Getting to the church was a breath of fresh air. Dr. Ledge was late for our luggage packing of the vans and busses this morning. It’s always great when the director is late.
Driving to Boston was a plus because it was a free seating day! Thank you, Jason Floyd. I sat by Cathy Brier and played her some tunes. This was my one task on Mel’s list of things to do on tour. So that is accomplished. I played her a wide range of genres and styles. She likes some of my stuff!!
We entered into Boston with 2 rules: Stay in groups of 3, and return back to the bus by 4:30. Boston became our land to conquer! While I was walking off the bus, I felt the need to play “Boston” by Augustana. It was just one of those, live in a movie moments. So Eric Johnson and I shared an earphone as we walked the streets of Boston listening to… “Boston.” It was a good moment.
Ben Huseby, Eric Johnson, Anthony Nielson, Dave Luttrell and myself all set forth to paint Boston red (Ironic to use this phrase because the Freedom Trail is painted in red). First stop Harvard, or rather how to get to Harvard. The subways in Boston are way cooler than DC, at least the Green Line. Harvard was amazing! The buildings are like Old Main just replicated all over campus. The big buildings we kept ooing and awing over were actually dormitories!! These things are huge! There were a lot of tourists on campus. I can’t imagine tourists on Maranatha campus. Taking pictures with the Cederholm Grave or something.
We tried to sneak in a dorm, but we did successfully enter a lecture hall. Apparently we were in some kind of woman’s studies area… don’t ask…. The library was great… from the distance we were at from it.
I got a Harvard T-shirt!!!!!!!!
Back on the Freedom Trail (which takes all around the city to see historical sites), we discovered The Old North Church, Paul Revere’s home, and the spot of the Boston Massacre, which by the way is an intersection now… Took us awhile to realize that.
While Joanna was meeting some extremely cute guy with an accent at a distant bookstore somewhere in Boston, I was drinking a raspberry mocha kiss, sitting on the ground looking at a photography book at the biggest Border’s I have ever seen in my life.
We met up with Jackie Peirce and Shannan Delany.
After traveling we stopped at the church we were to sing at the next day. So what does that mean: auction off to families for the night! We got a good family… just not necessarily a good group… or… person in the group… Immaculate house! Organized… scarily organized… The night of the church was interesting…
Tomorrow is Concord!
Quotes: “I wanted to be back here with my peeps.” -Ruth Anne