Took the buses to Louyang today. It is unlike Beijing, Zhengzhou, or Kaifeng. Every year they have a big festival celebrating the beauty of the Peony Flower. The people of Louyang greeted us as minor celebrities. When we arrived in town we learned that the concert had been rescheduled and moved due to the heat (100+ degrees), and the fact that they were expecting so many people that the park they had originally planned on using would be too small.
We arrived at the concert location around 5:15 p.m. The crowds were already big, we had no idea how enormous this would be. As we all helped in the set up, we saw the crowd grow and grow. There were an unbelievable number of people. I wouldn't even venture a guess. The pictures here show the Wind Ensemble and Jazz Workshop during their performances. After the concert, a local group that does a Peony Dance during their festival, performed for us. Their costumes and their dance was incredible.
This was our last concert in China- what a way to go out for the seniors, eh?
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