What is it about listening to patriotic music that's gets you in the spirit of celebrating the 4th of July? I can't ever remember a July 4th that there wasn't John Phillip Sousa music playing somewhere.
Tonight we went to Pops in the Park for their patriotic program. It was SO fun and FREE!!! There were thousands upon thousands of people there with their blankets, chairs, picnic dinners, patriotic clothing, and sparklers. I wish there could have been a way to count all the people that were there. I have never seen so many people sitting inches from each other, covering the entire ground around the ampitheater. We sat up in the mall parking lot, so we couldn't actually see the symphony, but there was a speaker really close to us, so we could hear it perfectly. We walked up and saw the conductor and symphony playing though. At one point, the conductor asked if everyone would take out their cell phones and open them up and wave them back and forth. It looked so cool seeing the lights sway back and forth to the music. Some of the songs the symphony played were: The Star-Spangled Banner, Liberty Bell March, Armed Forces Salute, A Tribute to Irving Berlin, Saints, and America the Beautiful.
We went with our good friends, the Hansons and the Steiners. We all packed a bunch of stuff to eat and had dinner there. Everyone did go and buy a frozen ice towards the end though. After the symphony was all done playing, there was a really nice fireworks show. We could see the fireworks really well from where we were sitting. They had passed out 3-D glasses earlier in the evening, so Halle wore those to watch the fireworks. They actually made them look really cool.
I am really glad we went. It got me into a patriotic mood and I am looking forward to celebrating our country's independence tomorrow. My camera's battery died early in the evening, but I did catch a few shots of the crowd. Happy 4th of July to everyone!!!
We went with our good friends, the Hansons and the Steiners. We all packed a bunch of stuff to eat and had dinner there. Everyone did go and buy a frozen ice towards the end though. After the symphony was all done playing, there was a really nice fireworks show. We could see the fireworks really well from where we were sitting. They had passed out 3-D glasses earlier in the evening, so Halle wore those to watch the fireworks. They actually made them look really cool.
I am really glad we went. It got me into a patriotic mood and I am looking forward to celebrating our country's independence tomorrow. My camera's battery died early in the evening, but I did catch a few shots of the crowd. Happy 4th of July to everyone!!!
This is where the symphony plays.
I wish these pictures could have captured just how many people were really there.
Halle and Parker playing
Halle and Ashleigh playing Hang Man. It was quite hilarious because Halle doesn't know how to spell a lot of words.
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