This year's festival was just great. As always I attended all 4 performance nights which was wonderful. Three of our children (Jonah, Katie John and Sariah) participated this year as Duckettes. Their job was to shoo ducks off the stage. John's choreography in his quadrilles was just great. My brother James was one of the quadrille dancers. Good job James! My favorite dance was the red dress dance which was John's waltz. The dancers looked wonderful out there twirling and swirling all over the stage. There were many new costumes this year and the added "carnival" elements were really exciting. The fire dancers and the magicians were my favorites.
John's mom and dad drove up from Arizona on Thursday and stayed until Saturday. We always have a fun time visiting (and often swimming) with them every year. A bonus treat was John's Uncle Bob and Aunt Kathy drove up from So. Cal to attend the festival for the first time. On Friday afternoon John, his dad and Uncle Bob went golfing together at Haggin Oaks. John says," It was fun and I did better than I thought I would, even though I came in 3rd."
As the blanket manager, I hosted many guests. This year we estimate 90-100 people came to sit on our blankets over the 4 festival nights. This is a blow-out from any other year. Our usual average is 40-65ish. The point of all this is: We were sooo happy to accommodate so many of our family and friends. It's always great for me to see and chat with so many of you. Thanks to all of you who came, saw and enjoyed this year's festival!! See you next year!
ps I made Katie John and Sariah's dresses, boy did they love wearing them!
