Xanagrads

You know, over the past two months I was not looking forward to going to graduations. Graduating from college, yes; sitting in a room full of people I didn't really know and listening to some guy speak for an hour, no. And not only was there a Commencement at eight in the morning, but there was a Convocation at 2:30. The fact is, I wasn't even going to attend graduation at all. Just hand me my diploma, I'm done! But when I was asked to sing with some of my fellow theatre students at the Convocation, I decided if I had to go to either one of these activities, it would the the Convocation (because I don't back down from a public singing opportunity, and why could I go to the Commencement where my name wasn't mentioned?). I'll skip the early morning Commencement and just attend the Convocation.

All in all, I'm glad I made the choices that I did. I heard from sources that shall remain unnamed that the speaker for the Commencement had interesting things to say... but took way too long to say them. Some people just can't tell when they are losing their audience. Thank goodness I've been trained as an actress to recognize those things. I'm not sad at all that I missed out on that one.

The Convocation, however, was a freakin' party!! The whole thing was Xanadu themed, since that was the musical of choice this year at Weber State. As a side note, I love everything about Xanadu the musical! Everything! It warms my soul and works out my abs from continuous laughter. That is beside the point. All of the graduates were given streamer to wave about as we walked across the stage; Xanadu was playing in the background; and my fellow graduates who performed in Xanadu skated across the stage rather than walked. I thought it was pretty sweet. They also moved our spirits with a rousing performance of "Don't Walk Away". Amazing! I love my friends so very much. They are incredibly talented. To close the Convocation, we four ladies (and supposedly the audience, I couldn't hear anyone singing along) sang a ridiculous song we like to call Keep Wearing Purple. I felt like we were trying to hypnotize the audience into doing our bidding. Yes, it was that ridiculous.

Can I just say, I love that my department, and Weber State in general, is so crazy! That was one rockin' graduation!!