Saturday, October 13- Fall Tour

Bright and early (because some of our hosts dropped us off nearly 30 minutes before our time to leave…) a few of us went into Schaumburg’s Ten Thousand Villages and looked around. After browsing through nearly 10,000 gifts, jamming on 10,000 instruments, and nearly interrupting a counseling session that was going on through the thin wall next door, we started the journey to Goshen, IN.

Separately, each pair that had spent the night together wondered what they were going to have for lunch and if the people in the seat next to them on the bus would share some of their own lunch with them. HOWEVER, we soon learned that none of us in the choir had gotten a packed lunch for today due to some miscommunication. But our fearless leader, Bradley Kauffman, didn’t let that faze him (like always) and made a quick decision to stop at a Hardee’s and Fazoli’s for lunch.

Along the way, we made a pit stop at Millennium Park in Chicago. We took some pictures by this ginormous mirrored blob called "The Bean" and made our way through the park. After seeing these huge waterfall faces that spewed water from their mouths and winked, we met our trusty bus driver, Alvin, on the other side of the park and were off again!

When we arrived at Kern Road Mennonite in South Bend, IN we were met again by some great acoustics and friends and family that made the trek (whether across town of state borders) to hear us sing. All in all, it was another great concert!

P.S. We also made a stop at Goshen College where we were led in a tour of their awesome music building and they persuaded every last one of us to attend Goshen after Hesston…ok, so not really. But it was a good effort and some of us picked up applications!

~Kelsey Shue