My Top 5 West Side Story Songs

As you may know, I was in the pit band for our school production of West Side Story this year. I have had so much fun and obviously, I have learned most of the songs because I have to play them. I thought that I would give you an insight into my week by giving you my 5 favourite songs of the play, along with a bit of background information.

5. Gee, Officer Krupke
This song is very hard to play but it is so upbeat and funny to watch. It is all about the gang who have problems of their own but always get chucked off of the streets and have nowhere to go as a gang. The dance that goes along with it is so funny and the choice of characters for it was perfect.

4. Tonight Quintet
This song always makes me feel happy because, in the school version, it has all of my favourite people in. It is a very powerful song. It is set out so well and there are so many parts to it!

3. A Boy Like That and I Have A Love
In the play, this song is sung by Maria and Anita. Anita is telling Maria to stop being an idiot and stop seeing Tony. It is a beautiful song and the harmonies at the end are incredible.

2. Dance at the Gym + Mambo
These songs are so upbeat and the dances for this are so good! I love it when you get to shout "MAMBO" in the middle of the phrase!

1. America
Obviously, this song had to be included. It is a massive number and is one of the most well-known songs from West Side Story, if not the most well known. It's such a sassy song and it is so catchy The dances are so well choreographed as well!

I hope this gave you an idea of some of my favourite West Side Story songs and maybe even give you something to listen to!

Stay happy,
Katie xx

My Top 5 YouTubers

I love YouTube and I thought that I would share with you my 5 top YouTubers at the moment. Some are bigger ones and some are smaller ones, all of which should have more subscribers because they are so good! This is not in order, by the way!

5. Gabriella Lindley
I love Gabbie. I have been subscribed to her since she had 800 subscribers and now she has got nearly 800,000, which is incredible. Her videos and so well done, her content is always brilliant and she puts so much effort into her videos. She deserves so many more subscribers because she is fabulous. Also, I love her vlogs because even if she just talks and she isn't doing much, I always like to watch them because they make me smile!

My favourite video - Saying Goodbye

4. Beckii Whiting
I found Beckii through Twitter and I have loved her ever since. She is so funny and her Twitter is hilarious. I love her content and she always puts effort into her videos. She deserves way more subscribers because she is such a good YouTuber!

My favourite video - What I got for my 18th birthday

3. Zoella
I know this is probably a really obvious one, but I love Zoe's content at the moment and I also love her vlogs. I love watching a little bit of her life and I do envy her when she gets a Wagamamas but I will keep living!

My favourite video - Get ready with me: Beach Walk

2. Sprinkle of Glitter
I have always loved Louise's videos and I think her content is great. She makes me laugh so much and her vlogs always make me happy and she is always this big ray of sunshine on my laptop! Fun fact - I used to own a Sprinkle of Glitter fan page

My favourite video - Not Worth Watching 1 and 2

1. Eve Bennett
I could talk about Eve until the world ends but she is such a nice person, her content is always amazing and she puts so much effort into every video. She recently hit 100,000 and I am so proud of her because I was subscribed at 1,000. Her vlogs make me so happy and she is just such a good YouTuber :)

My favourite video - The Yoga Challenge with Beckii

Stay Happy,
Katie xx