A blog entry from mary
Thursday, 6/24: Right now I'm writing from the back of the huge rehearsal hall where our kids are working together with the other PICCFEST choirs. About 250 amazing young singers tired from the pace and hot from the finally seasonable weather, they show up from one workshop to the next and give it their all. I'm inspired by them.
The first song of the afternoon to practice was Seal Lullaby by Eric Whitacre. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbZdIkQyrM4 A stunning, lyrical piece that they sang with great skill and to add to the experience the Festival's Artistic Director, Peter Robb, arranged for a local ballerina to choreograph a solo dance as accompaniment. Lindy Lou Smith is a teen dancer from the Eugene Ballet Academy. Clearly a little anxious to be sharing her creative work in progress with her peers she performed for the assembled choirs while they sang. As a parent I was moved and so pleased that my daughter and all our daughters were getting this experience. Just. Plain. Amazing.
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