Signs of Spring on Campus?

Flowers blooming? Trees blossoming? Grass greening? Signs of spring, yes, but on the Immanuel campus, there are some unique yet familiar to former students, signs of spring besides what the Lord has created for us in nature.

🌺 TRACK: Coaches Steve Sydow and Eve Naumann and assistants begin working with this year's group of track athletes. The pleasant weather means they may get out sooner than usual. Practice begins Monday, March 4.

🌳  SOFTBALL/BASEBALL: The unseasonably mild weather may also allow softball coaches Lillo and Tiefel and baseball coaches Lau and Roehl to get their teams outside earlier than usual and participate in their full schedule of practices and games. Softball begins practice on March 11 with baseball beginning a week later on March 18.

🌼  SPRING PLAY: Tryouts have been held and the cast chosen for the play to be presented on Visitors' Day, April 26th and 27th. Directors George Carstensen and Trinity Mayhew have chosen The Crazy Cowgirls of Pemberley Ranch, a clever spin off of Pride and Prejudice.

🌷 ROBOTICS: This year's competition is titled Crescendo and designed around a music theme. See a game animation here.  Chris Stratton again leads the students in designing, building, and programming a robot to perform the tasks demanded by the game. You can follow Team Tobor on their Facebook page. They will be competing in a regional competition on April 4-6 at the Williams Arena in Minneapolis. Join them in-person or online.

🌹  GRADE SCHOOL BASKETBALL TOURNEY: Teams are coming in from all over to compete in the CLC Grade School Basketball Tourney being held March 8-10 on the campus of Immanuel. Steve Schierenbeck and Steve Sydow are organizing that event. Their contact information as well as more details about the weekend can be found on the tournament website.

🌸  SPRING BREAK: I guess it goes without saying that a clear sign of spring would be Spring Break on the campus of Immanuel. This begins at noon on Friday, March 8, and runs through Monday, March 18.

🌻   TOUR CHOIR: Spring in always the time of year for the Tour Choir to head out on its annual concert tour. This year's schedule can be found here on the promotional poster. Feel free to download, copy, and share. In addition to the full tour, the choir has been performing mini concerts locally here in Eau Claire as well as at congregations within reasonable driving distance from Eau Claire like Fairchild, Wisconsin. Plans are in the works to perform in Onalaska, Wisconsin and Eagle Lake, Minnesota. You can contact the director, David Schaller at david.schaller@ilc.edu.

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