Goshen College Men's Chorus Spring Tour Blog

blog contributors

Journaling here on behalf of the GC men's chorus are (from L to R):

David Glick
Senior, physics major
Jesse Landis-Eigsti
Junior, music major
Scott Lehman
Senior, music education major
David Magbee
Junior, business major

recent blog entries

Home Concert and THANK YOU!!!

GC "home concert" to benefit Bluffton student-athletes

The Mennonite Game, and Phoenix

Entering Arizona

Sunny California...er, make that just California

responses to the tour

"They were amazing! I haven't heard guys sing like that before; it was so lively!"

- Julie Bell, Bakersfield, CA.

>> read more audience responses

tour schedule

Friday, February 23
Seattle Mennonite Church
Seattle, Washington.

Saturday, February 24
Portland Mennonite Church
Portland, Oregon.

Sunday, February 25
Zion Mennonite Church
Hubbard, Oregon.

Salem Mennonite Church
Salem, Oregon.

Monday, February 26
Western Mennonite School
Salem, Oregon.

Tuesday, February 27
Grace Cathedral Episcopal Church
San Francisco, California.

First Mennonite Church of Reedley
Reedley, California.

Wednesday, February 28
Fresno Pacific University
Fresno, California.

Pasadena Mennonite Church
Pasadena, California.

Thursday, March 1
Sunnyslope Mennonite Church
Phoenix, Arizona.

Friday, March 2
Glencroft Retirement Community
Glendale, Arizona.

Saturday, March 3
Christ Community Mennonite Church
Schaumburg, Illinois.

Sunday, March 4
College Mennonite Church
Goshen, Indiana.

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Fri, 2 Mar 2007

The Mennonite Game, and Phoenix

So before I talk about today or yesterday, I have to start out with a story from California. While talking with my host in the morning before we sang, I mentioned leaving Portland and living on the West coast for a summer. He asked where I live and I mentioned I had family in Corvallis, OR. And without missing a beat he asked "Oh, is his name Bontrager?? And I stopped eating my cereal and just stared for a second and said: "Yeah. Bob Bontrager!" His reply was a non-chalant: "Oh yeah, I know him." (Now I know there not TONS of Mennonites in Corvallis, but there are quite a few - and SOMEHOW he guessed my uncle perfectly on the first guess! WOAH!!!!) So as my lid has now been blown off, I ask him my host how he knows him. I turns out that my uncle is a prime candidate to do some consulting concerning admissions to the university where my host worked! He finished out the conversation with: "Yeah, I was looking at his resume just yesterday!" WOW! What a surreal and small world. The first guess.

Moving on, today was surely a memorable one! We woke ourselves up with a brisk hike up a small peak outside of Phoenix, after a sobering and somber service remembering the Bluffton community. (Several members of the Bluffton baseball team were killed in a tragic bus accident during a trip to Florida. See the Bluffton University press release.) The hike was beautiful, providing a wonderful view of the city! Then it was off to Major League Baseball spring training in Peoria, Arizona, where we watched the Padres win 3-2 over the Mariners. We finished it off with some great Mennonite food and some singing at a quilt auction at the Glencroft retirement community in Phoenix. The crowd was great and we had a great time! It was absolutely awesome to soak up some sun in this 70 degree weather. This week of traveling has been intense and jam-packed full of some of the most memorable experiences of college. And though I'll be glad to be home, I will sure miss this great coast!