Praise In The Park at Julia Davis

We had a very relaxed, fun event on Saturday. The Agape Fellowship Church that we have worked with before holds an annual event in the park aptly titled "Praise In The Park" and they hired us to run the sound this year. From what I understand, this year was far more laid back and "unplanned" than years past, but this just made it easier for us. There was no schedule for groups as far as I could tell, but different groups came and went onstage throughout the day without the pressure of time limits. The Agape Choir sang several times throughout the day. They're always fun to listen to:

This was a girl's dance team:

About half-way through the day they called up all the kids for a hip-hop dance contest with "The Prince":

Gloria was uncharacteristically reluctant until she heard there was a cash prize. . .

She pulled out all the stops and really got into it:

Megan has great rhythm, too:

The guy dancing with them in the red baseball cap is the pastor. He taught them some great, new moves:

The judges on stage had been watching the dancers and were able to narrow it down to four for a dance-off. Gloria was one of the four:

She really got into it and danced with great energy:

The other three were all dancing their hearts out, too:

In the end, the judges called it a four-way tie and the pastor had to fork over $20!! Here's Gloria proudly showing off her five bucks!!

They told the kids to each grab someone else to come out and dance with them. Gloria grabbed my dad and after his initial gasp of fear and desperate protests, he let her pull him out onto the grass. I was very proud of my dad. He really got into and although I didn't get any really good pictures, he really showed us some good hip-hop moves! This is only the second time he has ever danced-

. . the first time was with Gloria out at Nampa Nights last summer:

They make a pretty good team:

Great memory maker!!

My parents came out and spent the afternoon with us- it was really nice.

Zach had a bunch of Lego's out on a blanket and it was fun to watch my dad build stuff with him.

I think my mom and dad had a good time:

Megan spent the day with us, too, and the girls found plenty of interesting things to do:

At the beginning of the day, they asked us if we would be willing to fill a spot and sing a few songs. Toward the end of the day, our turn came. Gary just happened to be at the park picking up Megan, so we drug him up on stage, too. It was fun even though it was a little rough around the edges. They gave us an official invitation to come back next year. With a little practice and preparation, it could be fun!!

Rob has played piano for these two before, so they kept him up on stage for a couple of songs:

They event wrapped up around 6:00 and we took it all down. Lucy was a real trooper all day:

It was a good day and now we have several days to recover from the last few weeks. . .