HOPE OF AMERICA

I LOVE HOPE OF AMERICA!!!

IT'S ONE OF THE ACTIVITIES I MISS!

HOPE OF AMERICA WAS WRITTEN BY MERRILL OSMOND,

CLIFF MAAG, AND SAM CARDON.

I WAS IN THE RECORDING STUDIO WITH CONRAD

WHEN THEY STARTED RECORDING THIS. 
I HAVE DONE THIS SHOW FOR YEARS...AND HAVE THE
WARDROBE TO PROVE IT!
I ALSO WAS ABLE TO PERFORM AT "STADIUM OF FIRE"
AND THE FREEDOM FESTIVAL FIRESIDE WITH ANALEE IN THE 90's.
WE ALSO PERFORMED 2 MORE TIMES AT
"STADIUM OF FIRE" AND AT THE "PIGSKIN CLASSIC"
IN THE 2000's.

I DECIDED TO TAKE ADDIE AND GO TO

THE DRESS REHEARSAL.

IT WAS FUN TO SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN

YOU'RE NOT IN THE FLAG WITH THE KIDS!

4TH GRADE

"THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" 

 VERY FEW HAWAIIAN GIRLS THIS YEAR.
THERE USED TO BE 2 ROWS OF THEM!
RANAE SAID THEY ONLY HAVE 75 KIDS,
AND THEY ARE TOP HEAVY IN BOYS.

 TWO YEARS AGO, AFTER OUR PERFORMANCE, THEY TOOK

OUT THE BLEACHERS, AND ADDED CHAIRS.

I ONLY SAW PICTURES OF THE FLAG THAT WE RECEIVED AT

THE END OF THE YEAR.

I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW GREAT THE FLAG LOOKS

WITH THE CHAIRS!  SO STRAIGHT!!!

BUT, IT GOES TO THE TOP OF THE MARRIOTT CENTER!

 ALWAYS LOVED "ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE"

ONE OF THE WHITE STRIPES IS ALPINE

THIS IS MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE SONG IN THE ENTIRE PROGRAM!

"WE CAN BE A LIGHT!"

AND THEN ADDIE AND I HAD AN ADVENTURE AT THE MALL.

FOR ANOTHER POST.