Months ago my good friend and fellow PAL Ashkahn auditioned to be a part of Phantom Regiment, which is a private non-profit youth organization in the performing arts. He made it and is currently on their summer tour- which consists of over 30 competitions throughout the United States. The organization will travel through 26 states over a period of 70 days traveling approximately 15,000 miles. Tonight they were in Houston- so Lolly, Crysta and I went to dinner at the Cheesecake Factory and then went to the Drum Corps Competition! The 'cheap' 31 dollar tickets were sold out, so we were forced to buy the 41 dollar tickets. We traveled far enough... we were determined to see the show (no matter the cost)! But the whole night our joke was, "I am gonna kick your As..hkahn!!!" It was worth every penny- we saw unbelievable musical, theatrical and dancing talent! These groups were AMAZING! I had SO much fun hanging out with Lolly and Crysta tonight and talking to them about pretty much everything! When Phantom Regiment started to perform (which was at 9:16- too crazy!), we had the hardest time tracking down Ashkahn! I snapped a random close up picture and he ironically happened to be in it!!! The best part of the night was getting to see our good friend afterwards and giving him a GIANT hug! I've missed this kid way too much, but I know he is having the time of his life on tour this summer!!!
