This weekend at the Marsh Symphony On The Prairie for the July 4th holiday concerts, the Learning Community folks were out "in the field" once again with our holiday weekend pre-concert "entertainment" - the Proliance Energy Instrument Petting Zoo. While the Zoo was scheduled all weekend, I was only scheduled for Thursday evening.
Thursday was an all around A+ day. The weather was PURRRRRR-fect, the crowds manageable and the zoo volunteers impeccable!! PLUS!! Linda and I left the ISO offices PLENTY early to eat lunch at Sahms (Y-U-M). What more can you ask for on an A+ day? Well, we actually needed the fortitude of a hearty lunch because the biggest part of setting up on the first day is the wrangling of GIANT picnic tables into a usable formation under Conner Prairie's Bayt Pavilion. I know that may not sound like much, but... Ee-gads, those things are awkward and heavy!
With that aside, the most important part of an A+ Zoo day, even above weather, crowds, advanced planning and a good lunch are the volunteers. I don't mean to brag BUT our Zoo volunteers really are the best. We have a group of dedicated, hearty, loving, eager and reliable people volunteering for the ISO Learning Community and we know we are SSOOOOO lucky! Many thanks to all of our volunteers this weekend!
The first volunteers to show up on the scene Thursday afternoon were Beth Ann, Alan and Sara (seen above). I think Alan started volunteering with his mom when he 5 or so... now he's heading into 5th grade. Sara is one of our newest and youngest volunteers. Beth Ann, aka Mom, is actually the daughter of one of our ushers, Bev, who you all may know since she's always here ushering either at the Hilbert Circle Theatre or out at Conner Prairie. What can I say, the ISO is a family tradition!!
Speaking of family traditions, (now here comes the plug) "SOTP (as we call Symphony on the Prairie) is an awesome family tradition for so many hoosiers." Well!! It REALLY is!! Volunteering has also become a family tradition for Beth Ann, Alan and Sara as I believe Bev started out as a volunteer for us before she started ushering several years ago.
On Thursday as well we had several other awesome repeat volunteers and a few newbies - one from Indianapolis Ambassadors and a mom and two kids from the Metropolitan Youth Orchestra.
Maybe you'd be interested in making volunteering for the ISO a tradition for you??
Thanks again to everyone who volunteered this weekend! We couldn't have done it w/o you!
Thursday was an all around A+ day. The weather was PURRRRRR-fect, the crowds manageable and the zoo volunteers impeccable!! PLUS!! Linda and I left the ISO offices PLENTY early to eat lunch at Sahms (Y-U-M). What more can you ask for on an A+ day? Well, we actually needed the fortitude of a hearty lunch because the biggest part of setting up on the first day is the wrangling of GIANT picnic tables into a usable formation under Conner Prairie's Bayt Pavilion. I know that may not sound like much, but... Ee-gads, those things are awkward and heavy!
With that aside, the most important part of an A+ Zoo day, even above weather, crowds, advanced planning and a good lunch are the volunteers. I don't mean to brag BUT our Zoo volunteers really are the best. We have a group of dedicated, hearty, loving, eager and reliable people volunteering for the ISO Learning Community and we know we are SSOOOOO lucky! Many thanks to all of our volunteers this weekend!
The first volunteers to show up on the scene Thursday afternoon were Beth Ann, Alan and Sara (seen above). I think Alan started volunteering with his mom when he 5 or so... now he's heading into 5th grade. Sara is one of our newest and youngest volunteers. Beth Ann, aka Mom, is actually the daughter of one of our ushers, Bev, who you all may know since she's always here ushering either at the Hilbert Circle Theatre or out at Conner Prairie. What can I say, the ISO is a family tradition!!
Speaking of family traditions, (now here comes the plug) "SOTP (as we call Symphony on the Prairie) is an awesome family tradition for so many hoosiers." Well!! It REALLY is!! Volunteering has also become a family tradition for Beth Ann, Alan and Sara as I believe Bev started out as a volunteer for us before she started ushering several years ago.
On Thursday as well we had several other awesome repeat volunteers and a few newbies - one from Indianapolis Ambassadors and a mom and two kids from the Metropolitan Youth Orchestra.
Maybe you'd be interested in making volunteering for the ISO a tradition for you??
Thanks again to everyone who volunteered this weekend! We couldn't have done it w/o you!
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