Friday, June 27, 2014

Day 14 - Morrilton AR to Wichita KS

 June 27th

We're almost to the home stretch. Today was another long day of driving.  Unlike yesterday, however, everything went very well.

There's one thing I forgot to mention in yesterday's post. During Celtic Farewell, a train passed through Morrillton not very far from the church. And it blew its horn. Loudly. Over and over again. One of the kids commented that they thought that someone had played a wrong bass note...when it happened again, they realized it was a train. But that didn't phase these kids too much.  Everyone kept playing and finished the song with only some minor problems.

At some point in every tour, Terry likes to have a picnic lunch and today was the day. A picnic committe was formed to shop for supplies at a grocery store in Tulsa and  then we found a nice park along the Arkansas River. 


























The concert tonight was at Covenant Presbyterian Church in Wichita KS.  



The santuary at Covenant provided the opportunity for the "ideal" setup.


This was the last concert before the home concert and the kids played their best, yet.


Dave Haun showed up again.  This time he drove a car and brought his wife Joan.


The concert at Covenant was arranged by Chris Hauser and Machaelle Shetler, two sisters who played in the handbell choirs that Terry directed at Wasatch Presbyterian Church.  Chris was in the first handbell choir that Terry ever directed.

Chris (Knox) Hauser

Machaelle (Knox) Shetler

Tomorrow we have another long bus day to Denver, where we'll spend the night in a hotel getting rested up for the big event on Sunday.

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