Tuesday, August 5, 2008

San Antonio Update 3

Today was the absolute longest day we've been here, but by far the BEST!! We started with lunch at the food court (again!) before we headed over to the Convention Center for competition. We met in a huge meeting room for practice from about 1-3. Finally, at about 4 o'clock it was time to perform...and let me just say, these guys did the best they EVER have!! Here are some pics of the action.














Did I mention they did AMAZING! People were clapping through the performance and when they hit this last pose (below) the place erupted...A Standing O!!! It was unreal. The place went crazy! Needless to say I was extremely proud of all our students. They come off stage and went to change upstairs. When they came down the escalator, we had all the parents standing at the bottom of the elevator cheering for them. It was an awesome experience.












After this Eric and Zach took me and Holly to a great restaurant on the Riverwalk called Pesca. I had some stuffed chicken and Holly had the New York Strip. Needless to say I ate mine and part of hers. Then we went to Hard Rock and had a dessert.

We came back to the Convention Center to get ready for Bible Quiz. Unfortunately it was running late. So instead of starting at 6:30, we didn't start until 7:45 . In our quiz session was North Georgia (us), Texas, Northern Ohio, Florida-Coccoa and South Carolina. We started off by playing Texas. We won and then played Florida-Coccoa. Won again. Next was Northern Ohio and won and then we waited til the final game of our session. Texas came through the losers bracket to play us and we beat them again to advance to the finals on Thursday. Here are a few pics of tonight.









So now it's after midnight here, everyone just went to their rooms. Tomorrow we have Group Synchronized Movement, and Blake competes in Individual Bible Quiz. If you are interested in watching, the drama will be in the 1:30 session. I am guessing we will go on around 2:00 or a little later. Hopefully I'll remember to post pictures and you can check things out. Keep praying!! These students are working hard and REPRESENTING!!

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