Angelica-Twins Game

Angeli...what?! 

So the new word in our house is Angelica. It's the name of Regan's choir. We all getting used to this new activity of hers. 

Last spring, she came home all giddy telling us that she was going to sing a solo in her upcoming music program. Oh boy. We were a little nervous for her; but she was confident that she deserved this. And come time, she did great. Amazing! We were beaming with pride and her confidence level took a boost. She loves the stage, and now she loved singing on stage. 

Close to the end of the school year, her school music teacher handed her a letter inviting her to try out for the metro wide choir Angelica. We debated. 

Was she ready for this? 

Was she good enough? 

Did she really want to go to choir practice each week after school? 

Could I figure out how to get her to mandatory practices? 

After much talking and discussing, we figured it wouldn't hurt to let her at least try out. 

We had nothing to lose. 

And then she made the cut. 

And so, it was back to debating all of those questions before we finally decided that we couldn't hold her back from something she was truly excited about. I'll figure out a way to get her to practice each week, and we'll pay the astronomical tuition fee.

Just as choir was about to begin for the year, we got word that Angelica would be singing the National Anthem at an upcoming Twins game. Oh my word! What an opportunity for her! They practiced only twice, and she listened to the Anthem a million times on YouTube to memorize the words (she's 8, it's not like she had them memorized before). Sidney chimed in during this time of practice with "...by the donkey's light" instead of "...by the dawn's early light". She knows how to keep it real :) 

This week, in the midst of the chaos of the first week of school, was the Twins game. 

The girls were giddy with excitement. And thankfully, we have some pretty awesome coworkers/supervisors at work who were 100% supportive of this opportunity and thought nothing of us leaving early to corral our troops, gather at home and head downtown. 

I think we took a picture with every Peanuts character along the way to the Pre-Game Meeting spot. 

Every. Single. One. 

Lincoln was his easy/mellow self throughout the evening. Just taking it all in around him: sights, sounds, and smells. He's so easy! 

And then it was Regan's time to get onto the field and sing the Anthem with this amazing choir. Gosh they sounded awesome! I'm so thankful for this experience for her, it's something she will remember forever. And us too. She was nervous, visibly nervous. Playing with the strings on her jeans, looking around for us during rehearsal and trying hard to remember the words/melody. But she admits now that although she was incredibly nervous ("because all those people were looking at me!"), she was also very excited. She's so proud, and so are we! HERE is a video of the choir. Pardon the shaky-ness, we were a long ways away and Ryan was trying to zoom in, which gives a sea-sick feeling while watching. 

She's in the above picture, front row, 4th from left. 

A close up is below from the Jumbo-Tron:

A big Thanks to all the Grandparents for joining us. And really, they didn't want to miss out on this show either. I insisted we stay until the 5th inning even when my dad was getting antsy to leave. Little did he realize that his name was about to scroll across the banner announcing a big HAPPY 42ND ANNIVERSARY to him and mom :) 

What a night to remember!