So far, hoop suite has been fun. In the large group in the morning and afternoon, we share broader ideas and, later, the work we had done during the morning. It’s cool to see other people’s work and share our own, but I think the time would be better used if we continued in our small groups. Often, with our music/singing group, right before lunch break, we come to a point that we want to continue. It’s difficult to remember what we were thinking the next day, so I think we could have been more productive continuing all day. When we worked with the rap group and heard the beat, we came up with a good tune and lyrics for a hook. We worked with Johnny on adding harmony, and then perfected that the next day with Selina (sorry, I don’t really know how to spell that). Yesterday we did some more exercises and continued with Silent Night and the final song. It was harder to do with one of our small group’s members missing. We listened to a bunch of beats to try and figure some kind of intro out in the afternoon, and started experimenting with lyrics. We also recorded the song. It sounded more professional than I expected. I felt awkward because I recorded two tracks for harmony and in the song it’s a little harder to hear the melody, but Jess and Nadia sound great on it. Once we have Noel back it will hopefully sound more balanced.  I hope in the next few days to get more clear on what is expected of the intro and work a lot on our harmonies and blending as a group.