18 March 2008
Brenham, Texas-The Arrival
Posted by Up With People under: Brenham-Texas .
Green is the color I would paint the town of Brenham on a post card. The scenery here has changed to a very lush and Spring colored feel. The air was so humid and for a change it was warm again. It was really good to not feel a cold wind or squint your eyes to the reflection of sunlight bouncing off the snow that wont go away–here it was satisfying!
As we arrived we found a parade consisting of a firetruck and about six police vehicles escorting and welcoming Cast A of Up With People into their town. It was so unexpected and people were really going crazy in the bus 2 from the untimely surprise! Katie Mears got on her phone and asked her mom to please go ahed and “let everyone know I’m a big deal for once, OK.” The town traffic was on a hult so we could make our way through town before disembarking the busses at Brenham High.
Here the usual routine of meeting up with Field Managers as well as Advance workers commenced and we even saw a few familiar faces like that of Eric Lentz and Michael Bowerman who are in town for our show and who can forget the “Seconds Police Lady” Jessica!
The families looked very enthusiastic when we went up to meet them and the host codes were pretty interesting so I guess they really look forward to experiencing this Chapter of our tour with us.
The hostcode my family and I shared was “Key Lime Pie”. Host codes are a very creative and fun way to get to match and meet hostfamilies with participants. It can be anything from the same movie to the same musicals and of course desserts such as Key Lime Pie!
My host family is that of a family of six and they are mom and dad Jackson of 800 Sycamore street. With an adorable 18 month old…a very talkative 3 year old (who calls me his big brother by the way) a smart 9 year old and an athletic nephew, the family is complete! And yes…what would they do without Francois!