Tyler got to participate in Hope of America this year. We have been hearing about this event for years because the 5th graders from all of the public schools in the area participate. Ashley and Alyssa did not get to do it because American Heritage does their own thing to celebrate America in the 5th grade.
The event takes place in the Marriott Center and is part of Provo's Freedom Festival. Most of the other events take place in July, but this one happens in May because that is when the kids are still in school. There are about 30 schools that come on each of the 3 nights, so getting in and out with the traffic was kind of crazy. Also, getting Tyler to the right spot and then finding him again afterwards was also made us a little nervous. But the teachers have a system and it worked really well. We went a little early and stopped by the convention center to pick Danny up. I think this also helped us to avoid some of the traffic both on the way there and on the way home.
There was a preshow that had some fun things. Danny's good friend manages the Marriott Center, so he was able to reserve us some amazing seats in the center and on the 2nd row. We had a great view. Tyler wore a blue shirt, so he is up in the stars section. He was hoping to be one of the lucky ones to get assigned as a star at the last minute, but that went to the kid sitting in front of him. I think he is 1 row behind and slightly to the right of the star (white shirt) wearing sunglasses towards the bottom of this picture. Tyler has a pair of white sunglasses on his forehead.
We slowly saw the big picture come together. When they were done arranging it, they looked pretty impressive. The show was about an hour long and they sang a lot of songs about America, the constitution, the Bill of rights, heroes, etc. It was so good and a great reminder of why it is such a blessing to live in this country.
The link if the above video doesn't work https://youtu.be/zsqC9v9nQ60?si=xKLvyClBmMTLZcR8
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