Lone Pine and Bishop (4/1 to 4/4)

So, like Jen said in the last post, we drove up to Lone Pine and Bishop for some performances.

We got to Lone Pine on Wednesday night and had 3 shows to do on Thursday. The first 2 were school shows... one for elementary school kids and one for high school. The one at night was more like a concert, but with some more talking.

It was a really nice day... so Jen and I decided to sit in the sun for a bit between the shows.

Such a pretty day!

















Lone Pine is on the way to Mammoth (from LA) and the town has just a little over 2000 people. This is the view that they get to have every day!























After our evening show in Lone Pine, we drove to Bishop, which is about an hour drive to the north. We quickly went to bed... since we had 3 more shows to do the very next day.

I must admit. Doing 6 shows with 5 people in 48 hours is quite tiring. Still, knowing that the Inyo Arts Council brought us out to perform and show what we do to the people in Lone Pine and Bishop kept us going.

Before we left Bishop, we had to stop by Schatz Bakery for some yummy bread and lunch!






















The people in Bishop kept telling us that we must go to Great Basin Bakery, too. So, we went!
It's much smaller, but we could tell it must be a great place... because almost everything was sold out by the time we got there! I got a loaf of DELICIOUS pumpkin walnut bread. Mmm!


















On our way back, we stopped at Manzanar and visited the Interpretive Center. The center is actually in the restored Manzanar High School Auditorium and has various exhibits and tells the story about the internment camp there.

At the school shows, Jason asked the students if they knew what Manzanar was and what the significance it has in our history. Basically everyone raised their hands. At the evening show, during one of the talks, he shared that the fact that all the students knew about Manzanar represents all the work that the people in Lone Pine and Bishop were doing to educate their people about what took place in American history. Manzanar is very close to both towns and knowing that the residents are teaching their kids about what happened lets me know that that part of history won't be forgotten.



































And then, we went home. :)

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