East Coast Tour Day 3

Happy Father’s Day.  Host families got the boys back to Christ Lutheran Church at 8 AM sharp.  The boys were well fed, taken care of, happy and ready to sing.  There will be stories to tell about their home stay experiences.  The generosity and love that was received and appreciated was a joy.  One chaperone got to share a bed with a puppy because the host family gave up a treasured room usually occupied by one of their children.  Chaperones also heard how well behaved and exemplary the boys who stayed with them were.  At the church they sang for two services, one of which was live streamed, from the new chapel that was huge and state of the art.  The second performance was punctuated by a standing ovation, in a church, during a service.  Wow!  Following that performance and another enormous buffet lunch, the Allegro boys performed Finlandia for Virginia Pfeiffer in a small chapel where the memorial for Paul Pfeiffer had been held.  The sound was something other worldly that will be forever remembered by the singers and the few who were there to listen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghNd044VGMg&feature=youtu.be.  We left the church, our destination, the NASCAR Hall of Fame.  The boys thoroughly enjoyed themselves in the race simulator, pit crew challenges, race broadcasting and other exhibits and tests of skill and daring.  Two boys were able to jack up a simulated race car, change a tire, fill it up with gas and let the car down in 9.8 seconds.  A few boys and chaperones took a wandering tour of what is called Uptown Charlotte in 98 degree heat for about an hour before going back to Christ Lutheran Church to be met by our host families and be taken back to their homes for dinner and family fun.  Before leaving the church however, the boys paid a special tribute to dads https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaY6hLzYkd4&feature=youtu.be .  Tomorrow we will say good bye to our new extended families, leaving with great memories and travel on to Raleigh, NC as the East Coast Tour continues.