Day 9: Choir alumni, silly logic games, and Dyersburg

We (the Choir) arrived at the building last night, ate, rehearsed, and then we (Ryan, Andy, Matt, and I) went home with the Waldens. While the other three guys watched TV, Mrs. Walden and I talked ... and talked... and talked. She didn't really know much about Harding, and was probably relieved to find it much like Freed-Hardeman (with which she was more familiar).

At the concert, I found several old choirmates who lived near Dyersburg. Two of them had siblings presently in choir, and came with their entire families. They all came up and sang the last three numbers with us (which are the same at every choir concert). It should be mentioned that before the concert, we were treated to a potluck lunch, to which I have this to say:


best. potluck. ever.


We get good food on Choir tour, but this was just extravagantly good. There were EIGHT - count 'em, EIGHT - tables full of food. Plus four tables of dessert. C'est bon.

Afterward, we packed the bus and headed home for Beautiful Searcy, Arkansas (c). The Spades Tournament finally ended, and I presented Kyle and Daniel with their prizes - Replica WWE World Heavyweight Championship belts with a little picture on it reading "Harding Concert Choir Spades Champion." Many of us played some frustrating logic games, some of which I never figured out. My favorite were the "crack the case" style riddles, where you were presented with an outlandish situation and had to figure it out by asking yes-or-no questions.

We arrived at about 5:45, right on time. Now it's an evening to unpack and relax before classes kick back in full gear tomorrow.

Coming up: Umm, I don't know. Choir tour is over.

Crack the case question: A man is lying dead in a field, holding a broken matchstick. How and why did he die?