Another Year Gone, Another Year Started
Welcome, bienvinedos, bienvenue, wilkommen!
For those of you that are just now tuning in, welcome; to all of you who might be returning to my blog from last year, welcome back! My name is Luke and I am a 5th-year Senior (yes, that means I'm old) Music Education major with minors in Vocal Performance and French. As I said, this is my second year as a blogger for Ball State. Upon my return, I am also the blogging coach for this year's group. With this first blog, I would like to do just a little introduction about who I am and what I do and, if you're a returning reader, a RE-introduction in case you forgot!
I hail from New Castle, Indiana, where I have lived for just over 14 years now. I was born in Atlanta, Georgia many years ago. After living in a few cities around good ol' GA, my family packed up and moved to Kansas for a 1-1/2 years. From there, we moved here to Muncie for a year, then on to New Castle. I have a rather large family consisting of 4 sisters, 3 brothers, 1 brother-in-law, 1 nephew, and 2 nieces. I recently helped increase those numbers by getting a puppy, Copper, who might as well be a kid. Copper is a Lab mix (they weren't sure what the dad was, but I'm pretty sure it was a beagle) and he's about 4-1/2 months old. I have included a picture at the bottom of when I first got him. I would include a more recent picture, but shortly after I got him I might have accidently thrown my camera into a lake, so I am currently without a camera.
To keep busy, I currently have 5 jobs (other than being a blogging coach). I work at an on-campus building, Pruis Hall, which is one of Ball State's performance halls. I also substitute teach, teach choreography, and help out with my old high school marching band. I am also part of an a cappella group called Cardinal 5. This group is hired to do gigs in various places around the state, traveling as far as Evansville with the President of Ball State. We were most recently selected to be in the finals of a talent search during Homecoming week here at BSU. Amongst all this, I also save room for an accounting class and my all-time favorite time consumer, the Ball State University Singers. This is my fourth and FINAL final year with the group. Last year I said it was my last, but the new director gave me a call before classes started and said he had a spot open, offered it to me, and I accepted, thus coming out of alumnus status and prolonging my time with the group (and I couldn't be happier!). With the group, I also run their blog, so feel free to check it out here! If, after all those, I still have some free time, I spend it with friends or arranging music.
Enough about school, so on to my favorite topic, traveling. I LOVE to travel. Up until my junior year of college, I had never traveled abroad; now I can't get enough of it! In the past 16 months, I have visited France, Germany, the Czech Republic, Canada, and Mexico. I was scheduled to be in Australia this semester, but that unfortunately didn't work out. However, a fellow blogger of mine is blogging from Down Under this semester, so feel free to check out her blog here. As for future plans of travel, I have none at the moment. However, I know that someday I want to visit Russia, Italy, and I have to find my way back to Paris so I can spend more than just a week there.
Well, in a nutshell, that is who I am. Throughout the year, I hope that you get to know me and my life a little better as well as the university. If you ever have a question about me, the university, or just life in general, don't hesitate to leave a comment! I am more than glad to assist with any questions you may have! The first pic is obviously my puppy, Copper. Pic #2 is of me, pic #3 is of the Ball State University Singers during one of our shows (I'm there in the center wearing blue), and the final pic is of my family (minus the puppy and the brother-in-law). Until next time, enjoy the following pictures!
