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I'm still Alive

Dear Reader, 

This week has been one of ups and downs. However, it's going to end on high note because there are a few songs that are going to be stuck in my head for the next few months. One of those is the title of today's post, "I'm still Alive." Why on earth would that be a song that Dale would listen to over and over again to get it stuck in his head? Well, it so happens that it's one of the songs that "The 7 Deadly Sins" are going to be singing. That is the name of an a cappella group I just became part of here at BYU. I'll explain a little more. 

On Tuesday night, the BYU a cappella group had auditions for each of the several groups here. I heard about it on Monday and decided to run over after my Doctrine and Covenants class. I was unusually confident that night and I sang a rendition of "Save the Last Dance for Me" by Michael Buble. After showing a little beat-boxing afterward, they said they would let us know how it went on Friday or Saturday(Today or tomorrow). No later than 2 PM on Wednesday I got an email from the director of "The 7 Deadly Sins" telling me that I made the group and that we're having our first rehearsal this weekend. 

Now, not much is known about what will happen with this group. I have looked up everything I can about them. Apparently it's a relatively new group, having been formed last January. There are obviously 7 members who sing all sorts of different songs, normally from Halloween or gamer themes. A little nerdy, but that's OK. Their latest song was an arrangement of "The Zombie song" by Stephanie Mabey. We'll see how things turn out when we all get together on Saturday Afternoon. :) 


Here's a little taste of something we're doing. ;) 

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