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| We danced under a pavillion at Champoeg State Park |
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| Janna |
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| Sarah |
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| We enjoyed tea with the young ladies. |
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| Janna's exquisite dress, which she sewed just in time for the ball. |
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| The Ball from a distance |
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| Liddy helped lead a young ladies Bible study. |
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| We're so pleased that both Mom and Dad worked hard at the bass guitar all week long! Here Noah helps Mom practice. |
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| The swimming hole...with a swing! |
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| Kathrina helping Dad learn his part for Band Scramble. |
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| Dad also helped Ben with the sound system. They spent several hours Friday afternoon troubleshooting the system, finally discovering a couple bad cords! |
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| Friday night saw everyone perform in The Big Concert. Noah's guitar class performed and Noah turned up in a beard that was strikingly muddy in color! |
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| Mom performed with the ladies' choir. |
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| The kitchen crew performed a hilarious song based on "Hey Good Lookin', What You Got Cookin" but with the words changed around to match Booher Camp. |
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| The piano class performed "Sweet Georgia Brown". And yes, that is a bass in the background. We were fortunate enough to have some guest musicians play with us, plus Janna on the harp! |
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| In just two days, Chris led our piano class through the basics of putting lyrics to music. Everyone was able to contribute something and Chris was so pleased with the song we ended up with, he had us record it Friday morning and perform it Friday night! The lyrics are taken from Romans 10. Ben on the bass, Kathrina on the violin, and Jamie and Rachel on cello, joined the vocalists and pianists. |
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| Dad, as soundman, worked with Ben and Eric for the entire concert, which because of all the different bands getting on and off stage, was a momentous task! |
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| Kathrina's Fiddle 5 class was the most advanced fiddle class and they went all out! |
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| They performed a cute jazzy song, South. |
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| Thank you, Booher family, for a wonderful and blessed week! We hope to be back! |
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| We just came back from a week at this ranch, in the beautiful Scotts Valley near Yoncalla, Oregon. |
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| The entire week of music classes, jam sessions, concerts and fellowship was organized by this musical family. (L-R: Chris, Rudi, Ned, Brendan, Ben) We camped on their parent's lawn. Mother Booher was in charge of the outdoor kitchen which kept us well fed. Brendan arranged for us to be bused to the local highschool for music classes from nine to three-thirty. All the boys taught, plus some other great musicians from the northwest. Sarah, Janna, and Krista took piano improv; Kathrina was in the advanced fiddle class; Noah took guitar lessons, and Mom and Dad had private bass lessons. Afterwards, one could choose between dance lessons, volleyball, ultimate Frisbee, pond swimming and more. Each night there was a concert or big jam session. On Tuesday night, all the musical families performed. We shared These Are My Mountains and our Lord of the Rings medley. |
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| Thursday night was band scramble night. Names were randomly thrown together from all the classes to form eight different bands, each with a teacher for a band leader. In two 1 1/2 hour sessions, we had to come up with a song, arrange it for our band, and have it ready to perform. Janna's band performed The Irish Washerwoman. |
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| Noah and Krista's band grooved on the 12-Bar Blues. |
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| Dad and Kathrina's band performed a medley of Oh, Susanna and Country Roads. |
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| Mom and Sarah's band performed a rendition of Miss Molly with the words changed to fit the Booher family. |
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| After band scramble, we had dancing, and for anyone who knows we girls, you know that makes for a good time! More to come... |
The above photo was taken at a wedding we were blessed to attend recently. It includes the bride's parents, and most of her siblings, their spouses, nieces and nephews. They are all part of the Bradrick family. It is such a joy for us to witness this milestone in Amy's life. We have a special place in our heart for the Bradrick family, because the family you see in us today is due, in part, to the Bradricks. 
Here are the "roses" ready for the celebration.
The funnest event in the ceremony was when the groom galloped in on horseback to rousing bagpipe music!
J.R. and Amy Ellen vowing their covenant of marriage "til death do us part".
Congratulations you two!
