Sunday, June 19, 2022
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This week was an amazing week for the music nerd in me! From going to a club that plays different music from different decades, to an orchestra that plays contemporary american orchestral music! A few days ago we went to a dance club called: Decades and it was an experience to remember! I'm not much of a club person, but I enjoyed the great amounts of different songs that brought me back to the 70s and songs that I grew up with in the 2000's.
The next day, after contemplating how much my body hurts and my voice was destroyed from all the singing and dancing, a few of us decided to go to Chinatown's AAPI Heritage Month Festival before going to the Orchestra. It was a fun time meeting all of the asian communities in Chinatown. I was lucky enough to meet the Philippine Nurse Association there as well! They were a great group of people, and the way we started talking was funny. All I did was make eye contact with one of the members and we both nodded and instantly knew that both of us were filipino. Every filipino knows a "Kababayan" (a fellow countryman/ filipino) when they see one, and we were no exception. We started talking and they asked me about how the Philippines was and if I was alone here in the U.S. They told me that if ever I needed anything, I could just give them a call and they would try their best to help me. An amazing group of people that I wont forget!
After Chinatown, we headed to the Orchestra and that was THE highlight of the week. The Saxophonist was AMAZING and the final piece: the Fluitist was really fun and interesting to listen to. Thank you so much to Jack for giving us the opportunity to listen to all these amazing musical interns and guest musicians! It was such a biblical experience, both literally and symbolically! Pieta was such a beautiful peice and everything else was played with such precision and grace that I could not take my eyes and ears off of them. I thought I would fall asleep in atleast one of them, but I didnt and I'm glad I didnt!
Justin Andre Avendaño