We are all home now and reflecting on a fantastic trip. All connections were smooth for the Iceland flight and the Newark, NJ flight. Three of the Newark people got to Grand Forks and had no luggage when they arrived in Grand Forks, but we decided it is better to have that happen on the way home than on the flight to Norway. Jet lag is fading and we can stay up later in the day and wake up later in the morning. Many of us were up at 3:00 or 4:00 AM on Sunday and Monday morning.
We shared the Iceland flights with the Concordia College Band from Moorhead, MN. They were returning from a very successful 2 week tour of Norway. We swapped stories and parted company at the MSP airport.
We have so many people to thank: Dr. Mark Sanford and Ron Gruwell for their continued support throughout the entire project; the school board for having confidence in us and voting to approve the trip; the parents for trusting us with their children; the community for supporting us by buying things from us every time we had a fund raiser; Mayor Brown and his wife for joining us in Sarpsborg and sharing this experience with us; Bruce Nord of B Clean Supply for the use of his van to haul equipment to MSP and back, the faculty and staff at RRHS for working extra to help the students cover their academic requirements, and of course, the chaperones for giving of their time and efforts to make the trip possible.
And finally, mange tusen takk to our Norwegian hosts. We were treated so graciously every minute of the trip. The accomodations and the meals were outstanding. Now that we have all experienced syttende mai in Norway we know what a celebration should be.
To the people of Sarpsborg, here is the portion of my speech that I forgot at Kulas Park on syttende mai:
Og Sarpsborg, for en pen by. Været er fint, sola skinner, himmelen er blå, alle menneskene her er snille og hyggelig, barna er smarte, flinke, og velopdragne, maten er god, og naturen og utsikten er fantastisk. Jeg synes at Sarpsborg virkelig har alt!
My apologies if I have some words wrong.
We are all thinking now of how we can return to beautiful Norway again.
Thanks to everybody for thinking of us and following us on our journey.
Bruce Morlock
Band Director
Red River High School
2211 17th Avenue South
Grand Forks, ND 58201
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Thank you and to all those who traveled with our children to allow them a once in a life time adventure.
I was wondering is there going to be a CD made of the pictures and music ???????
If you are going to make a CD how can we get a copy???
Greetings from Norway! I saw you on may 17th, and it was great! I hope you all come back some day.
Saw you on may 17th and my friends and I agreed that you all were great.
Thank you and we all hope to see you again. You are all very welcome.
We saw you on May 17th, and you were absolutely amazing! You played really great. It was an honour to have you in our town on such a special day:) And Mr. Morlock; we all agreed that your norwegian was excellent, it's quite an achievment in such short time. Hope you'll come back some day
I loved your performance during the 17 mai tog! It has been a long time since i last heard such a great band! I went to HS a year in the US, and I remember how hard the band practiced every day. Few Norwegian bands can match the American HS bands!
Great job; i hope you will be back and visit next year as well!
Senior student @ St. Olav HS in Sarpsborg
Missing you all here in Norway... Have been cherishing the music from the choir, marching band, jazz band, and the extra from the percussion part of the band that I recorded onto my mobile. You all have so much to be proud of. What a tremendous honor to be able to travel Norway with you and share in your experiences here in Norway. All My Best!! Good Luck to all the graduates on your future plans as you head into the world... I know we can expect great things from all of you. Med Vennlig Hilsen... stor klem fra Lisa Kristin - Guide Munch Bus #3
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