By Natalie Suggs ‘26

We started off our day with hotel breakfast! They had a really good selection and some very nice potato wedges, plus fresh fruit.

Next, we had some time to chill at the hotel before the bus would take us downtown, so some of us went to the outdoor pool and enjoyed the Florida warmth outside. We also got to appreciate the palm trees surrounding the pool.

After, we boarded our bus to head to our concert venue for the evening where we were able to drop off our concert clothes.

Then, we had an hour of free time to explore Sarasota. We were close to City Place which was an outdoor mall, so we headed over there and explored some of the shops. We also saw a beautiful fountain on the way.

On our way back to the church, we passed by some outdoor chess sets and stopped to play a quick game.

Then, we headed back to the church where they gave us some lunch.

Afterwards, we rehearsed in the chapel in preparation for our concert.

After our rehearsal, we had an hour where we made a quick CVS run for some snacks.

Once we got back, we all changed and then we were ready for our first concert on tour!

This was a very fun concert, and it was great to see all the alumni in the audience. After our concert, we had a reception in the courtyard.

Then, we got boxed dinners from the alumni and headed back to the hotel for the night. At the hotel, we ended up finishing the day off with some time in the pool.

This was a really fun day, and we were able to fit in a lot of things and have a great first concert!