Today marks the last time I'll sit through a lecture at Kalamazoo College until I come back from London for my senior year in September of 2014. My last class, Industrial Organization and Public Policy, ended with a very interesting lecture on the beer industry (although I wish we'd had time to talk about prohibition).
After my last sophomore class, I played in my last sophomore jazz band concert. On the last day of classes in spring quarter, the cafeteria always serves dinner on the quad while the jazz band performs - we call it "Burgers and Blues". Last year, we had to play inside the cafeteria due to weather, but today it was bright and sunny.
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| The students of Kalamazoo College enjoying some burgers and blues before exam week |
It's always fun to see people enjoying your music as a backdrop for other activities. The concert atmosphere is more relaxed when your audience is eating and laughing while you play. There is a distinctly different sound to playing outside, and I think it put us a little off balance compared to our indoor concert a few weeks ago. Nevertheless, I thought the performance went well and was a great way to wrap up my sophomore year.
It's odd to think that the next time I step into a class at K I'll be a senior worried about my SIP and (probably) graduate school. I am getting a little ahead of myself though; before I can call this year over, I still have to take my exams!
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