MEET ‘N GREET AND ‘CANTIAMO’! LET US SING! ITALY 2019

They’re right!  There really IS nothing like travel.  It truly does broaden one’s mind and if my past travel diet experiences are anything to go by, also one’s bottom!  Now if you happen to be a part of the Esk Community Touring Choir, it also has a way of strengthening friendships, sharing cultures and creating undreamed of experiences in jaw-dropping places which is why, following a welcome by Alexis and an insight into an initial itinerary by our terrific tour manager, Kathleen, the 30 men and women who gathered on Alexis’s verandah at ‘Coal Creek’ were already showing signs of  excitement at the prospect of another amazing choral and travel experience in beautiful Italy, departing May 2019.

 

Over glasses of punch, and bubbly graciously provided by Judith and Gary, conversations centered around travel tips by some seasoned travelers, of places already experienced such as one or two not-so-elegant hotels to other venues gracious of architecture and hospitality and concerts at La Scala…oh all right…we never did make it on stage, but we did get moved on from its foyer!   Our amazing librarian Caitlin (a superlative I use because she is!)  proceeded to pass around our folders of meticulously filed music whilst everyone partook of a truly scrumptious afternoon tea.   

 As the day quickly drifted to a close, people, suitably sated and supplied with music, appreciative of  practice CDs cleverly recorded and put together by Gail, with rehearsal dates and visions of Venetian gondoliers dancing in their heads, people headed homeward, grateful for a Choir Director who can formulate dreams then make them happen; who knows her Choir so well as to challenge them with the perfect repertoire then creates it on CD for all to learn; whose joy of music is completely contagious and who makes the best zucchini slice in the world.  We hope, Alexis, you know how absolutely awesome we think you are! 

Even the Lorrikeets are in Green and Red