Charlotte, North Carolina!

We left Charlotte and our hosts (sadly), and headed on to Winston-Salem to sing with the Wake Forest choir! On our way to the university, we were met by their conductor Brian Gorelick, who was kind enough to give us a quick tour of Winston-Salem!

One particular highlight was visiting the original Krispy Kreme donut shop! Grace composed a poem about this adventure:

circles of sugar
dough risen and baked
they glide through a ribbon of glaze
 and are placed
into boxes
for choirbees
(for one and for all!)
these donuts are yummy
don't let them fall
into the wrong hands
or into a puddle
-that would just cause a terrible muddle!
Bring them onto the bus
with a hat for the bee
they'd only be better
if they were free.

Our president and our mascot!

After donuts we visited a historic Moravian settlement near Salem College!

Our final stop before Wake Forest was the Reynolda Art Museum, where we toured a historic home and art museum. Some highlights of that visit were visiting the bowling alley and shooting range in the home, and our guides instructions to not lick the paintings (we didn't).

We arrived at Wake Forest, and had some time to meet the Wake Forest Choir, and teach them a song!

Our concert was lovely-highlights included singing this song together, and listening to their gorgeous set of Irish music from their recent tour of Ireland!

We are now on our way to Durham for volunteer work and a benefit concert!