Upcoming Bon Voyage Party

Well tomorrow (Actually today just look at the time) we have a Bon Voyage party to go to. It is being thrown by the parent of a couple of alumni that will be traveling to China with the Olympic Orchestra. One of the Alumni's that is going has become my drinking buddy at a recent get together at Mikes Roadhouse, a local Bar and Grill that we like to frequent. It doesn't hurt that Bobby our oldest son has worked there for the past two years either. At any rate Joanie baked a suprise "Cake" for the party. We have taken a picture of her handy work and posted it on the picture site so go and check it out. I will add more pictures to the site after the party during the next few days. Until then "Xie xie" ("Thank you" in Mandarin Chinese) pronounced "shi shi".

Pictures Of Our First Souvenir

I almost forgot to let everyone in on our first souvenir. We got them on Bobby's eighteenth birthday. Go to the picture site and check out the pictures. Surprise ! ! !

Happy 4th of July Weekend / 1st Public Performance

Well it's too late to turn back now. The Olympic Orchestra has had their first public performance (Well at least the Modesto area performers have). They marched in the 2008 4th of July parade in Modesto California. The performance was very impressive and we can't wait to hear what it sounds like with all 2008 members performing it together in Beijing. The Orchestra was well received by the onlookers, and there was only one comment made about "Human Rights" or "Free Tibet", and since that was not the general consensus, it was pretty much ignored. Most of the comments that I heard were supportive and ones of congratulations and pride. On thing is for sure, I haven't had to walk that far in very long time. That's right, all of us proud parents got to walk the route with the Orchestra while they played. We acted as liaisons to the crowd if anyone had questions regarding the trip, other performances and just general congratulations that are invoked from a chance of a lifetime such as this. The final result of this public appearance in the 4th of July Parade was that the Olympic Orchestra took first place in the marching band division in the parade. I have posted some pictures on the photo site that you can access at the "Little's Links" on the right hand side of the page. The Olympic Orchestra will have a farewell performance on July 22nd at the Downy High School Stadium at 7:00pm. Everyone is invited to attend as this is an attempt to raise some funds to offset the travel costs to the students. The cost is only $5.00 per ticket. If you aren't able to make it the program would happily accept any cash donations that you might want to give. That was my shameless plug at marketing and drumming up donations. I know it was pretty pathetic. Well enjoy the pictures and until the next fascinating installment of "Where's the Little's". . .Peace out!

News Story About The Red Orchestra

Well it is definitely official now we have a local news story about the trip to the Olympics. The story took place at Beyer High School so there is a predominate theme of Beyer High Students. There are however a few Davis High band members featured. Naturally being a proud parent I need to take this opportunity to tell everyone that there is an excellent shot of Joey playing his bass drum. It's mostly his back but you can see the side of his face and the camera didn't break (He He). He must have his mothers good looks. At any rate I hope everyone enjoys the video. I know that the video starts automatically and continues to run in a loop I am trying to figure out how to change this so bear with me. Until the next post . . .Back to the Bat cave!

A Question Posed By A Neighbor

We were visiting with a couple of our neighbors tonight checking out his new ride. He scored the ultimate mans ride. That's right you guessed it. . . a Hummer! I can bet that one doesn't even exist in China, except for maybe in the military and only if they stole one from the United States. Well at any rate he posed this question. . . Are Chinette paper plates called Americanette in China? I told him that I would find out for him when I make a trip to the local Beijing Wal Mart. That's no joke we found out that they actually have 3 Wal Marts in Beijing alone. Country wide they have 79 total. Hows that for an ineresting fun fact. I included the link to the Wal Mart info below. Well until the next installment. . . sayonara, Peace out!


http://www.wal-martchina.com/english/walmart/wminchina.htm