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Sat, 23 Feb 2008

A Bit of Backstory

So i just realized that we haven't really talked about how ACDA went. Oops. Sorry about that. The morning we performed was a sea of people in tuxes and black dresses, all running around getting ready for their own choirs' performances, so it was quite nice to stand out with our brightly colored fabrics. I think we got a couple of jealous looks too...no one likes boring concert clothing! We had a nice breakfast of bagels and muffins and juice and the like. Usually, I don't like eating breakfast, but those bagels were really tasty. We warmed up in rooms backstage, but there were other choirs warming up on either side of us. However, one of them was singing "All Creatures of Our God and King", and we couldn't help but sing along too. Deb and Vance George gave us some very moving inspirational speeches, and helped us understand the importance of this event—Deb said it was one of the three highest points of her life! When it came time for us to work our way to the stage, we were a little hesitant. We had to leave our shoes in the warm up room, and there was a large docking area that practically open to the outside and had a freezing cement floor. So we hitched up our choir dresses and sprinted across. No frozen floor can stop our solidarity with the women of the word! In the quiet of the hallway as we waited to enter the ballroom, it was apparent that most of the choir was either coughing or sniffling, and I was more than a little worried about how the performance would go with so many of us under the weather. But despite that, the performance was absolutely phenomenal. Afterwards, some seasoned concert directors told us that this was the first time they had cried during a performance. Then we did a more informal performance in the exhibition hall, and there were audible "Wow"s after some of our songs. All in all, an amazing experience to be sure.




Posted at 16:36 by Chelsea Kaufman #


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