The Festival of Voices

I am the one to the left of the lady in the light top

The Hobart Town Hall

The Bonfire at Salamanca

I have been a bit quiet lately, just in case you hadn't noticed, but this is because I have been busy rehearsing for the Festival of Voices which is on in Hobart once a year in the winter. Now that I am a fully fledged chorister, (I sing with a Gospel Choir called 'Sing For Your Life') the last four days have been taken up with going to concerts, singing in concerts and going to be big Bonfire at Salamanca, which was huge and a bit of a worry at times when sparks seemed to go everywhere but the little kids there did not seem at all phased by the commotion.

The Opening Night Concert was held in St. David's Cathedral, a beautiful venue, but oh so cold. Talk about freezing the knobs off a brass monkey, and to cap it all, I had worn full thermals (standard attire these days) all day but decided to discard them in the evening as although they are not visible they make me feel bulky!!! Who cares in future, I won't, and the thermals will remain.

The venue was fantastic, the lighting effects sensational and the choristers from all over the place were absolutely fantastic. So many young voices, and to think these days youngsters get such a bad press, it is comforting to think that there are still many youngsters out there who get such pleasure from singing.

The next night WE were on!! This time in the Town Hall, Ken took some pictures but he didn't capture the beautiful ceiling of the Townhall so I went on the net and found one. And here we are singing there, a great venue.

It is all over now for another year, but I feel I know a few more of my fellow choirmembers now, this sort of event sure brings you together. IF you are interested there is a clip you can see of an article about our choir done recently when a reporter from the local ABC came to visit, if you click on 'why sing' under the photo (see if you can spot me!!) The link is http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2009/07/03/2616275.htm wow it worked, the old copy and paste bit!! Let me know what you think about it when you have had a listen.

That is it for tonight, tomorrow I will tell you all about my wonderful passionfruit souffles!! (Showing off again, no wonder I need to lose a bit of weight!) Goodnight.