KC Tour Day 2

We were up early for a very full day.  After passing through security the boys started off with staggered tours at the Federal Reserve.  We often do staggered tours because 70 boys on one museum tour makes it hard to gather around and listen to the tour guide and see the exhibits.  The Money Museum was full of money.  Millions of dollars stacked higher than most of the boys.  Between tours the boys sang for other museum goers and employees of the Federal Reserve.  As the boys began to sing people came out of their offices and cubicles and were enchanted by the sounds.  Some of the boys left with shredded bags of $125.  A few boys may spend the rest of the summer trying to assemble the pieces.

Next up Jimmy John’s in a park across from the Museum while lying in the shade staying cool.  After lunch we were met by two very knowledgeable tour guides, Nancy and Karen who boarded the buses and guided us around Kansas City.

Kansas City has some very interesting architecture and variety.  Art Deco, modern, very old.  It was a transportation hub.  Union Station, were we sang yesterday, had millions of people traveling through it during the WW II years and was the third largest train station in the US.  Kansas City is at the confluence of the Kansas and Missouri rivers where Louis and Clark camped.  The Santa Fe Trail began here.  There is only one city in the world that has more fountains than Kansas City and that is Rome.  Mark guessed that we saw every one of them on the tour today.

We dropped our city tour guides off and visited the Hallmark Visitors Center where we watched a short movie about the history of Hallmark, walked through the museum and a few boys bought souvenirs at the gift shop.

We hurried back to the hotel to change and get to our concert at the Second Presbyterian Church.  A slight delay occurred in the parking lot because someone backed into one of the buses while they were parked.  This is where having two pros like Joe and Roger at the wheel comes in handy.  The parking lot at the hotel is small.  When you pull two tour busses in and then put an ambulance and 4 police cars behind them, getting out can be a challenge.  With some tight, expert maneuvers we were on our way again.

The Second Presbyterian Church is small but has beautiful stained glass windows.  The people at the church had prepared a very warm and tasty welcome for us.  Fruit, homemade cookies of all kinds, and pizza.  No one left hungry and the boys returned the favor by giving them a great concert.  A nice size group showed up and were not disappointed.  Roger, the Bus No. 2 driver, was out front as people came out and said that he did a sidewalk survey of the attendees.  When he asked how the people liked the concert they started clapping again.  That’s what these boys do to people.

We can sleep in tomorrow so the boys get to stay up a little later tonight.  No planned concerts tomorrow but they always find a reason and place to sing.