This
was my first
tour with the Valentine Singers having joined the choir in Autumn
2004.
I have to say I went with some trepidation, as I still feel quite
inexperienced as a singer and didn’t want to let the choir
down.
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We met on Saturday morning in
Barkingside
had a very smooth coach journey up to Ludham in Norfolk, arriving about
midday. We had all taken packed lunches (picnics I should
say) and
we found a great place to look at the Broads and to watch both the
ducks
and people on their riverboats, (rather them than me trying to reverse
a
boat into a docking space).
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The practice started at 3pm
and zoomed by before we all galloped off to do a quick change into
concert clothes. The concert started at 5pm and although it
was quite a small attendance was thoroughly enjoyed by all.
Christine Gwynn, the Musical Director is excellent but has a hard job
with a large choir to get focused and organised!!
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| We had supper in the local
pub and with it a chance to get to know the others better in a relaxed
atmosphere.
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Then it was off to the Travel
Inn for our
overnight stay which was just a short distance from our next venue, St
George’s
Church in central Norwich, for Morning Service. This was a
very old,
beautiful church and well worth a visit. Apparently it has
the best
organ in Norwich; it certainly sounded wonderful. We then had
an hour
or so of free time, which had me making a beeline for the nearest
Café
Nero leaving just enough time for a quick look at the shops and Sunday
market
(ho hum).
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After this it was back to the
coach for the drive to lunch at The Scole Inn, Scole, which was very
pleasant. (It was
a real chore having to eat all this nice food!)
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Sunday afternoon was a
complete change. We performed in a large garden on a farm to our
largest audience of the weekend, raising over £500 for
Montgomery Heights Orphanage in Zimbabwe. This was the first
time I have sung formally out of doors, a strange experience but good
fun too.
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| I really enjoyed both the performances and getting to know other
members. I will definitely join the tours again and am
looking forward to going to Italy in 2006 with the Choir.
Grania
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