I feel like this post is really really overdue, but I figure now is a good time to post. To begin, many if not all of you knew of my recent choir tour during spring break, where we sang at several churches on our way to the Big Apple. I've been to New York before but being there again was pretty cool, because I felt like I knew where I was going without getting lost :). It was fun to hear our improvement as our tour went along and I'm glad to have joined choir here at JC. One of the highlights of the trip was singing in St. John the Divine Cathedral in NYC (the biggest cathedral in the world). We were able to sing one of our songs while we were there and it was AMAZING!! The echo was about 5 seconds and the whole experience was once-in-a-lifetime! The entire trip was exhausting, yet totally worthwhile.
Fast forward a bit..........it is now April with all the snow gone (despite the small fall today), the grass growing, the sun shining for the most part, and smiles seen just about anywhere on campus because of the warmer weather that has already and is yet to come. :)
In bigger news, Valley City is completely evacuated because of the flooding situation and Jamestown is in a little bit of trouble as well. I don't know if any of you have heard details of the flooding but the water is very close to overflowing what they call "the Glory Hole" (the big cement contraption which is opposite the dam), so as of now, Jamestown is fine but it could be in trouble if it rains a whole bunch this weekend. I think pictures of the flood and the glory hole can be seen online, if you are interested. These have definitely been some crazy times because of all the sandbagging that has been going the past month and the fact that school has been cancelled on separate occasions to help those efforts. One of those occasions being the first time in 15 years!!
Many other stories and pics will be shared this summer at Spiritwood of the choir tour, sandbagging and other recent adventures!!
Here are some of the pics. Enjoy!
Times Square
Madison Square Garden (right across the street from our hotel, Hotel Pennsylvania)
A church in Albany, NY (across the street from the one we sang at)
Apparently this is how they park in NYC (called Unparalled Parking)
Our version of the Arc de Triumph (small scale)
the Statue of Liberty from behind the World Financial Center
Here is my favorite picture of the choir trip, taken with my phone.
Niagra Falls
Love ya, AKLand
5 comments:
thanks for the update austin. way to keep it real.
yeah, any time bro
looks like you had a great time! were you, jeff and darren in NYC at the same time?
What the heck how did we not know you were there!?! We totally could have hooked up. Its a cool city though and i saw all those places you took pictures of.
I'm not sure if i was, but we were only in NYC for a day. That would've been sweet if we could have meet up though!
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