An Oratorio

Many of you are wondering where I've been.

No really, I've been gone.

I've been sick and this is the first time I've gotten on my computer at home since I went up to Provo this weekend. I tried to stay home from work to get better but there is so much to do that I couldn't do it for long. Then I was so tuckered out when I came home that I would just go straight to bed.

But enough of that, lets talk about fun things! I went to Provo to watch Angela's concert! I may have been ill, but I did have fun hanging with Emily! I'll blog about that some more later. Lets talk about the concert. Every 2 years Ricks College (they may have changed the name but it's my blog and I can call it what ever I want) commissions sacred music in the form of an Oratorio. They always perform it in Salt Lake City at the tabernacle and since Angela was a part of the orchestra, I drove up.

Emily and I met Angela for dinner at the top of the Joseph Smith Memorial building to keep up tradition. When Bethanie was on the tour we did the same and when Jenny came with her singing group we ate up there too. Of course, we take our sisters to the Garden Cafe, not that other expensive steak place.

We enjoyed our meal. (Don't go for the fried pickles, they aren't worth it)

Angela was somewhat stressed going out with us because this year they had everything planned out including dinner. She even mentioned maybe getting an F in her class (I told her they probably just wouldn't take her back to Rexburg on the bus). Her friends snuck up on her while we were sitting in the lobby after texting her that she "was so caught". They got her pretty good cuz she was really worried!
Then we dropped Angela off at the back of the tabernacle (Emily and some choir boy hoisted her down the stairs cuz I was too sick to help....).

Of course they wouldn't let us take a camera into the tabernacle, but we had our phones!
Can you see Angela getting ready on stage? We had a pretty good view, wouldn't u say?


Oh, and there she is bowing at the end. Do you see her up there?

If you look close you can see her wheel and maybe some red hair. Emily wanted to go up in the balcony, but I thought it would be better on the floor. Unfortunately all the good seats on the floor were saved for some high faluting music folks. Hello, we paid just as much to see the show as they did! (tickets were free)

Here's a better picture of her. We walked out with her and then waved as she got on the bus after the concert. And everyone on the bus waved back. Everyone we passed seemed to know Angela. I guess a girl in a wheelchair is pretty distinctive :-)

It was a fun evening and I'm glad we got to see Angela, although it wasn't for very long. The music was very good as well and it only lasted an hour. Just enough time to enjoy it without getting overdone. Emily pointed out that the 2 hymn arrangements added some familiarity to it as well.

And on a final note.. Emily showed me how to take video on my camera.
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Here's what she I missed at the end cuz apparently I can only record 30 seconds on my phone. I told her I would splice them together on my computer but I'm too lazy.. I mean, ill.
Isn't video fun when it isn't of you?