The Chattanooga Girls Choir

Day 6:
Wednesday, June 17, 2009

SCHEDULE:
  8:00 am Breakfast at the hotel.
  9:30 am Join in on the International Parade of Singers through Calella’s Historic Town Center.
              The parade culminates in front of the town hall where each group is invited to sing a song for the town dignitaries.
12:00ish Return to the hotel for lunch.
              Afternoon is free for exploring, shopping and enjoying the beach in Calella
  7:00 pm Dinner in the hotel.
  8:45 pm Walk to Carpa Playa ["Beach Tent] di Calella.
  9:40 pm Perform a concert as part of the Festival Concert Series.

The 2009 Festival program (in three languages)
You can see the CGC was scheduled to sing at 21.15 (24-hour clock) on the Sunday the 14th and will walk 3rd in the morning parade on the 17th (today)!
They will then sing at 21.40 (9:40 pm) in the exhibition concert on the 17th.
For the final night, the Girls Choir will sing at 17.30 (5:30 pm).

Written by choir member Leah Bolton:

Today started off with a bang! We walked in a parade from the the church to the the city hall. Since all of the other choirs had something festive, we waved our silver and white scarves. At the town square each choir and folk dancing group performed for the mayor of Calella. We sang Go Where I Send Thee, Chattanooga Choo-Choo and our national anthem. Our performance was so well received; everyone really enjoyed it. It makes me really happy to see so many nationalities come together through music.

Having just performed such an amazing concert, we only spend 45 minutes doing some final preparation toward our concert for the night. During our free time some went shopping, others went swimming. Some wore sunscreen, others didn't....oh well. We bravely put on our infamous black dresses to perform another concert at the festival. We sang some of our secular pieces. We closed with Edelweiss and the audience joined in singing it with us. We then listened and watched other choirs as they performed and we clapped to their music. We really enjoyed the Sardinians. The girls then got their picture taken with one of the handsome folk dancers, Alberto.

It was a wonderful evening and we were all laughing and giggling as we walked back to the hotel at 12:30 a.m.

The Festival parade from last year (2008)
photo from www.rugatravelgroups.com

Inside the Carpa Playa (Beach Tent) at last year's festival
photo from www.spainmusictours.com

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