Charlotte 08 - Day 4
Wow–what a day. It was so full and tiring I had to wait until Monday to write this! lol
Alex was able to record his solo in the Valley Forge Christian College mobile recording booth.
Of course we saw more student entries in different categories. No Jaymie Bailey sightings for me, though.
Later we caught up with Ryan Forkel and his daughter Allie at Mert’s for lunch. While we were there Planetshakers came in. We trust they enjoyed their fried chicken and Mert’s famous corn bread.
We saw Concord First’s youth choir after lunch. Under the direction of Lindsey Bentley, they did a wonderful job. I also enjoyed playing cars with Jacob Grissom during his time there.
I encouraged Alex to go sharpen his language skills be observing the Spanish Female Vocal Solo entries. Claudia Redd thought that was rather amusing.
So while Claudia and I discussed the youth choir performances and the state of FAF in general the kids went off to see the Original Instrumental Composition entries. Interesting stuff I learned later.
Carlie and I took the hotel shuttle to the local Target store. Driver Chris was most excellent in getting us there and back in a timely manner. Carlie was just thrilled to find a Starbucks with a line shorter than 100 people!
We lost track of time in Target and had to hurry back to the hotel to get ready for dinner. I had made reservations at Buca di Beppo for 4:30. The reality seemed to indicate I had never had that conversation. Meanwhile, David and Michelle Scruggs and their son Domoinic had arrived on time. We got there about 5. Skip and Claudia and their daughter Tambour arrived shortly after. We had a wonderful time of fellowshipping and remembering. Oh yes, and eating too.
Eager to get to the nightly service, I sent Alex and Cassie and Carlie off in the van, Alysia and Ashley got there eventually and the talking continued….
The service seemed to last a long time, as we finally got to the hotel but the kids weren’t there yet. We later heard Lindsey Grissom had a part in the service. (http://charlotte08.ag.org/live/ Click the link to the Thursday service, and skip over to about 61:30.)
It felt good to have Alysia and Ashley there with us.