Aloha!
The boys are all at their host homes after a busy day so I
have a minute to write to you all. I’m
sorry you had to wait a few extra minutes tonight. My wife went sky diving today and I wanted to
hear all about it. She had a blast.
Tonight’s concert was a pretty good time. The boys woke-up a little bit later than we
had planned, but they are pros and it all worked-out just fine. We took the liberty of washing their white shirts
last night and had the process of distributing them all back out to them
today. Thank you to those parents that
ensured your son’s number was in his shirt.
That helped us a lot.
On the way into the concert (literally, as we were going in)
one of the boys dipped his head in to grab a last second sip of water from the
fountain before going on stage. He got
his sip of water, but smacked his head on the corner of the wall as he stood up. I was concerned but he was tough and made it
through the first half of the concert fine.
He had a little welt on there which we iced at intermission, but by the
start of the second half you could hardly see it. Our boys are pretty tough when they want to
be, and so far they have wanted to be during the concerts. As far as choirs go, they are pretty good
about knowing when it is time to play and when it is time to work. So far, we have had only one boy miss less
than one half of a concert total due to illness (or any other reason.) That is pretty awesome.
The concert went along very well. The boys sang in good form and the audience
seemed to appreciate it very much. One
lady approached Aaron in tears after the concert and said she “sat in awe” of
the boys and their beautiful sound.
Another told him that “their parents should be very proud of them”. Overall, it was a very good concert. The boys cleaned-up about as well as I have
seen in some time too. It took 14
minutes flat to change, finish their jobs, unload the suitcases, clean-up the
dressing room and get to the sanctuary to meet their host families. A tremendous job. (I did have to bribe them with ice cream in
Dallas, however. The deal was if they
beat 15 minutes they got ice cream. If
they didn’t, I bought ice cream and ate it in front of them. I know they never like to see me happy, so it
worked like a charm.)
There were 13 host homes for our 14 sets of boys
tonight. The boys did an exceptional job
of introducing themselves to their host families tonight. Really good eye contact and firm
handshakes. I liked that. After grabbing their gear they were on their
way. Another successful day!
Tomorrow is Plano.
That is a beautiful church that we have been to before. Should be a great time!
-P.J.
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