1999 British Isles Tour
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Day 4 - Sunday, July 11,
1999
On the Road to Oxford
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We first ate breakfast and
loaded the bus to drive to Oxford, it was very pretty. Then we changed
clothes and performed at All Saints Church. Catherine Weber
We had about 2 hours on
the bus. I slept, slept, and slept some more. Laura
Hagen
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Jennifer Mitchell, Karissa Torrez and Lindsay Power
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F.O.B., I love the Flat On Back because it means
sleep on tour. Praise the Lord for it! Abby Satterfield
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All Saints Church
Coat of Arms at All Saints Church, Oxford
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We arrived at church at about 9:00 am to sing
- we wore our sweaters. It was so cold outside. Burrrrrrr.
. . Kade Stevens
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Getting ready to sing
The Texas Girls' Choir performs at All Saints
Church
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Today we had our first performance at a
church called All Saints Church. I thought the Mass was long but
didn’t complain.
Karissa Torrez
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Mrs. Carter and Layne after the Mass
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The church was really pretty. Wow!
The stained glass window was huge!
Stephanie Darbo
We sang Glory Be To The Father and The Lord’s
Prayer, they enjoyed it.
Jennifer Mitchell
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Alison Johnson, Layne, Alice Priddy and Jennifer Mitchell
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They gave us refreshments after the church service.
Laura Hagen
They gave us tea and “biscuits”.
Lindsey Power
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Presenting gifts to the Vicker
Lunch at Marlowe's, Stratford Upon-Avon
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We had lunch at Marlowe’s, and got a real English
lunch. I thought it was really good. Laura Hagen
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Kaitlin Cramer, Debi, Sarah Miller, and Mrs.
Holland
Marlowe's Restaurant, Strafford Upon-Avon
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Then we went to a real English lunch and I ate
in the same room as I did 3 years ago. That brought back some good
memories. Valerie Burton
Their chicken broth was marvelous. Samantha
Lau
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Joy Brown, and Valerie Burton
Rachel Tyler, Mr. Gilley, Krissa Torrez and Sara Pitts
Happy Birthday, Rachel!
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. . . then the main dish. It was roast beef
with carrots and potatoes. Karissa Torrez
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Marlowe's Restaurant, Strafford Upon-Avon
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We then ate Yorkshire bread and other stuff. Catherine
Weber
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Happy Birthday, Debi!
Holy Trinity Church
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We got to go and perform at the Holy Trinity
Chrurch (where Shakespeare is buried in the church). After the performance,
we got to tour the church, and saw Shakespeare’s grave. Laura
Hagen
This church has windows that are so pretty - they
have so much detail - the light hits the windows just right. Karissa
Torrez
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The Texas Girls' Choir performs at Holy Trinity Church,
Strafford Upon-Avon
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We toured there and where he is buried and the
school he attended. The school is still used as a school today. Jennifer
Mitchell
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A Group of Happy Girls
Rachel
Tyler, Catherine Weber, Alice Priddy, Alison Johnson, Megan Starkey, Marissa
Reyes, Caitlin Kramer, Jennifer Holland
Valerie Burton, Kathryn Kucjac and Winter Vasquez
Stratford Upon-Avon
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It was really exciting to see all of that and
get a little education at the same time. Anyways we got to see his poems,
books, bed and all that good stuff. Amanda Fuentes
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Rachel Cleveland and Stephanie Fisher
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When we got to his birthplace it was soo cool
on how the way his house looked when he was a little boy. Kade
Stevens
This was one of my favorite parts of this tour.
I got a thimble with Romeo and Juliet had carved and painted. SarahMiller
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Samantha Jo Sleadd and
Stephanie Darbo at Shakespeare's Birthplace
Ann Hathaway's Cottage
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The house is really huge! Her Dad
was a farmer and they lived on a farm. Shakespeare used to come and
visit Ane though he was only eighteen and Anne was twenty-six they were
deeply in love. Jennifer Holland
Did you know that he was 18 and his wife was 26
when they were married? Karissa Torrez
She had the most beautiful garden. It had
white, purple, blue, pink, yellow and red flowers everywhere. Katherine
Kuczaj
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It was neat and the garden was beautiful.
I bought some tea and other stuff. CatherineWeber
We saw the dishes she used and the beds her parents
slept in. Laura Hagen
All of the doorways were short. So I had
to duck under the doorways.
(we saw) Shakespeare’s love seat where the two
of them sat together holding hands and talking. Sara Pitts
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Lori Kreger, Karissa Torrez and Mrs. Carter
Karissa Torrez and Lori Kreger
at the Shakespeare Museum
The Trip Back To London
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Debi’s group gave a wonderful devotional with
singing and everything - the prayer was very inspirational. Alyssa
Harrison
Caitlin and I read a poem together. Winter
Vasquez
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On our way home we saw lots of different
things - we saw a lot of country and a lot of sheep. Lori
Kreger
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Dinner With Birthday Celebrations
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When we got back to London we ate at LaPergula
(noodles w/spaghetti sauce) and they brought cake out (just like @ lunch)
for Debi and Rachel. Catherine Weber
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We had pasta. When we were eating the lights
went off and girls screamed - actually they were bringing Debi
& Rachel’s birthday cakes. Samantha Lau
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I ate with Mrs. Carter which I enjoyed.
Jennifer Mitchell
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After dinner we took double-decker busses
back to the hotel. Lori Kreger
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Then go to our rooms and take showers and we talked
about the trip and how we like it and everything. Then we snuggled
up in our bed and went to sleep - it had been a hard day for all of us
and we needed to get to sleep and get some rest so we all went to sleep.
Rachel Tyler
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