Kaila and I went to St. Louis this past weekend with the high school band for a Bands of America competition. (as usual, the pictures of out of order!)
This is the Gateway Arch with the Old Cathedral in front of it. I would have loved to get into the Arch and go to the top, but the only day we had to do any site seeing was Saturday and unfortunately Obama was in town!! We were among 100,000 people walking the streets. I think my friend and I were the only people not going to see Obama. We just wanted to see the Arch. Even the church was closed that morning because they didn't want all those people in it. However, later that afternoon we were able to get into the church and actually went to mass at 5:30. Tried to get into the Arch after that, but it closed at 6pm.
We arrived in St. Louis on Thursday afternoon. On Friday we all went to a local all boys Catholic High School to practice. It was a beautiful campus and the boys there, when they heard there was going to be girls tried to come and watch the practice, but could not stay long! They practiced for about 2 hours and then went to a local mall for lunch.
Kaila is in the purple shirt and blue pants.
This is Kaila and I with the Edward Jones Dome behind us. The band and color guard was getting ready for their performance that night at 7:30.
Kaila and the guard marching into the Dome for the preliminary competition. The band did a great job. There were 56 bands from all over competing. They took the top 14 bands for the finals. Unfortunately, our band came in 15th. They missed 14th place by 0.85! Very sad. This was one of the best performances they have done according to the band director. The judges score sheets had many good comments on them and alot said see you in the finals.
This is the steeple of the Old Cathedral. The church was built in 1831. It is the first Cathedral west of the Mississippi River. Very beautiful inside.
All in all, we had a great time, we were tired when we got home, but getting back into the swing of things!
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