Acappella Time

Last weekend Mike and I had a great time with the Curtis Acappella choir on their trip to Portland Oregon and to the Oregon Coast. It was so much fun to be with Mr. D, Christian and the rest of the choir kids --they are the best!

We visited beautiful Astoria and the Astoria Tower.

Below is the whole group overlooking the Pacific Ocean from the Astoria Tower Park. The kids loved climbing up the tower and we had a 360 degree view of Washington, Oregon, and the Columbia River as it enters the Pacific Ocean. The kids had great fun singing in the tower and throwing planes from the top.

We spent several hours in Seaside...at the beach...at the arcade and

singing at a Retirement Center.

We sang at a Lutheran church in Gresham. The acoustics there were so amazing and the congregation loved hearing the kids sing.

One night we attended a special musical program in downtown Portland--we heard the group Spectrum from Las Vegas sing with the Portland Symphony--they sang favorites from the past such as My Girl and Rubberband Man. The title of their program was Motown's greatest and every song was entertaining and musically amazing. The kids enjoyed this so much and by the the end the whole group was dancing in the aisles!

We also enjoyed a performance at the beautiful downtown Portland Mall and then a couple hours of shopping.

Singing at the PLU choral festival in Lagerquist Hall before heading down to Portland.

Christian and Ben having fun with friends......and with bus driver Don who was a fun part of our group and helped us get around safely and efficiently.