Go Big Red!! UNL/Husker Fans Gathering in Boston!

Hello everyone!

Shawn, one of my roomies, and I were in Chi Omega Fraternity together during our undergrad years, and when we realized that another UNL Chi O lives in Boston as well, we knew we had to meet up  =)  Kirstin and I were in the same pledge class, and it was so much fun to get together again and reminisce about our time together at Chi O  =)

For this occasion, we met up at the Porters Bar and Grill to watch the Huskers kick butt.  

There is no official UNL alum group in Boston, but this one might as well be one!  There were so many husker fans, and it was so fun to be back in that game day environment.  Kirstin, who was a Husker cheerleader, led the way when the school song played  =)

I have to say, the food at the bar was pretty good!  I don't drink, so I can't vouch for their beers, but Kirstin and Shawn really enjoyed their beers as well.  Can't remember what they were, but they had cinnamon and sugar around the rim!  hah

It was such a fun night reconnecting with old friends, watching the Huskers among incredibly energetic and invested fans, and meeting new people!  That's the great thing about being from Nebraska, especially being in other cities now.  Once people realize that they are all from Nebraska, it instantly opens up a very friendly line of conversation, and in no time, everyone is hanging out like they're old friends  =)  

I was never a huge football fan during my time at UNL, but I genuinely enjoyed watching the game at the bar with everyone.  Something about the energy, the collective gasps and the groans and the happy shouting during touchdowns...  It was really quite exciting  =) 

Oh, and btw, we won, so that makes everything that much better of course  ;)  

It was a wonderful night, probably the most 'college-y' night I've had in... many years  haha and I can't wait to see and hang out with more Bostonian-Nebraskans sometime soon!

Hope you are all enjoying a wonderful weekend, and ave a wonderful start of the week tomorrow!
thanks for stopping by!
--Janny

Chamber Music Institute!

Hello everyone!

I didn't mean to be MIA for the past week and a half or so, but when you are at Chamber Music Institute rehearsing, attending concerts, and having business meetings from 8 A.M. to 11 P.M., the last thing you think about doing when you get home is sitting down to write a blog post.  Mostly, we came back, got ready for bed, and passed out.  I'll have to pick back up and document our Korea and Taiwan trip soon...

Anyway, Chamber Music Institute was a truly amazing experience though, and our trio grew so much during that short amount of time. If you want to hear a little more about it, we'll blog about it soon over on our trio blog, but let's just say that in a nutshell, there was a lot of dancing,

pizzicato blisters...

a few little 2 minute breaks in the sun,

and some shenanigans, of course.

In our free time (before and after the festival), we also got to hang out with our amazing friends, so that was pretty awesome too.

  =)

Oh, I also got to reconnect with my former teachers as well.  One, because she was coaching us at CMI,

and another when we found him on the wall at the Lincoln Symphony Orchestra office  =p

Oh man, oh man.  I look back now (even though I came back last night) and I can't believe everything that happened!  I absolutely loved getting to know and hanging out with everyone there, and I feel so blessed to have had the opportunity to work with so many amazing folks  =)

 

I'm so excited to be back home for a week or so, relax a bit before embarking on a 5 week performing/tour with the Meadowlark Piano Trio, and get caught up on blog posts!  Get ready for a floooood of posts coming your way  ;)  

Thanks for stopping by, and happy weekend!!

--Janny