So that is my immediate family and my dad's sister's family. This is what we do on Christmas Day. We find an excuse to wear funny hats and take pictures. That was Christmas 2006. What did we do Christmas 2007 you ask? Well, let me show you! No, not a picture. This is a video.
The Von Bill Family Singers - The Lonely Goatherd
We found that split screen effect on the video camera, so all we needed to do was hook it up to the TV so we can see ourselves, and once the music started, we were occupied until we all ran out of energy. We played with that for a total of 10 hours. We did four hours on Christmas Day, and then six hours a few days later at our big family Christmas party. We took plenty of videos. If you want to see more, look here. So yeah, my family is pretty weird. But that's okay. I like it.
In case you haven't guessed, I am very into musical theatre. And yes, it's theatre and not theater!! I've seen a few shows. I try to increase that list as much as I can. Don't ask me for my favorite. I can't choose. I currently have just about three full days worth of Broadway showtunes on my iPod. And it keeps growing. Yay Broadway!
Hmmm... what else? I play the saxophone and piano. That is another big part of my life (other than Broadway). Most of my best friends were friends I made in middle school through band. I had a close group of friends that all joined marching band together. I love marching band. I was the saxophone section leader (saxtionleader) my sophomore year of high school, and I worked my way up to drum major my senior year. For those of you who are not band geeks, the drum major is the one who conducts in the front of the band and leads them in parades and stuff like that. Want to see my show from senior year of high school? I don't care. I'm showing you anyway. We did songs from the Broadway show, Wicked.
Union-Endicott NYSFBC Championship Show 2006 - Wicked
I'm the drum major in the middle at the beginning (the one blowing the whistle). They say my name (Eric Bill) in the beginning. That was a lot of fun. Kind of a cool coincidence: at the end of that video, the announcer gives a congratulations from the Thunder of the East Marching Band from the University at Buffalo. And that's exactly where I would go for college the next year. That is where I currently go to school. It is the only SUNY school (New York State college) with a marching band, and since SUNY schools are much cheaper for people residing in New York State, that is where I went. Through much hard work last year, I was able to get saxtionleader for next year. I'm really excited to lead the saxophone section.
I also was a lead role (but never the lead role) in all of my high school musical productions. I really hate watching myself in them. I thought it was so much better than it actually was when I did them. I made a bunch of friends doing that, too. Ummm... I guess I can post a video of that... Well, I'll post one later. I was told I can't show people the video I was going to post, so maybe I'll upload one soon. Yeah, that will come later.
I love funny sounding words. If you have ever heard the Bulbous Bouffant skit, you know a lot of my favorite words. I plan on making a video of it this summer, so I'll post it here when it's made. My old favorite word was 'gubernatorial', but now I really like the name, 'Lake Titicaca'. They make me laugh. This entry is now getting quite long, so I will stop typing for now. Hopefully you know a little more about me, though.
Eric =]
2 comments:
The sound of music video was deeply disturbing but hysterical. However the real comedic value of that video is the ongoing conversation about the, what I hope is, lame dog with the bad hip that starts at the beginning before the music. Comic Gold!!!!!
Yes, that is exactly what the conversation is about! It's my aunt talking about the dog with a bad hip, so he can't get on the couch. Everything adds to this video, haha.
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