We knew that this title that we had been awarded would come with lots of responsibilities along the way and these started with talking to the press about how we felt about the opportunity that we had been given. I struggled at the start to think of what to say because by this point, none of it had really sunk in properly THAT I WAS GOING TO AMERICA FOR A YEAR!
Photographers came into school and took loads (and loads) of photos - but of course, they published the worst ones!
The Saturday after the announcement (Sat. 21st Feb 2015) we had our first official lunch / meeting with everyone on the committee, local Councillor Graeme Tait, MSP (Member of Scottish Parliment) Minister Paul Wheelhouse, it also gave our parents a chance to meet and talk about it too! - well for Joanna it was her mum and big brother Fergus who was clearly delighted to be there ;) - Joanna and myself made speeches in front of everyone that was there before we handed over a 'Looking for Lockerbie' book that was written by 'Doc' who - according to Fergus - is THE man that you have to be involved with when you're our there!
His book can be ordered from Amazon (here's the link) http://www.amazon.co.uk/Looking-Lockerbie-Lawrence-Mason/dp/0815681526
The afternoon was finished with a lovely lunch and a good wee chat with everyone who had taken the time to come and celebrate with us. We felt like celebrities, everyone was wanting to talk to us, hear how we felt and what we were excited, nervous and looking forward to over the next year! I had no idea what to say, everything had happened so quickly!
One thing that we could both agree on though, for sure, was the fact that we werent going to let this opportunity go to waste :)
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