Doylestown or Bust

After all these many months of saving, planning and anticipating October 25 finally arrived! And the Bands of America event scheduled in Doylestown, PA was cancelled.

First, the event was delayed due to the weather forecast. The event organizers initially chose to cancel the preliminary competition and scheduled the event to take place in the evening and consider only the 'final' performances as the ones to be judged. Chloe called me at some point LATE Saturday evening, early Sunday morning to say they never got to perform. She said there were two bands ahead of them (which means the band had made the trip over from NJ to PA, warmed up, put their uniforms on and unloaded the pit equipment and instruments) when the officials cancelled the rest of the event. NO make up time or date. No competition. I'm so disappointed for them. I couldn't really tell how Chloe was feeling. I think mostly at that point she was exhausted.

From the few conversations we had Sunday, I think she had a great day in New York City shopping and touring. Not sure when they pulled out to head home. I had a call from her around 9:30 this morning to say they had just been told they should arrive at the school around 4 PM. HOWEVER, 1 of the 3 coach buses was still in NY or NJ due to engine trouble. The good news is (for me), it isn't Chloe's bus. The bad news (for Chloe) is that it is the bus with all the luggage. So we aren't sure when her suitcase with all her NYC loot will arrive. She seemed quite put out by that piece of news.

I hope Chloe's overall memories of this trip will be good. Even though things did not go exactly according to plan there were a lot of things that did go right. My wish for all of them is that they had a great experience in spite of the things that went wrong.

I can't wait to see my baby. She has been gone long enough!