The Inauguration was sooo exciting! I got some good pictures and the energy was great! Even though everyone was silent when he spoke we were all in agreement. Aretha Franklin sang “My country tis of thee,” and did a fabulous job. The parade is starting soon but I am not sure how long it is going to be. I hope it is as exciting as the inauguration because that was even better than I expected. I imagined it to be long and drawn out but it was relatively quick and precise. Now, I just can’t wait for the Youth Ball.

Kerry

The inauguration was so cool. There were a lot of people there. We sang the National Anthem with so much pride. The music was great; Yo-Yo Ma and the other musicians were playing music by John Williams. I think I would prefer Ken Ford to play in my inauguration if I want to become president one day. I couldn’t believe how many people were there! There were so many people at the National Mall this morning. To think that I was there the night before is exciting because I stood where history was made. People were even walking across the Reflection Pool. I hear MTV might be recording at the Youth Ball, I really hope it is ours!

Joel

Today started out okay. Kerry and I woke up around 9 a.m. Eric was already up because he studied this morning. We got a call from Ms. Shavicka saying that we need to get ready. I thought we were going to wake up at 10:30 but apparently they wanted to go out and walk around. I had to iron my clothes for the Inauguration Ball tonight. When we finally went to the lobby it was packed. Cops and people were everywhere especially by the Starbucks. Shavicka and Precious went outside without us so we got some breakfast. Now we are watching the inauguration on a plasma TV. This is fun!

Joel