week two day three! pageant of the masters!

hey everyone! we hope you are all enjoying your extended vacations at home! today was a very busy day here at arts-x-press. we had another early wake up today at 715. we headed down to breakfast. had a quick meal. and then went on our jolly way. the kids have been doing a lot of work in their creative expression classes as you have read before. but i know you are all dying to know what the cool counselors do during creative expression. but you are going to have to come back tomorrow to check it out.

so after creative expression we were able to participate in our arts workshops again. and i can tell you that from what i have seen that the kids are really making a lot of progress in the short amount of time that they have been here. the parent presentation tomorrow is really going to be something great. we had a quick lunch and then we made our way down to laguna beach where we spent the day at the festival of the arts. after a long bus ride filled with songs that included baby shark. jack sparrow. and boom chika boom. when we arrived at the festival we were able to take a back stage tour of the pageant of the masters! we got to see the cast members hair and make up area. we also got to walk around on the actual stage and see a lot of the sets that were actually used in the show we just saw!

after our tour we were able to do some small art activities at the festival. we were able to glaze some raku pots. create some scratch art. and even do some print making. all the kids are going to be able to take home their work so make sure you take a look at it when you get it a chance.

from there we walked on over to our dinner destination. while we were waiting for our pizza we were able to play some more new games. the kids also got to hear their room check scores. and well. ill just say they werent too happy with their results. we had some pizza for dinner and then we got to talk with carl st clair and were able to meet his wife susan. and his two children sienna and cade. the kids were really excited to be able to ask him all their questions.

from there we headed back to the festival and were able to walk around a little bit before the show to take a look at all the local artwork. some of the things that we saw were just jaw dropping. then we were able to see the pageant of the masters. AMAZING! it is just one of those things you have to experience for yourself. and thus. after a long day. a lot of the kids passed out on us on the bus ride home. yay! here are some other pictures from today.

that is all for now. we hope to see you tomorrow at the parent presentation! wahoooo!

garret.

ps. im really good at slide.