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Chorale Tour ’08 By Lauren Thompson
The Symphonic Chorale waved goodbye to Giles
County on April 9 th at about 10 pm as they left on their
annual spring trip. This year they traveled to New York City
to enjoy the amazing city and to compete in the “Festivals
of Music” competition. They arrived on the well known
fifth avenue at approximately nine o’clock on April 10 th .
Students had the opportunity to take the entire day to enjoy
some New York shopping and to sight see places such as St.
Patrick’s Cathedral, Rockefeller Center, the Empire State
Building, Macy’s, and NBC studios. The Chorale checked
into their hotel in Newark, New Jersey around seven and
settled in for a restful night of sleep in preparation for their
performance early the next morning.
Chorale members ate breakfast bright and early then
boarded the bus to travel to St. Benedict’s Preparatory
School for their performance. The Chorale warmed up first
and performed around 10:30. They did an excellent job and
Chorale members before they boarded the bus for New York City
on Wednesday night.
impressed the judges with their outstanding performance of the songs “Shut de do” and “Break forth into Song”. The Chorale then
exited the stage and the members of Choral Ensemble changed and warmed up for their performance. Although they were exhausted
from their previous performance in Chorale, the Choral Ensemble did a terrific job singing “Kyrie” and “Follow the Drinking Gourd”
for the judges. Following their performances, the Chorale loaded the bus and headed back to the hotel to change for a night out on the
town.
The Chorale performing on stage at St. Benedict’s Preparatory School
in the “Festivals of Music” competition. Photo by Jason Mills
First, they traveled to the well known China Town
to buy imitations of designer purses, sunglasses,
watches, jewelry, and pretty much anything they could
think of. Then, they enjoyed a true New York
experience: first they ate at Eisenberg’s Sandwich Shop,
a café style restaurant on Fifth Avenue, and then they
attended an exciting off-Broadway musical entitled
“Jump” at Union Square Theater. After an exciting
night, students were relieved to arrive back at the hotel
to catch up on some sleep.
On Saturday morning, wake-up calls came bright
and early as Chorale members got ready to attend the
“Festivals of Music” awards ceremony, which took
place in Times Square at the famous Hard Rock Café.
Members enjoyed a breakfast buffet and waited
anxiously to hear their scores the judges had given them
the previous day. As it turned out, both groups did
extremely well in the judge’s eyes. The Chorale received
a first place trophy in group-A with an excellent rating!
The Choral Ensemble also did an amazing job and received a second place trophy in group-A with a rating of good.
After the satisfying ceremony, members toured Times Square. It truly lived up to all expectations. They enjoyed stores such as the
M&M Factory, the Hershey’s store, a Virgin Mega-store, and countless McDonalds and cafes. After a few hours of Times Square,
students met at the Ambassador Theater to attend the Broadway show “Chicago”, an intriguing musical about murder and deception.
After the show, they traveled to ground zero where students had the opportunity to look at ground zero, Century 21, the church at
ground zero, and Trinity Church. Then they went to the South Side Sea Port, a pier right beside the Brooklyn Bridge, to grab some
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