YNS Madison, WI trip


	On Friday afternoon, March 14^th, 52 Chamber and Concert Singers traveled to Madison, WI to perform in a joint concert with the Madison Children’s Choir. On Saturday, they toured the State Capital building before returning home. The following is a first hand report about the trip.
“On Friday, we left Naperville and spent a couple of hours on the bus as we neared Madison. Finally, we arrived at the Wingate Inn. A little before 5:00 p.m. we loaded back on the bus and headed to the church we were to perform at. We practiced our own songs and then the combined ones with the Chamber Singers. The Madison choir came in and we sang ‘Hope for Resolution’ and taught them ‘Take Time in Life.’ They were fast learners! At last it was time to perform (‘South Sami People’ went really well!!). The Madison Children’s Choir was really good! After the performance, we ate. At 9:45 p.m., we headed back to the hotel. Lights out was 11:00 p.m. On Saturday, we had breakfast and headed to the pool. We got on the bus (again!) and ate at McDonald’s. Then we trekked across the street to the Capital building. It was awesome! Everything was so beautiful and old! We learned a lot about Wisconsin’s history. We sang inside, too. The sound echoed for so long! Even though we were happy to be going home, we’ll all miss Madison!” By: Ashley Curtis, Megan Lied, Emily Mertens and Ashley Shortridge

The trip would not have been possible without the help of our parent chaperones. Special thanks to Mrs. Gayle Betten, Mrs. Ann Cowen, Mrs. Barb Draznik, Mrs. Anita Earl, Mr. Tom Holden, Mr. Robert Jones, Mrs. Bonnie Lied, Mrs. Amy Miller, Mrs. Pat Nix, Mrs. Ann Rabin, Mrs. Jayne Reishus, Mrs. Georgia Siemann and Mrs. Ingrid VanDril.
More Madison Highlights Most memorable moments: singing at the rotunda in the State Capitol “ ...the echo was mesmerizing” —Rachel Kaminski “ ...it sounded very cool” —Becca Cowen “ ...pure magic” —Mrs. Draznik singing with the Madison Children’s Choir Our singers wrote: “The Madison choir was good. It was nice to hang out with your friends.” —Emily Walton “I loved everything. I made new friends on the trip. The tour of the Capitol was fun and interesting. This was so much fun.” —Courtney Hornyak “This was a great trip that was very well-organized.” —Dahlia Sultan “I like it very much. I wish we could stay longer.” —Kim Miller “I really liked this trip. It was a comfortable bus ride and I loved the hotel.” —Faith Porlier “I really liked singing in the Capitol, meeting the Madison kids and the pool.” —Stephanie Burchard