Friday, 4th May

This morning the Team went on a tour of Martin & Co. in Nazareth which was established in 1833 and makes acoustic instruments that are acknowledged to be the finest in the world! We were given a guided factory tour which showed us the art of making a guitar which requires more than 300 steps to complete!! Famous artists who own Martin Guitars include Eric Clapton, John Mayer, Paul Simon, Johnny Cash and Sting amongst many, many others.

In the afternoon we travelled to the Pocono Manor & Spa in the Pocono Mountain (known as the Great Lady of the Mountains) for the District Conference. We immediately found the Pottstown Hospitality Suite and spent the afternoon catching up with our previous host families - it was great to see everyone again!! :-)

Friday night was International Evening at the Conference and we each hosted a table which we decorated in an African theme representing the Big Five with centrepieces, chocolates, serviettes and African blessings (and Jaap was finally able to use his 'illegal' porcupine quills!) :-)

Our traditional African outfits drew a lot of attention and we began to feel like we were being hunted by the paparazzi!! We met a lot of new people and the evening turned out to be a great success - Kerry-Lynn became an 'international model' for the evening for the Rotary Millionaire's Game!

After the International Evening it was back to (where else?!) the Pottstown Hospitality Suite for the remainder of the evening (and early hours of the morning!)!! :-)