DAY 6 - SUNDAY 3 MAY 2009

8648 - ready for early-morning flight
8657 - got yoghurt?
8660 - Beijing Capital Airport, Terminal 2
8664 - waiting to go through security
8666 - gathering round
8675 - for sale: duck gizzard, foot, wing, liver, heart
8677 - on-time departure
8680 - arrival at Xi'an
8681 - luggage pick-up
8684 - construction in Xi'an
8690 - lunch buffet, Eastern and Western cuisine
8694 - fish and chips with noodles
8695 - very classy piano
8697 - braided Sam
8700 - Xi'an local guide, May
8704 - Xi'an Conservatory of Music
8708 - welcoming risers
8713 - discussing logistics, already with an audience
8726 - dressing room/lounge
8732 - resting up and looking at pictures
8733 - women's choir
8737 - women's choir singing
8751 - soloist
8755 - group photo-op
8758 - getting pictures together
8761 - Chad with the banner
8766 - group doing training exercises outside the hotel
8769 - training exercises
8772 - pagoda in Xi'an
8777 - crossing the street with pagoda in background
8778 - dinner venue
8782 - greeter
8789 - sitting down for a dumpling feast
8791 - dinner theatre inside
8794 - live Zheng player
8798 - Carly broke her chopsticks
8800 - stacks of dumpling trays
8804 - duck-shaped duck dumplings
8805 - Hallie with her birthday noodles for longevity
8808 - enjoying dinner
8811 - many different kinds of dumplings
8818 - show introduction
8830 - "Greeting Ambassadors"
8833 - sheng solo music
8843 - "White Sleeve Dance"
8844 - dancers
8853 - spinning sleeves
8859 - Monk Xuanzang
8875 - monk dance
8879 - "Spring Outing"
8888 - dancers
8892 - captivated by the show
8901 - "Emperor Meeting His Army"
8910 - fighting dance
8914 - "A Beautiful Dream"
8917 - emperor and his favorite concubine
8926 - dancing
8928 - peaceful dance
8935 - beautiful dance
8942 - autumn harvest song
8945 - closing piece
8948 - flower girl
8951 - more long sleeves
8959 - curtain call
8961 - venue at night
8964 - pagoda at night
8966 - back at the hotel
8967 - trying to decipher how to get this blog post up


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