Branson, MO!

Well, I know I didn't post about this as soon as I should have but anyways, here it is.

Last Thursday we (my brother and I) went to Branson, MO for a choir tour. Thursday we sang and got critiqued by the judge. Our choir director didn't like the judge because during his critique he helped her direct and she said he was lucky he didn't get a punch in the nose!

After we sang we went to the Dixie Stampede and had a blast! The dinner they served each person was huge! they gave us each a whole rotisserie chicken, a slice of pork, a bowl of soup, a biscuit, corn on the cob and a huge apple turnover type dessert! If I had eaten all that I wouldn't have needed a meal for the next week! It was, however, very good and the show was even better!

At the beginning we were divided up into the North and the South. Then they did a lot of really neat tricks during the first half. In the second half they had a series of races and contests between the North and the South (I forgot to say, we were on the Southern side).

Some of the contests were between audience members, like the stick-horse race and the chicken chase. Others were between members of the cast, like the Ostrich race. Still others were between animals representing each side, like the pig race (I know, some of these were pretty crazy!). Our side, the South, was winning but because it goes against history for the South to win the contestants from the show made sure that the North won. Phooey! Oh well, it was all for fun!

Friday we went to Silver Dollar City (in case you don't know, Silver Dollar City is an amusement park). I had a blast! I love roller coasters and I'll ride anything! We rode a new ride that they have called The Great Swing (click on the picture to see a video of what the ride is like!) It was really fun! I have to get off now so I will end this post although I might add on to it later!

-ellentia

**Edit**
FYI, Specter, the changes made since this was first posted are template changes, nothing exciting! (except that I figured out how to change the colors and font of my template so it is a one-of-a-kind template!)