September 9th, 2006

• After a long day of practice in the bitter cold, we finally got to perform at the Dakota Bowl. The Dakota Bowl is a major fund raising event for the catholic schools in the area. The money is raised through the ticket sales for the football game between a North Dakota high school and a South Dakota high school.

This was “big doins”. The stadium was comparable to the old Patriots arena. A large screen color display was used throughout the game, one that had been used in the last Olympics.

Though we were freezing, we gave it our all. We started with Ayiko, then went into a (cheesy but fun) 60s medley. Finally, Jen and I finished everything out with “We’ll Be There” (remember our recording adventure a few days ago?). This was another once in a lifetime experience. Though we were technically lip-syncing, we all sang our hearts out. The energy amongst all of us was intense and vibrant. Jen and I gave the audience a show! And as we finished….fireworks went off….LITERALLY. How many people get to have fireworks go off after they finish performing? This was just awesome! Well worth braving the freezing cold and practicing cheesy….and I do mean CHEEZY songs.