Hello again from stockholm!
we have had another fabulous day - the weather was great and the kids even had some time this afternoon for a little sightseeing and some shopping.
i'm going to do two posts today - yep, i'm keeping my thoughts about the evening performance until the next one. That leaves more space for pictures! if you haven't seen your chorister yet hang in there - on Sunday we have a long bus ride to Gotenburg and I have a lot of downloading to do ;)
this morning we all met at filedelfiakyrkan (a church converted into a concert hall) and listened to the choirs from China, Estonia, Riga Cathedral and Romania. They were all very good. The choir from China was really good technically - apparently, and I'll take Joel's word for it, they had perfect pitch. We were all impressed with their costumes as well. the kids all entered in different versions of what we think of as typical of chinese culture. they looked fabulous. it made us all think - if we were giong to dress our choristers in something 'canadian' what would it be? i challenged the choristers (unofficially, of course) to think of what a typical 'canadian' uniform would be - throw out the hockey jerseys and mountie uniforms - what would we be left with? something for all of us to think about perhaps.
after the morning presentations we walked back through the park to Adolf Fredricks and had a good hour long rehearsal with Zimfira and then went down for lunch. (don't worry about the food - from what I understand much of it is familiar and the rest we are trying and liking!). after lunch, the grade 6 and 9 classes arranged a walking tour for us. The choristers split up into smaller groups and after a short meeting - they were off.
Can you say "I'm outta here!"
We all met back at the church at 3:00PM - time for rehearsal, dinner and then performance!!
Promise to post on the performance as soon as i get a bit of sleep.
Shopping yes! Julia was for sure in her glory!
ReplyDeleteHope the walking tour was fun. And with the canadian choirister outfit, that's a difficult one as we are such a multicultural society.
Have a restful night with tomorrows schedule sounds like you will need it. Be well. Looking forward to seeing more wonderful smiling faces.
Blessings for a wonderful day.
Nancy Dartnall-Taub here....I think the solution to the costume dilemma is simple...we could celebrate our multicultural differences...each chorister could dress in the costume applicable to his/her own heritage. That would truly make us unique from all others. As Canadians, we celebrate the opportunity to proudly show the world, that we as a people, though immensely proud as Canadians, are free to hold on dearly to our heritage! (Just a thought)
ReplyDeleteLove & miss y'all....Emily, hope you're having an absolutely wonderful time. Hugs to everyone!
xoxoxo
shopping? sightseeing? what is this? Lucky darlings!
ReplyDeleteIt's such an odd thought to have time to sightsee AND shop during a choir tour..
I look forward to hearing about the concert!
-Mara <3
Hey guys!
ReplyDeleteSo it's about 2:00am back here in Canada, and I just heard from two lovely choristers, Charlotte and Veina via Facebook that you're all having a wonderful time!
(It's great to hear from you guys, even if it is at crazy hours in the morning here!)
I'm glad you've all had a chance to see the country, spend some money, and to hear some great choirs--however, you will always be the best in my mind. ;)
Great pictures so far, looking forward to seeing more smiling faces soon and to hear all about your concert(s).
Rest up, and go knock 'em dead as always!
Love and miss you all,
-Erica
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Hey there! I think Nancy's idea is a good one, like you said...something to think about. It's nice to hear/read that you have had a chance to sightsee and shop...Jasmine have you spent any money yet?
ReplyDeleteWe hope Zimfira, the other artistic staff and chaperones are having as good a time as the choir.
God's Blessings on all of you.
We love you Jasmine...keep smiling! :)
The Sojnocki clan. xoxo