I’m not a big name dropper, but, well, let’s be honest here, I’ve never really had any names to drop. But now I sorta do and well, I’m gonna. Let’s just get right to the meat of this post:

Lauren will be performing “Hey Ya” on stage with Outkast at the Grammys this Sunday.

Well, she’ll be with forty other people from the marching band wearing funky green outfits out of focus in the back. But she’ll be there, and that’s all that matters. If you don’t recognize her by her funky brown hair or her towering height, just remember she’ll be one of the two girls with a clarinet.

When Lauren emailed her teacher, Trixy Sweetvittles (I swear on all the people who died of the plague that I am not making that name up) to ask if there’s someway she could miss class for a rehearsal, she got the following response:

OH MY GOD!
You definitely get excused for a rehearsal with
Outkast! That’s awesome! I’ll leave the
assignment hand-out and materials with Greg. You
can pick them up later.
I hope you get some polaroids!
Trixy

Everyone just rolls out the red carpet when you know the right people.