Eliza's Surprise Solo

The night of the Winter Concert was just like any other night. We were getting ready to head up to the school and I was doing my best to get everyone fed. When I asked Eliza if she'd like something to eat, she said she was too nervous to eat. I was confused by this because usually she's fine in the choir so I said, "Why are you so nervous? It's not like you have a solo. You're with the whole group." She replied in her usual way with, "Maybe I do have a solo or maybe not." I said, "You don't have a solo," thinking that she would have mentioned it sooner and it seemed out of character for her to put herself out there and try out. Time ended our conversation as she was out the door. At the Winter Concert, which was standing room only, we sit through 3 orchestras and 3 choirs. Finally it's Eliza's choir's turn. The PowerPoint slide comes onscreen to tell us what they're singing and lo and behold the little stinker has a solo! Of course we're now frantically figuring out a way to record the aforementioned stinker since without the heads up we didn't bother to bring the camera. Steven pulls out his phone, the song starts, Eliza steps up to the mic, he pushes record, she starts to sing and...the phone shuts off by itself. She did amazing and it was so cool to see her step out of her comfort zone. We of course punished her for not telling us sooner. The punishment was tasking her with the challenge of finding a recording of her performance. She succeeded! So below is the video of the debut of Eliza's solo career. Enjoy!

Video courtesy of Cat Hansel's family