May 2 - Day 3 Gretna/Winnipeg

On day 3, we got to sleep in a little bit later than on previous days and had some free time before we sang for the entire school for their chapel. Immediately after we finished, we loaded the bus and headed for Winnipeg. Our first stop was at MBCI (Mennonite Brethren Collegiate Institute) where we put on a joint concert with their band and choir, and the Westgate Mennonite Collegiate band and choir. We really appreciated this opportunity as we don’t get to listen to other choirs very often. MBCI actually performed the same arrangement of Loch Lomond that we did later in the performance, and in Richard’s words, “I like our version better.” Ed. Note: Of course I like it better! Because it's the interpretation I taught you!

Following the concert we headed to Polo Park mall for supper and shopping. Nick was somewhat disappointed with his dinner at Moxie’s, when he ordered the $25 halibut, and got about a pound of salad, with a small amount of fish in the middle. Probably the highlight of the day was when we headed to the Manitoba Theatre Center and watched a stellar performance of “Dreamgirls”. We almost didn’t make it in, as they had no record of our order of tickets, but we bought out the last of the tickets just in time and they even set up a couple chairs for us! After the show we joined our billets and were off to bed.

Westgate’s band performed for us… it was good …

One of MBCI’s choirs…they were pretty good…

One of Westgate’s songs included a beat boxer, and you can bet that was good!