Day?? Youth dance celebration day 2

Youth conference day two:

Howdy guys its me again:

Here is the low down about the up down of day 2 of NOVA Youth Dance celebration.

My Mom was a chaperon for half of this day! Making it more fun!!

Day two started with different weather then the first day.  The sky was filled with clouds and a sprinkle was on the brink, but the temperature was in the 80s so not bad.

The first part of the day was a devotional from the wonderful sister Cook.  She talked about Arising Standing, and Shining, and how we will be recognized for doing so.  WONDERFUL TALK!

After this devotional we did a costume check to make sure everyone had everything.   The boys and girls broke off and the gentlemen received a devotional from Brother Gerard of the the 6th quorum of the 70.  and then the girls heard again from the beautiful Sister Cook who talked about how we truly Glow and that to be
Spiritually
Minded
Is
Life
Eternal.

It was great!!!

The girls ate lunch while the boys had thier devotional.  

They didn't let us eat watermelon inside the fancy new school we were using, so we ate it outside in the rain.  

Shilo and Regan's huddle

Regan and Shilos dry spot!

The spot with the bag is my Mom's and mine! 

After lunch we had a hectic dress rehearsal that left me hopeless and doubting the performance would ever come together.  I was in a pretty depressed mood about everything.  Eating dinner sure improved my mood though!




 Later in the day we got ready to perform!
All of the youth sat in the visitors stands behind the field.  Just to let you know that is 1300 youth, 1500 people including all the adult leaders.

Each stake had different color shirts including Green. light blue, dark blue, red, yellow, purple, and orange.  Our stake was the light blue one!

While waiting for the performance to begin we watched through the giant signs that spelled out
ARISE, STAND, and SHINE, as the audience filled the stands.  

As we waited for the performance to begin, we watched the sky fill with clouds the forecast was a giant storm.  We prayed continually for the rain to hold back.  It started to rain just as the performance began, but slowed to a mist a few numbers in, right after the dance to the song dancing in the rain.  The mist/drizzle continued through the performance, but no storm.  This was jsut one of the many miracles that we experienced!

The performance went amazing! It was such a rush to participate in such an event! It was amazing to see how a chaotic dress rehearsal could result in and amazing performance!!! I loved every minute of it!.