Partying with Nick

So we all got changed out of our show clothes, packed everything up, then headed upstairs to the cast party the show was having.  Not to gloat about our win, but to see the people in the other choirs and have a drink with them.  Yes, we were headed to a boatride around Manhattan on a luxury yacht Nick rented with his own money.  But this party was actually OK.  The room was small, and the lines for the bar were huge.  Imagine that.  Somehow I managed to get up to the front of the line.  What did I drink?  A CC Manhattan straight up, of course.  Found some choir buddies, chugged the drink, then boarded the bus to head to the boat.  We pulled up, and saw the boat.  It was freakin huge.  As we get off the bus and head inside the boat, there are 3 waitresses there with trays of champagne.  Right on.  I drank 2 immediately.  There was a table of veggies and cheese and prosciutto and snack appetizers (pigs in a blanket, pizza, chicken strips).  Dance floor, DJ, disco balls, lights, mirrors, and a fully stocked bar.  This boat ride was amazing.  At one point, we all ended up on the upper deck, open and exposed to the beautiful world.  No coats either.  It was right when the boat stopped in front of the Statue of Liberty.  That was awesome.  In the middle of the water, stopped, looking at the Statue of Liberty.  Nick was up there too.  So of course we sang.  We sang What a Wonderful World.  I started crying as the song ended.  We had to sing some more, so of course we picked Nick’s song.  We wailed on that.  Got cold, so headed back downstairs for more food and drink.  I remember falling asleep on the bus, getting back to the hotel, then falling asleep immediately.  What a long night, but a great night.  I had never been that tired.  Nor have I ever been that happy.What started out as an audition (the first EVER audition I had for a music thing) has led into the most magical experience.  Everything was meant to be.  It played out exactly as it needed to.