The Choir Goes to Nashville

Tennessee Capitol
 Each spring, the high school choir takes a trip just for fun.  Last year they went to Disney.  This year they went to the ultimate choir destination - Nashville.  If you are at all interested in music, there are few better places to go.  Anna joined in the trip that involved leaving the school at 11 PM on March 13 for an overnight bus ride to Nashville.

The choir trips are all about minimizing any missed school and maximizing the amount of time to enjoy wherever they are going.  Hence - the overnight bus rides (not to mention it is easy to keep track of a bunch of high school students if they are confined to the bus).  After an 11 PM departure, they arrived on Thursday morning in Nashville to a full day.  Highlights of the trip included:


  • A tour of downtown Nashville
  • Visiting honky tonks and enjoying endless good bands
  • A tour of RCA studios
  • A line dancing lesson
  • A visit to the Country Music Hall of Fame (this included a special Taylor Swift Educational Exhibit)
  • Attending a show at the Grand Ole Opry (Anna proclaimed this her favorite event of the trip)
  • A day at Dollywood amusement park, where Anna upped her roller coaster game.

The exhausted crew left Dollywood Saturday evening and lobbied for a stop at the world's largest Bucky's (this is the most amazing roadside travel center ever) before taking the bus overnight bus back to Virginia.  They arrived home at 3 AM Sunday morning.

Anna had pictures of some shows and restaurants but no group photos yet (maybe for a future update.  A big thanks to the choir director, Mrs. Rowan, for her willingness to take a bunch of teenagers on an ambitious trip with great music themes.  




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