Wednesday and Thursday!

It has been a rather eventful two days here in McCall!

Yesterday entailed an epic canoe adventure. After spending the early afternoon rehearsing, everyone piled in the cars. There were varying levels of canoe experience, from the people who spun around in circles approximately seven times before leaving the immediate area to those who arrived at the beach early just to dunk an unsuspecting soul into the water. All in all, it was a fabulous time and much enjoyed by everyone!

We then had a pizza dinner, which was sponsored by an anonymous donor. Thank you!!! The food was much appreciated after such a busy day.

Today was also rather busy. Students spent most of the morning/early afternoon rehearsing with their ensembles and in the large viola ensemble, polishing things for the concert we had tonight at Roseberry! Though there was a wee bit of a battle with the wind at first, everyone had lots of fun playing everything from "Turkey in the Straw" and other fiddle tunes to the Dragonetti bass concerto, with soloist Renaud! Renaud also got to conduct the premier performance of his piece, "Golden Crocuses." Another highlight involved the all-viola rendition of Tchaikovsky's 1812 overture, including cannons!

After their performance, there was ice cream and, of course, ultimate frisbee with the dog named "Lucky Bear" who was better at it than many of the humans!