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July 3, 2005 (Sunday) — To St. Cloud and swimming

BOOM!!! Nothing lke waking up to wall-shaking thunder! Yesterday was a long day, and today we had to wake up early, but had a more relaxed schedule. Each choir was sent to a church in the area to sing a Sunday morning service, and we were sent to the cathedral in St. Cloud, MN. The thunder and lightning passed on, so after the churhc service and a short concert, they gave us lunch which we ate back at St. John's, and we went swimming at the lake, Lake Sagatagan. After swimming we had some full SATB rehearsals with all 355 singers, then a picnic lunch, then the demonstration choir concert. Our TR sang in three of the songs conducted by Mr. Litton, Mr. Yoon, and Dr. Higginbottom. After the concert they showed the French boys choir movie, Les Choristes, then it was time for bed. Gareth's usual camera has not been cooperating, so Bryan Weimer shipped us Gareth's old camera, which Bryan used on Cantori tour, so now that Gareth has a new camera we have lots more photos to choose from.

 

Sopranos and tenors check the rep list for the morning service

The choir on the steps at St. Mary's Cathedral

Waiting for our bus to retrieve us.

Food crew distributes lunches and marks bags so we know whose is whose.

Eating lunch on the quad...

Nick catches a dragonfly.

Getting the sunscreen on for the trip to the lake.

The swimming platform.

The lifeguards let guys out on the paddleboats

Waiting for the frisbee from shore

Raphel relaxes on the dock

Fletcher and Charlie steer another boat.

Zander and one of the Danish boys wait for their cue

The combined alto sections

Malcolm in the full rehearsal

The view of all 355 singers from the balcony at the abbey

More altos from all choirs

Meanwhile, Pam has laundry going in laundry rooms on four different floors so we have clean clothes for France

Remember the foot banners? There they are!

Lining up for our BBQ dinner, the Elken Camp staff and festival staff show that you can make farting noises by putting a straw in your armpit and blowing. Who knew??