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Flower Power

Tuesday.....
The Warped Tour was a huge success.
Above, Lauren and her friend with a band I know nothing about (probably just as well).
Ooops...just been informed it is Drama Club.

Another one of her with a band........this one is called While She Sleeps.

This one has cleverly put their name on their tent.


And this lot appear to be making sure that everyone knows who they are.
It would seem they had a fabulous time and were thoroughly exhausted by the time they came home.
But Wednesday was going to be a big day too.

Wednesday morning we took Lauren to be enrolled in Ronald Reagan IB (international baccalaureate) High School.
It was bloody amazing.
I am not quite sure what I expected but I didn't expect what we got.
The staff were welcoming and the students polite.
Each child has an individual program made for them to be able to study the things that they enjoy and will be of good use to them.
They have very high standards.  Lauren had to write an essay to hand in.  This was no problem to her as she loves to write.
I was joking with Donna that I hoped they had given her enough paper and would we be waiting for hours for her to stop.
Whatever she wrote it must have been ok as she has been put into the top classes which prepare kids for university.
She is taking Maths, English, Biology, Social Studies....and best of all she got Theatre and Film.
She is chuffed to bits.
Donna said she thought her head would explode when they put her down for Theatre and Film.  She will learn all aspects, backstage, lighting, make up, directing as well as doing some acting herself.
There are also lots of after school clubs, including guitar, so she is rather excited.

So, it was quite a day.  We met a lot of staff and pupils, all of whom, love the school.  We were told yet again about the long waiting list to get in.
I do believe that being a British kid went a long way to help Lauren as they were all fascinated by her and her accent.
I do hope she does well.  I think she has the best chance of doing so now so it will be up to her.

In the evening we went to River Rhythms.
Donna and Lauren's first time this trip.   Donna is feeling better and as we only have to sit, listen to the band and people watch, it isn't hard.
And there were some people worth watching this time.
This guy turned up.

He came with lots of bags and rolls of stuff.  He set it all up on a table and then started to make a paper flower.

Donna and Lauren wandered off to see the police horses, who are there every week.

Huggy Bear from Starsky and Hutch showed up.
He obviously liked the band, many others did too, which played a lot of German polka music.
Not really my taste but I love seeing the people dancing and enjoying themselves, so it was fun.

We spotted some Lederhosen.
He looked very sweet in his outfit I think.


Not sure what this guy's outfit is all about but he strutted his stuff too.
The flower man at the back there is still making his flower (note...just one).

He had been making the same flower since he arrived.
You are not going to make your fortune if you can only make one in an evening.
Common sense says.....'Make the blooming things before you go"....but maybe he hadn't thought of that.

They had a beer stein holding competition.
The idea was that you had to hold a stein, containing a litre of beer, straight out in front of you for as long as possible.
Possible wasn't actually all that long and the competition was over in about 3 or 4 mins.
But, the prize was excellent.
The winner won a trip to New York.......that is a bit different from the packet of rice that the human hockey pucks win at the ice hockey!!!

Everyone had a good time.
It did wear Donna out a bit, particularly as we'd had a busy day.

The flower man eventually finished his flower and despite trying his best I don't believe he managed to sell it.
Maybe he will try again next time.

posted by Sue Banks @ 1:20 PM