Choir Tour 2016 is underway. Yesterday was mostly spent on the bus, making our way up to Cincinnati for our first performance at Twin Towers, an assisted living facility that we performed at last year. The trip to Cincinnati was calm, and we actually had some time to kill in the afternoon. The folks at Twin Towers were a great audience, as last year, and the choir performed well, an excellent first concert!
It was good to see Katie Pennell again. Katie started with me at Tennessee Tech. We marched in the band together, shared a bunch of friends in the music department, and even dated some during our Freshmen year. Later Katie was Kim’s fraternity big sister in Mu Phi Epsilon, and she even sang at our wedding. We don’t get to see Katie a lot, but we’ve always kept in touch, and of course, she and Kim continue to be close.
Today we spent another fun day at Cedar Point! If you are a roller-coaster enthusiast, Cedar Point is among the top parks to visit. They have a ton of great rollercoasters, including some of the tallest and fastest coasters in the country. The guys that I hung out with at Hersheypark last year asked me to join them again this year, which was cool. Jake Thompson has a cast on his arm for a broken thumb he sustained playing lacrosse, so they wouldn’t let him ride a couple of the rollercoasters, but we still found a lot of stuff to ride and had a good time doing it. Since all we were doing was driving to the hotel tonight after the park, Kim let us stay in the park until 9p. We ended up with about 7 hours at Cedar Point.
Kristen Chittick (formerly Kristen Taylor) and her husband, Gabe, and son, Daniel used our visit as an excuse to visit Cedar Point for the first time. It was great to see them, albeit briefly for me.
Tonight we’re bedding down at the Best Western in Cleveland. Load-up isn’t until 9a tomorrow, which is practically a vacation for tour. We’re visiting the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame tomorrow. I’ve been trying to get Kim to find a way to work that in for years, so I’m particularly happy that we’re finally going to make it this year.