it's the most boring one on the list! yes!!
ReplyDeletei'm really excited for the new shared song! i joined after our site stopped playing eho, i was really bummed that i didn't get the chance to learn it cuz it looks awsome! hopefully we can keep this new one on our list!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZS_mh3WN1qg
ReplyDeleteyou guys will love this!
if you listen to skillet you'll laugh!
Ben, That is NOT true!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteDee-yea thats what i was like when i first got mine, but now i wear them all the time haha :)
ReplyDeletesonja- your glasses sound sweet and yes purple is definately an epic color :)
Sonja- i cant wait. man i want 2 wesr them. >_< But i gotta wait till they call. but oh well. I can wait.
ReplyDeleteColleen- LoL you look awesome in them 2! lol. :D
Dee- haha thanks :)
ReplyDeleteDee- I hope they call soon. I was off the wall when mine came. I kept putting them on and taking them off to see how things looked. My dad started laughing at me. :)
ReplyDeleteHaha, Steve the step and song you want to use has been leaked...
ReplyDeleteKelli, What do you mean it has leaked?????? Do you know it?? I wanna know!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteNO LEAKING ALLOWED!!
ReplyDeleteAmanda, by leaking I mean I have found out what it is but I'm not telling!!!!
ReplyDeleteNoo Leakin!! We all have 2 wait even tho its hard... and i wanna know really bad...BUT... I know 1 thing... MY GLASSES ARE IN!!!!! :D LoL
ReplyDeleteSonja, no, they didn't. I was just commenting on what other people had been saying and also blowing things a bit out of proportion because I could.
ReplyDeleteJovanna- I love blowing stuff out of proportion. :) It's very theatrical, which is my forte.
ReplyDeleteDee- Yay!
ReplyDeleteI'm not the one who leaked I'm just the one it was leaked too!
ReplyDeleteSonjs- I know YYAYYY!!! im soo excited and hyper but im good now! i think lol. :D
ReplyDeleteKelli- LoL i know. Your ok. lol. its cool. But is it a good 1.well nvm i dont wanna know. I can wait... i think. lol. :D im hyper ;)
Dee- i cant wait to see your glasses!!! i bet they look awesome :)
ReplyDeletei cant wait to hear the new step :)
Colleen-LoL thanks! ich liebe!! :D
ReplyDeleteDee- your welcome :)
ReplyDeleteThe new step is amazing. I was at the shows on the 18th when Steve introduced it to the audience and it is beyond amazing. It just fits together perfectly. It is simple but it sums up so much. So kudos to you Steve!
ReplyDeleteThe suspense is killing me...
ReplyDeletegrrrzzzz... i wanna know soo bad!!! i was trying to figure it out but yeah... i have nooo clue in the world. lol. i tried. but! I LoVe the word Kudos. lol. :D it makes me laugh idk why but it does... wow.. i just realized that i laugh at the most randomest things. lol .:D
ReplyDeleteHaha Steve I like the idea of a padded area but something tells me that might get in the way during shows ;) You just had to get Colton in on it didn't you???
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