Tonight a small performance group from Master Singers, called Thrive which has12 members, sang at a Veteran's Day program in Georgetown at the "Field of Honor" in San Gabriel Park. When we drove up to the location, there were 1400 American flags planted in the ground around the area where we were to perform. People had bought the flags in memorial or honor of some veteran they knew and loved. It was such an impressive sight to see. Members of the Rotary Club had organized this first annual event and were there to greet visitors and help them find the flag represented their loved one. Probably a small crowd of 50-75 people were there for the entire program which included a color guard by a Brownie Scout group, the reading of "war letters home" from men on the fronts of wars all the way back to the Civil War, intermixed with musical presentations by a high school group of singers and then our group. Our first song was the singing of the theme songs for all the branches of service with people who served in that service standing for their song. The crowd loved it. The second song was a medley of America the Beautiful, My Country 'Tis of Thee, and Battle Hymn of the Republic and the last song was Gratitude Changes Everything dedicated to the men and women in the emergency responder professions. It went well although it was a little cold--but we were under a tent which gave shelter from most of the wind which was slight. This was the first time Thrive has ever performed, being created just for this event. I hope we will have other opportunities.
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