Sunday, September 13, 2009

Friends in high places

Now I'm not one to do a lot of name dropping, (mainly because I don't know any famous people) but for the record, I just want everyone to know that I am friends with Angela Baldwin, Maria Tedjamulia, and Taylor West. Those names might not mean anything to you now but give them 10 years or so and I'm POSITIVE they will all be famous. : ) Maria and Angela are both amazing singers and Taylor is a renaissance man who is so good at so many things it's hard to keep up with him. Anyway, last Thursday Taylor, who is the Republican party co-chair for our senate district, invited Angela, Maria and I to sing the national anthem at the Maple Grove gubernatorial straw poll.

It was so much fun singing with such talented ladies, hobnobbing with some of the candidates for governor, and seeing Taylor in action as he emceed the whole event. (Not to mention having a place to wear my high heels to other than church! It's been awhile...) And as a bonus, I now feel more enlightened on the race for governor and enjoyed seeing a little bit of politics in action!

Maria, Angela and I just before we sang. They called us the Maple Grove Republic Women's trio. (Random side fact: Both girls were with us on the Ragnar trail! Angela ran in van 2 and Maria's husband ran as well.)

Hobnobbing with the candidates. I loved walking through there and having everyone reach out to me, shake my hand and butter me up. Sure they were probably just after my vote but still, it made me feel important. : )

Here is a little video that Angela's husband took of us singing. Enjoy!


9 comments:

Camie said...

Incredible singing! Thanks for posting that video. And I'm definitely going to claim all of you as my friends because you will ALL be famous!

Naomi Hanks said...

Wow! It amazes me how easy it is for me to pick out your voice! I miss singing with you dude! Good job!

Doug & Darci said...

Wow that was amazing!! Not only did that sound amazing, but you all are beautiful too.

Cameron and Wendy said...

Great video! You guys are awesome...and I am pretty sure if the other two girls are going to be famous, you should include yourself in those ranks as well!

I am jealous...can I steal some of that talent for myself?? You all have enough to share I think. :)

CHO said...

Haha, thanks for posting, Becca. And just for the record I want everyone to know that I know Becca Rigg :)

Joanne said...

Beautiful! What an awesome thing to be able to do.

Mucci Ohana said...

thats awesome bec. funny thing is I just found the tape to grandpa uda's funeral the other day and was listening to you and omi sing amazing grace. it was so cool. miss your voices.

Tau said...

Nice. You guys did great.

Natalie said...

That was great Becca! How fun!