Pennsylvania Girlchoir

Another short post today. We have an early morning departure and we all need the extra sleep! More to come this evening!

The giddiness ensues on our final day at PICFest.

We were all giddy today when we realized that we had had our final rehearsal the night before and all that was left before our evening concert was a short church performance and some free time!

The singers did a wonderful job at the church service the morning. The parishioners were thrilled to have them there and were so complimentary on their performance and their behavior.

Reese sings the “I am His Child” solo!

After lunch we had some free time to head to the U of O bookstore which doesn’t sell books so much as it sells U of O gear. I won’t give too much away, but I think our parents can expect some yellow and green gifts in the near future…

Mr. Conlon’s chap group.

Too cool for school (bus).

Following our shopping escapades, we went back to our dorms to change into formal attire and relax for a bit before a light dinner and our concert.

The PICFest Choir!

The Gala concert was fabulous! Everyone was dressed in their formal attire and we all looked great standing on the risers together! They also sounded good. It sounded like several months of rehearsal went into those pieces as opposed to the actual several days we spent!

Boys waiting for the bus to pizza.

Pizza was next on the agenda! We all headed to a pizza joint on the river for way too much pizza and dessert.

And then came our goodbyes! The hardest part of all was saying goodbye to all the friends we’ve made here, especially our friends from the Philippines. We’ll all stay in touch be we very much hope we’ll be meeting them again someday (Did you get that, Mr. Fisher????).

The prompt was “extreme enthusiasm.”

Tonight we packed up and have are ready to head out bright and early tomorrow morning for our day trip to the coast then on to the Portland airport to fly home.

More details about our Gala Concert tomorrow plus the coast!