Today we were bright eyed and bushy tailed this morning as we began the day!! We headed into downtown Indy to set up the Agriscience Fair displays at Lucas Oil Stadium. Heather Lehe and Cassie Klaus are competing in the engineering division and Dakota Westphal and Alexis Pearson are competing in the environmental science division. After they got checked in and set up, they were scoping out the competition to see what their projects were. Everyone else also got a chance to walk through the Agriscience Fair projects to gain ideas for research for next year.
After setting up the Agriscience Fair projects in Lucas Oil, we all headed to Buca Di Beppo's to eat a delicious Italian lunch. It was quite and experience!! We ate in the famous Pope room where a bust of Pope Benedict the sixteenth was sitting in the middle of a lazy susan on the large round table. as the food was placed on the lazy susan and turned, the Pope would turn to watch everyone eat. The food was delicious and no ice cream cones were harmed during our entire stay (Robin)!
After Buca's, everyone headed to the career show to see all of the cool things it had to offer. Highlights this year included the cool cars and trucks in the Ford and Dodge stations, the cool games and fun activities in the Showmaster feeds booth, and even Roy Rodger's Trigger (stuffed of course)!! There were also many different colleges and university booths, potential employers, and we can't forget all of the FREE STUFF!!!
After the career show most of the group caught a quick bite to eat in the Circle Center food court before heading to Conseco Field House for the Opening session. In the session, we got to hear the inspiring reflections by the National Officers, the new Convention theme song and music video, (click here to see the video) and the annual Grand Entry of the National FFA Band and Chorus. It was also a sad moment to hear Dr. Larry Case, National FFA Advisor, give his last Member challenge before his retirement at the end of the year. Finally, we heard from a GREAT keynote speaker, Josh Shipp. His "non-motivational" motivational speak taught us to be positive and persevere despite our shortcomings and circumstances. If you would like to learn more about Josh Shipp, visit his website at http://www.andagoat.com/.
After the session, we practically ran back to Lucas Oil to rock out at the Easton Corbin and Lady Antebellum concert. It was a BLAST!! After the concert, we headed back to the hotel for the CDE competitors to get a quick rehearsal in before bed.
Stay tuned for tomorrow's blog and more of our exciting week at National FFA Convention in Indianapolis!!
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