Sing, dance and elevate ourselves to new heights

After another great breakfast (omelets made to order), we packed up the kids and drove to the stake center and rehearsed for awhile and then headed over to Northwestern University. The Competition Choirs were to sing in the Alice Millar chapel there on campus. This chapel was full of the most incredible stained glass you have ever seen. Our competition was very, very good and our kids sang so very well also. In the end, we won 3rd place to some very well rehearsed choirs. After it was all over, they wanted to sing in the chapel just for fun (the acoustics there were phenomenal). They sang the first part of Kyrie (just to hear the echo) and "I Believe In Christ". The adjudicator came down and posed with the kids. They gave him a pass-along card. You never know who will be touched by what these kids sing. FAME Events hosted a dance party at a club (Excaliber) in downtown Chicago for all the show choir participants. The room was VERY crowded with lots of dancers. When it was over, LIGHT scrambled out fast and boarded the bus and we next visited the SEARS Tower. The elevators travel at 18 mph and took us to the 99th floor where there was an observation deck. There we could see all of Chicago in four directions. What an incredible view. This was at 7:30 pm and the lights of the streets and buildings were all aglow. They kicked us out at 8:00 and loaded up once for the trip back to the hotel. On the way back, we were entertained by a lecture from Obama, Tim's finger puppet. Obama indicated a 'change' was necessary and that it included a stop for some food. An unsuspecting McDonalds was descended upon for 50 ice cream cones. They actually ran out and had to start a new batch. Outside, before the last leg of our trip, there was a Chubby Buddy eating contest. With everyone in a circle, each was given a Mexican marshmallow (you know, the ones that are as big as a baseball) and they had to eat it as quick as they could. The results were . . . umm . . . interesting.