This morning’s vocal class was challenging. It’s mid-week and the campers are between a rock and a hard place. They’re fighting whatever is keeping them from blasting their voices, and the fact that Saturday’s showcase is right around the corner. Like in 3 days. For reals.

 

There were some breakthroughs in the end. And there are amazing voices to show for it. Oh, and I cried. Happy tears. Soulful, in fact. And I never mind that.

 

After vocal classes, it was lunchtime. And today’s band was so flippin’ awesome, I could hardly stand it. In fact, I didn’t stand it. I danced it – the entire time. The campers were looking at me like I was a monkey fool, and I didn’t care. Check out this artist. You can thank me later. Ceci Bastida, yo!

 

 

The afternoon’s band practice was pretty cool. The band I’m coaching (along with April, another amazing Volunteer), “ADHD,” made a lot of progress and are this close to finishing their song. Their practice session was aided greatly by 2 Volunteers coming in to offer some ideas and help.

 

 

And that brings me to something fan-tabulous about Rock Camp: the Volunteers. This group of women (and a couple of dudes) is the most encouraging, positive I’ve ever encountered. Today, for example, I was feeling challenged and grabbed my head. About 4 different people saw me and said, “I see you need something. What can I help you with right now?” How great is that?

 

And that’s a big part of why I come here. The Volunteers. Y’all, I am super-tired tonight but it was important to me to stay for the staff jam session. Why? Because this is My Tribe. These are My People. They mean the world to me and if I see even one of them grabbing her head, I’ll be at her side, saying, “I see you need something. What can I help you with right now?”

 

How great is that? It’s pretty flippin’ awesome.

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