Elijah Rock

Bountiful High School A'Capella Choir

Day 4

8:00 AM Breakfast at the hotel

9:00 AM Depart for National Cathedral

We got there kinda earlier then expected and had a lot of time to look around the outside of the Cathedral. It is massive! And also very beautiful! But it was also very cold outside!

Great friends!

The Roommates!

Me and da boys!

What studs!

10:15 AM Tour of the National Cathedral begins

The inside was even more beautiful then the outside! It was simply stunning! It even has a piece of the moon in it! How cool is that?? When we got to the downstairs, Mr. Smith asked our tour guide if we could sing in there.. Guess what? She totally said yes! She said we could sing one song, but after singing one song she didn't stop us and let us sing more. Even here people stopped and listened.

11:00 AM Depart for St. John's

11:30 AM Arrive and prepare for performance at St. John's

11:45 AM Perform prelude music

This was so amazing! It was so fun to be able to sing at an actual mass, and across the street from the white house? We were all in awe!

12:00 NOON Mass begins

We participated in Mass. Even though I felt something was missing, it was still an amazing experience. We sang along, we talked along, and when they started clapping (although we were all a little shocked) we clapped along. They told us that we could participate in communion, and a few of us did, including me and Kendall. Although I didn't drink the wine, I did the other stuff and it was so cool to experience another religion.

12:45 AM Perform postlude music

1:00 PM Depart for the National Archives

1:15 PM Timed entry at the National Archives

It was really cool to the Declaration and the Constitution, even if we herded through like cows.

1:30 PM Free time around the National Mall

After seeing the Declaration and the Constitution, me, Tiffany, Hayden, and Landon decided it was time to find some food. We were starving! Hayden had been talking about this one restaurant all week, so we finally let him take us there. It was delicious! Cosi definitely has the best food.. Ever! We went there two more times that week.. Well me and Tiffany had been craving cupcakes all week too. Remember how I said everything was closed in Old Town Alexandria? The cupcake store was closed too.. Well we stumbled across a cupcake store by Cosi! Those were the biggest, best cupcakes I have ever had! We even started a trend! Lot's of people decided to go to the cupcake store after they saw our delicious cupcakes! Best part of the week!

Crumb's Bake Shop! We waited a long time for these dang cupcakes!

4:00 PM Tour of Ford's Theatre

Bad Mr. Boothe!

5:45 PM Dinner at Hard Rock Cafe

This was delicious and so much fun! We had the entire restaurant singing We Are Young by Fun! Then, Jeff Dericott told the waiter it was his birthday and he had the entire restaurant falsely singing him happy birthday and getting free cake!

7:00 PM Take seats for production of 1776 at Ford's Theatre

7:30 PM 1776 Begins

This was the funniest show ever! It was such a great production. Everyone in it was so talented! I was in awe! Mama, Look Sharp.. New favorite song! Oh and Matt Everett was almost the second person to fall off this balcony, but his would have been an accident.

Right behind us is where Lincoln was shot and killed.

10:00 PM Back at the hotel