Saturday night at the dance festival

At long last we were able to go watch the dance festival on Saturday night. Erin and Bryant left at 2:30 to get there by 4:30 for the devotional given by President Monson's daughter, Ann Dibb, who was just called into the General Young Women's presidency. In the devotional, she talked about modesty and who you are. After the devotional, everyone ate their sack dinners and got ready for the performance. It was nice for me to be able to relax and sit in the stands to enjoy the show. I enjoyed the show and even got choked up when the field filled up with the roughly 2,500 youth.

Erin in her cha-cha dress and Bryant in his basketball outfit. Parker waiting for the show to start.
This is a picture taken of the audience with Ron front and center! You can see David Willis, Emmett and Parker below him.
I found this picture of Darin and Donna Allison in the second row - don't they look like they're having fun?! GO ALLISONS!!
All the youth on the field for the opening number

The patriotic closing number
A short but good fireworks display
Bryant with his group in the High School Musical number "Gotta Get in the Game". Bryant is just right of center looking towards the stands. He was excited because he was asked to be the group leader - and we know how much Bryant likes being in charge!
It's not so easy to get all the boys synchronized with the balls.

Running off the field after they're done.
The cha-cha group did the best of all the groups (in my opinion). Erin is in the middle of this row of dancers.
The girls all loved how these dresses twirled - just as if they were 3 years old again! Erin is in the center of the picture facing back.
The final pose - yet again you can't really see Erin well, but she's just right of the middle.
Erin running of the field while holding her flower in place.
Matthew and Rhett lifting Erin - YEA IT'S OVER!!!

There was a rope under the bleachers that all the boys wanted to climb. Parker patiently waited for a turn and made it almost all the way to the top! This is him coming back down.