Wow! That is all that I can say! These pictures unfortunately do not capture even a fraction of what this day was all about, but I was helping and was not able to get pictures any other way. What an inspired Prophet we have. For President Monson to know what these cultural celebration events can do for our youth is absolutely amazing. Knowing that I would have some youth who would be able to participate in a Cultural Celebration was one of the things I was most excited for with the announcement of our new Brigham City Temple. It was such a great experience for everyone who participated. I was so fortunate to be able to be one of 3 chaprones from our ward. I loooved being able to be involved. I love the youth! They are so much fun and such a breath of fresh air for me. Each stake did a dance of their own and everyone together did an opening and closing number. It was so inspiring to see nearly 4000 youth come together and pull this off. So amazing!
Emilee and Kade got to participate. They weren't sure if they were super excited in the beginning but they were both so glad they had chosen to be a part of it when it was all over. The day of the Celebration they did a complete run through at 10:00 in the morning and then performed it to a packed stadium at 2:00pm and 6:00pm. For the evening performance Russell M. Nelson and L. Tom Perry were there. I'm not going to lie, they were a little disappointed that President Monson wasn't there. It was fabulous though. My favorite part...and I think theirs too...was the closing number. The youth were all in Missionary attire, white button down shirts with black pants. They all sang "I love to see the temple" as they knelt and faced the temple spires. I saw it 3 times and bawled through the whole thing every time. The spirit in that stadium was incredible. It is something they will never forget.
Emilee was asked for one of her Personal Progress goals to write down her feelings about the Cultural Celebration and then they displayed them at "Evening in Excellence". This is what she wrote...
"My favorite part of the Temple Celebration was after we were all done and we knelt down, faced the temple and sang. The spirit was so strong and it felt really good. We put so much work into putting it all together and it felt amazing to finally perform. At first I wasn't sure if I wanted to do it, but now that it's over I am really glad that I chose to participate. It was definitely worth it."
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