Congrats to L'arche's 50th anniversary! This blog post is dedicated to that happy occasion.
Chapter 1: Speeches at Spatz Theatre
My group took a rental car, a Buick, to Halifax, stopping at Tim’s for a smoothie and a rest on the way and Subway for lunch.
We soon got to Halifax and went directly to Citadel High School to set up at Spatz Theatre.
Then we went to supper with a few friends, including our speakers.
Then we went back to the theatre to hear the speeches, and it was wonderful, except I was starting a cold, my second in 2 seasons. I caught one when I wanted the Abba CD and the Marley & Me: The Puppy Years DVD.
After this we went to Best Western Chocolate Lake Hotel to stay there and our room had a view and an LG flat screen TV.
Chapter 2: Swimming and Music at Spatz Theatre
Today we woke up in our hotel room, met, and got some breakfast.
Then, since our hotel room did have a pool and I have never stayed at a hotel with a pool and not used the pool, we went to the pool and the hot tub and enjoyed it.
Then we went back to the theatre to set up. Today there was to be music from Nova Scotia’s Men of the Deeps and Terry Kelly, known for his Remembrance Day song A Pittance of Time, which he wrote in a Dartmouth drug store when an announcement came up to observe 2 minutes of silence and everyone, except a father with a little girl, observed 2 minutes of silence, as this father tried to engage conversation with the store’s salesperson.
Also I was to use my new guitar to busk, raising money for L’Arche.
This went very well, and Stephanie came and took pictures and videos of me playing. And we raised lots of money and I got a blue T Shirt.
Tonight we went to a pub for supper and a karaoke party. This also went very well until I got a headache, and I thought my immune system was super low and I may now have had a cold and the flu, as Dr. Ross’ cold and flu chart said a headache was rare with a cold and more likely with the flu. At karaoke I sang with Stephane for Yellow Submarine. Later, due to my headache, I headed back to the hotel room.
Chapter 3: Breakfast, Church Service, and Drive Home
Today we had breakfast with the various communities at Trinity Anglican Church.
Then we had a church service with some of us, including me, playing music on various instruments, me on the new guitar.
Then we drove home with various stops, and got home with the Autism Symposium 2014 trip in JUST 2 DAYS and New York City Christmas 2014 to look forward to! Just imagine, 2 flying trips to a big city in one whole year!