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It’s been a while since I posted anything, and I didn’t want to go the entire month on June without putting something on my website - so… here’s a rundown of how my summer is progressing thus far.

As many or most of you know, I’m still working stage at BJU and doing my church music internship at Community Baptist in Greer. My internship is going very well thus far. It’s neat being able to interact with the people there and to get involved in their ministry. Though I was a bit skeptical at first, I think it was wise to go somewhere I hadn’t been before to get a fresh perspective on music ministry and, in a broader sense, church ministry. I have been able to sing in choir (and direct a bit), play in the orchestra, play the keyboards, and sing a few vocal numbers among other things. I’ve just finished a database program that will help Pastor Matt in his efforts to organize the music library (another one of our projects this summer).

Work at stage has been neat as well. I started off working in Rodeheaver during the month of May on some electrical wiring projects. Then we spent the month of June making some renovations to Stratton Hall (which will be finished this week). If you’ve ever been in Stratton Hall, you may recall the reddish-maroon curtain that covered the wall at the back of the auditorium (if not, follow the link above and look at the 360 panorama). Well, we took that down, and constructed a wood-paneled wall that matches the existing paneling on the side walls. In addition, we have swapped out the old ceiling tiles with newer, more acoustic ones. Overall, this should transform the acoustics in SH a good bit and make it more appealing for musical performances.

In other news . . .

• I get to go home for a week starting next Monday! I haven’t been home since January, so it will be good to get to relax and spend some time at home, finally.
• In case any of you are wondering - yes, I’m working on BJU Coffee Tycoon. The new version for next semester (if I get to program everything that I want to) will be supercool. I’ve been conversing with some friends on how to make it better and I’m just starting the programming for it. With any luck, it will be completely different from the first version and hopefully much more enjoyable and realistic.
• I’m awaiting publication on a vector design tutorial that I wrote for www.vectortuts.com. It should be published this week.
• I’ll be able to catch up with everyone on facebook next week when I get home. If you’re still waiting for me to respond to anything facebook-wise from the last month and a half … sorry.

That’s all from me for now. Leave a comment so I don’t get lonely, ok?

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As some of you know, demolition began today on the lobby of Rodeheaver Auditorium here at BJU. At 12 noon they began pulverizing the old lobby. When I got back from lunch break around 12:20, then action was well underway. I had brought my digital camera to work today so that I could get pictures of the demolition. So I snapped my first pic from the sidewalk (you see it on the right).

Not satisfied with this viewpoint, I rushed up to the light booth (the windows on the front of the building situated one floor above the lobby) and snapped 3 more pictures with the claw right below me. Sweetness.

Feeling pleased with myself, I walked back outside to chat with some stage crew friends who were among the 100 or so onlookers. They had noticed me in the window (go figure) and told me that we probably weren’t allowed to go up there. Oops. Whatever the case may be, I came away with a few impressive shots that nobody else was able to get because I didn’t get the memo about staying out of that particular room while I was at lunch.

Boldly going where no photographer dared to venture… dun-dun-duunnn.

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It has been a while since I posted about the various goings-on in my life. Probably because I haven’t had much time to do so in the last couple of months. Also, some of my summer plans were up in the air and are just now being nailed down. So… I will now attempt to fill you in on the end of the semester here and my plans for the summer.

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It’s the Day of Rest here, so I have time for a quick post.

This Friday evening (April 11th) at 7pm, the Bob Jones University Concert Choir under the direction of Mr. Matt Whitcomb will perform in the War Memorial Chapel. The concert will include works by Faure (Requiem), Rutter, Vaughn Williams, and Gustafson. The choir will be accompanied by a small chamber orchestra and the impressive Wicks pipe organ in the WMC.

Come if you are able!

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If you are (or planning to be) in the Greenville area next week, I would like to invite you to my Junior piano recital next Thursday, March 6th at 7:00pm in FA224. For those of you that don’t know where that is, it’s in the middle of the second floor of the Fine Arts Building. The recital will only be about 20-25 minutes long, so hopefully that won’t conflict with any of you that might have plans to attend the opera that night. I will be playing music of Bach, Mozart, and Chopin (see Music page for more details).

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