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Monday, June 29, 2009
Checking Out Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Just one last thing before we head home...
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Sunday, June 28, 2009
We need a box!
PARENTS: We need one volunteer to bring
us a box (the size of a banker's box, or larger) when we arrive at Oakland Airport tomorrow. We'll need the box to collect music from the boys before they go home.
If you would be willing to help us out, please email me ASAP. Thanks!
joejazz27@gmail.com
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us a box (the size of a banker's box, or larger) when we arrive at Oakland Airport tomorrow. We'll need the box to collect music from the boys before they go home.
If you would be willing to help us out, please email me ASAP. Thanks!
joejazz27@gmail.com
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Celebrate Good Times -
-Come On!
We're at the after party right now. Hundreds of kids having cupcakes, sodas, and sharing stories, laughter, and lots of honest hugs.
I'll write more about the concert later (it was absolutely fantastic), but for now please enjoy these pics!
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We're at the after party right now. Hundreds of kids having cupcakes, sodas, and sharing stories, laughter, and lots of honest hugs.
I'll write more about the concert later (it was absolutely fantastic), but for now please enjoy these pics!
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Festival Day 3 (Sat.)
After breakfast, we had our first individual rehearsal in the Newman Center For The Performing Arts.
The rehearsal went well, and afterwards we were blessed with some free time. While the boys enjoyed some competitive rounds of hacky sack, I managed to escape the group for a while and take a little hike around the surrounding area of DU (Denver University).
After lunch, the boys had a combined rehearsal with the full festival choir. While they rehearsed, Mr. Kula and I attended a conducting workshop that was taught by the director of choral music here at DU. I forget her name, but she was very good. I was one of the few volunteers to conduct a piece. And she helped me to realize that I definitely have a lot to learn as a conductor! So much so that I've finally decided that it's time to take private lessons from an experienced and well-established conductor. Hopefully I'll find an excellent mentor, because next year I'll be assuming the directing position of Intermezzi (PBA), and I want to be ready to direct choral music at a very high level!
The day ended with a "skit night," which was akin to watching a variety or talent show. Since we're at a choir festival, most of the groups did "skits" that included some singing and dancing. It was a very fun and entertaining night!
The rehearsal went well, and afterwards we were blessed with some free time. While the boys enjoyed some competitive rounds of hacky sack, I managed to escape the group for a while and take a little hike around the surrounding area of DU (Denver University).
After lunch, the boys had a combined rehearsal with the full festival choir. While they rehearsed, Mr. Kula and I attended a conducting workshop that was taught by the director of choral music here at DU. I forget her name, but she was very good. I was one of the few volunteers to conduct a piece. And she helped me to realize that I definitely have a lot to learn as a conductor! So much so that I've finally decided that it's time to take private lessons from an experienced and well-established conductor. Hopefully I'll find an excellent mentor, because next year I'll be assuming the directing position of Intermezzi (PBA), and I want to be ready to direct choral music at a very high level!
The day ended with a "skit night," which was akin to watching a variety or talent show. Since we're at a choir festival, most of the groups did "skits" that included some singing and dancing. It was a very fun and entertaining night!
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Festival Day 2 (Friday)
The Sing A Mile High Festival in Denver has been a mostly enjoyable experience so far. There are some things I find border line unbearable. For example, everywhere we go there are lines that you have to wait in. And I mean LONG lines.
This is the line for yesterday's lunch in the cafeteria. The pic above is the beginning of the line, and the one below is just before the halfway point. It doesn't help that we (400 kids at the choir festival) are sharing the dorm(s) with other groups (sports camps, etc.), and some meals we have are at the same time.
The rehearsals yesterday were also quite long, but understandably so.
The kids rehearsed for a good hour and a half in the morning (after breakfast), and then they rehearsed for another two and a half hours after lunch. Can you imagine the kind of crowd-control needed for 400 kids rehearsing in the same room for such long periods of time?
After the afternoon rehearsal concluded (and after the rain had subsided!) all the kids at the festival hopped on buses, and headed to a water park. Riding on a bus is a great time to practice some simple hand games, like Chopsticks.
Here are some pics of our boys at the water park.
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This is the line for yesterday's lunch in the cafeteria. The pic above is the beginning of the line, and the one below is just before the halfway point. It doesn't help that we (400 kids at the choir festival) are sharing the dorm(s) with other groups (sports camps, etc.), and some meals we have are at the same time.
The rehearsals yesterday were also quite long, but understandably so.
The kids rehearsed for a good hour and a half in the morning (after breakfast), and then they rehearsed for another two and a half hours after lunch. Can you imagine the kind of crowd-control needed for 400 kids rehearsing in the same room for such long periods of time?
After the afternoon rehearsal concluded (and after the rain had subsided!) all the kids at the festival hopped on buses, and headed to a water park. Riding on a bus is a great time to practice some simple hand games, like Chopsticks.
Here are some pics of our boys at the water park.
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Friday, June 26, 2009
More pics from Downtown Denver
I didn't take many pics at the Denver Zoo - it was raining. Enjoy!
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