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Day 4 -- April 7, Dundee & Castorland, NY

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 We were graciously welcomed by members and friends of Crystal Valley Mennonite Church in Dundee, New York, around 10:15 pm when we pulled into town on Saturday night. Thirteen of the guys, along with Daryl & Jen stayed at the church and the rest headed to host homes. 

Our Sunday morning program with Crystal Valley was a special service. We did our entire program with acapella songs and the what we initially thought might be a tougher acoustical setting (a low ceiling) was actually quite "live" with sound. Our program went well and the audience was very appreciative of the songs we shared. We made some connections to Lancaster County with the people in attendance. 

After an amazing potluck lunch we had time to fellowship in their gym and play some volleyball. 



We had a 3-hour drive ahead of us to Castorland, NY (just north of Lowville) where we ended up at Naumburg Mennonite Church. This was our largest venue so far (an auditorium that would seat approx. 900. We had likely 250 there for our program. One of the choir member's families was vacationing in the area and joined us -- so it was special to see some familiar faces. A tasty meal following our program and then introductions to our hosts wrapped up our day.



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