The band, choir and orchestra went on a field trip to Anaheim. It started early on Thursday morning when the kids loaded up onto buses and headed out to California.
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| We stopped at the University of Redlands to learn about their school and music program. It was a beautiful campus! |
One of the faculty at the university led the students through some exercises to help them with body awareness and lung capacity.
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| Can you spy Matthew? |
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| Megan smiling through some of the exercises. |
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| The band, choir and orchestra kids |
Once done with the school tour, we loaded up the buses to head to Disneyland. There was a bit of a delay as one of the orchestra buses would not start so they loaded as many kids as they could onto the other 3 buses and ubered the rest of the kids with the chaperones.
In the parks, the kids divided up into groups of three or more students. They had a photo check in with their chaperones every few hours which is what most of these photos are from. Megan and Matthew both had a great time!
Megan spent her time with Grace, Ayasha and Ivie.
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| Megan on the bus. |
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| Grace and Megan somewhere in Disneyland. |
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| Megan really liked her dinner at the Golden Horseshoe. |
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| Ayasha, Grace, Megan and Ivie checking in. |
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| Megan and Grace back on the bus at the end of the first day. |
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| Ivie, Ayasha, Megan and Grace ready to go on the second day. |
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| Mr. Bullock (the associate director) with his ducklings. Yes, they quack when they follow him. |
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| Grace, Ivie, Megan and Ayasha on Buena Vista Street. |
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| Megan, seen in the back left, on Guardians of the Galaxy. |
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| The Incredicoaster! Megan is front left. |
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| Hopping over the Disneyland, they rode the Jungle Cruise. Grace, Megan and Mr. Bullock |
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| Mr. Bullock, Ayasha, Grace, Ivie and Megan at lunch. |
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| Megan, Grace, Ivie and Ayasha after a very wet ride on Tianas. |
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| The girls are in the second two rows on Space Mountain. Megan is the back right. |
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| Ayasha, Grace, Ivie and Megan |
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| Megan, Grace, Ivie and Ayasha |
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| Megan, Ivie, Ayasha, Grace on the train. |
Matthew went around with a bunch of boys. There were often 9-12 of them together.
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| Excited for the trip. |
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| Disney check in. |
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| Matthew, Tharen, Michael and Aaron |
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| Do you see Matthew on the Millennium Falcon? |
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| Michael, Matthew and Theron after the first Disney day. |
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| Heading to Guardians of the Galaxy. |
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| One of the pre shows. |
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| Matthew with some of the other boys and spooky lighting. |
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| Matthew is on the middle row, far left. |
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| Waiting to take off on the Incredicoaster! |
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| Wahoo! Matthew is front left. |
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| Checking in from Disneyland. |
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| Matthew is in the middle seat on Tiana's Bayou Adventure. |
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| Tharen, Matthew and Michael |
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| Grizzly River Run did not have a long wait so they went on it quite a few times in a row... |
Here are some iconic shots from around Disneyland. Most were taken by students in Matthew's group.
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| Guardians of the Galaxy |
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| Matterhorn |
A few photos from Rise of the Resistance.
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| Watching for logs on Tiana's. |
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| The entrance of Indiana Jones. |
Saturday morning, we got up, ate breakfast and headed back to Arizona. It was a lot quieter on the way back as there were lots of sleeping kids!
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| Megan with a sleeping Grace. |
