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Today was an interesting day. First off, we went to Hamworthy Middle School. It was out on the coast,
so it was a pretty drive. Lots of nice, and expensive, houses out there. Anyway, we sang for two assemblies. The first was Years 4 and 7, and the next was 5 and 6. The first concert we were all pretty tired, and distracted for the first part. But some of the kid's energy must have rubbed off, because by the end we were into it. They really liked us. We got to play with them at recess, and they showed us their American accents (a few of which were really good), and knowledge of American music pop culture. Also, they had us sign autographs for them. When we got back for the second assembly, we were all acting like little kids with too much energy. It took Dr. McCollum a bit to settle us down (rather ironic, the English kids were easier to calm than us). In any case, the second assembly loved us too (aren't we just so lovable). When we managed to break away, we went touristing to Christchurch Priory. Larger than Wimborne, it's been around since 900 AD, with an underground part dated to 700. It was incredible. It wasn't quite as ornate as the other churches, but more grand despite. The vice-president of Moorlands College was the one who invited us out there, and gave us a tour. They let us sit in the choir section and sing a few songs. It was awesome to be sitting in the same choir seats that had been around for twice as long as our country. And the acoustics were beyond description. Even from where we were standing it was beautiful. That alone was worth the price of the trip (and it wasn't even an actual concert). After resting at the college for a bit, we went to Bournemouth Gardens Bandstand. An interesting glass box that opens on one side to face out over a creek and grassy area. We sang from there to people walking by while Andrew and Christer talked with the people who stopped. There weren't too many people out at that time, but there were still quite a few. Apparently Christer talked to one passerby who was an accomplished organ composer on his way to a performance. He was very complimentary of our singing. In fact, he said that we made his day. I was pretty psyched by that. Dr. McCollum congratulated us on our singing as well, and was very complimentary, which was really uplifting. Then he bought us ice cream, he he. Then it was bedtime. |
