originally emailed Thursday, July 3, 2008, 8:51am
We had a lovely day in Six Flags yesterday, and were blessed with AWESOME weather. It was pretty warm when we arrived but within 30 minutes, it rained and cooled things off. The rest of the day was just spectacular and not too hot.
The park was relatively empty; we never waited more than 20 minutes for a ride and often were able to just walk onto a ride. I think the kids got to do everything they wanted to do! Our youngest singers spent a good part of the day in water park area with chaperone Rolinda Collinson (who deserves a gold medal for managing six 6th graders all day) while the high schoolers hit the different rides. One of the rides, the Gully Washer, is a white water raft ride with water guns on the banks where onlookers can pay to fire a stream of water. These seemed like a wise investment to some of the VIPs who soaked their fellow singers! Scott Dean and I can attest to Adam Kratz's good aim.
I was very happy that the high schoolers all checked in on time, every time. Everyone is safe and sound and a good time was had by all!
Now, I pray that they have voices after all their screaming and yelling yesterday. Today is a big day with a concert at the Meadows Retirement Community in the morning and abother at San Fernando cathedral in the evening. Please pray that the kids are in full voice and ready to give 100% to today's mission!
Love,
Holly