This morning the boys have a 10 minute rehearsal to prepare for this afternoon's performance for the jury in category 17, the open Musica Sachra. Both the rehearsal and the performance are in the Mariahilferkirche.
This category doesn't have the same specifications as the one they performed in yesterday. The only guideline is to choose 4 pieces of Christian sacred music.
Yesterday instrument accompaniment was allowed on two of the four pieces and a total time of 20 minutes was allowed. Today's category allows for instrument accompaniment on any/all of the 4 songs but the total time of the music cannot exceed 15 minutes.
The songs Francis has chosen are "Duo Seraphim Clamabant," " O Sacrum Convivium," "Little David Play on Your Harp," and the "Ave Maria" from Eleanor Daley (not the more commonly known one by Franz Schubert).
I found these pictures of the church where they'll perform (each word has a new picture link). If only we had a picture of our boys there...
Also, nothing has been posted for the category the Land of Lakes Choirboys competed in yet, but you can check the results page to see how other choirs have done.
In correspondence news, we got three letters (2 from Riley and 1 from his tour partner) from this last package. Did anyone else get a letter or two?
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Friday, July 11, 2008
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Letters
Bob's still busy, so it's me again...Mary Jo said a package of letters came today. She was at the post office when I talked to her and she was dropping in the mai as we spoke. Watch your mailboxes!
We got a letter from Riley on Monday. It seems he and his tour partner (Joe K.) were prompted by their hosts to write home. I love their hosts! He mostly wrote a silly letter home in response to the silly letter I had previously written him (we used Elizabethan-type wording). At one point in his letter he wrote, "Mine facial stubbery has grown to a point that it is almost visible to the eye, but not enough so that His Majesty John Fitzgerald notices and sentences me to the razor. Oh, I doth quell at the thought!"
No specific mention of what he had done or how he was enjoying his tour, but he sounds very happy so I'm sure he's having a great time. Likely all the boys are.
We also got mail from a host of Riley's in France on Monday. It was addressed to Monsier Riley LinDell, but I couldn't stand it and had to open it. It was a newspaper clipping of an article and a big photo of the boys' concert in Sarraguimines.
Last night we received the pictures at the top of this post from Riley and Joe's hosts in St. Florian. She said they live only 2 minutes from the St. Florian monastery so the boys were able to get a lot of sleep and that the boys got ice cream to celebrate the birthday of Mr. Farnberger (St. Florian choir's director). It's so good to hear news of our boys!
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Viking Today... 6/26
The boys leave Schlitz today and head out for Gießen (Giessen). It looks like a short drive of about 50 miles.
Schlitz to Gießen
Gießen is about 75,000 people. It's pretty dense, with a population 10,000 larger than St. Cloud, they're living in an area a little smaller (28 square miles as opposed to St. Cloud's 30 square miles)
From some of the pictures I've been looking at, it looks much closer to what I expect a city here to look like. Modern looking buildings and whatnot. It seems Gießen was a rail and road network hub and was heavily bombed near the end of WWII.
That's not to say there's not some great scenery there as well.
Until recently (2007), there was a U.S. Army Garrison in Giessen. In WWI there was a POW camp there, here's a BBC feature with a memoir from a former prisoner.
The itinerary says the boys will arrive at the "Sammler und Hobbywelt" this afternoon. Google says that translates to "Collectors and Hobby World". It looks to be a place with all sorts of things. Everything from gas lamps to model trains to racecars to airplanes. I'm imagining it something like "The House on the Rock" in Wisconsin maybe? Surely there's something for everyone to enjoy at a place that diverse.
Here's the satellite imagery of the address that's provided for the choir contact.
If you've got time, click the "comments" link below and leave a comment with any news from the letters you've gotten. Stacy and I really got a kick out of reading some of the other letters that have been shared with us. It really helps to give a better picture of what's going on with the boys. So, share if you can, we'd love to hear even the most mundane of details!
Schlitz to Gießen
Gießen is about 75,000 people. It's pretty dense, with a population 10,000 larger than St. Cloud, they're living in an area a little smaller (28 square miles as opposed to St. Cloud's 30 square miles)
From some of the pictures I've been looking at, it looks much closer to what I expect a city here to look like. Modern looking buildings and whatnot. It seems Gießen was a rail and road network hub and was heavily bombed near the end of WWII.
That's not to say there's not some great scenery there as well.
Until recently (2007), there was a U.S. Army Garrison in Giessen. In WWI there was a POW camp there, here's a BBC feature with a memoir from a former prisoner.
The itinerary says the boys will arrive at the "Sammler und Hobbywelt" this afternoon. Google says that translates to "Collectors and Hobby World". It looks to be a place with all sorts of things. Everything from gas lamps to model trains to racecars to airplanes. I'm imagining it something like "The House on the Rock" in Wisconsin maybe? Surely there's something for everyone to enjoy at a place that diverse.
Here's the satellite imagery of the address that's provided for the choir contact.
If you've got time, click the "comments" link below and leave a comment with any news from the letters you've gotten. Stacy and I really got a kick out of reading some of the other letters that have been shared with us. It really helps to give a better picture of what's going on with the boys. So, share if you can, we'd love to hear even the most mundane of details!
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