Tonight the Germans hosted a beautiful "Farewell Dinner" for all the Americans and their host-families. The food was divine, and of course the socializing was very special.
An "international" trombone choir, made up of German and American students/faculty provided the musical entertainment.
At the end of the evening hosts offered thanks to District 99 for traveling to Germany this summer and shared a special video presentation that recapped our week together.
To close out the night District 99 was presented with the not-so-coveted "Loser's Cup" ... which contains the name and year of each team that has LOST the band exchange soccer friendly. You obviously don't want to ever lose the match, but it's especially embarrassing to lose on the road because you then have to figure out how to immediately pack the trophy and carry it across the ocean.
The Musikschule - showing their great German engineering prowess - had already had the cup updated with the inscription "District 99 Honors Band 2012". D99's team captains (Stephen S. and Josiah W.) can be seen in the final picture with the cup.
