Saturday, March 27, 2010

Oregon

Bel Canto arrived back on campus late last evening (March 1) after our tour in Oregon. That state is B-E-A-utiful! Right now the trees are blossoming revealing there breathtaking light pinks and whites, the grass is a vibrant green, the mountains were snowy, and the Pacific was obviously right there too!

We left Wednesday evening performed three 2-a-day concerts and took Saturday off to sight see along the coast and eat a Mo's (a famous restaurant out there with yummy seafood). Getting to sing in all of these different churches/schools was an awesome experience. Tiring, yet quite rewarding.

My hosts were great! The first night we arrived at our hotel around 12 (3am back at college) and being tired from all the flying were eager for beds. The man inside took 10 minutes to come to the door and another 20 minutes to hand out the keys that were ready for us. The 8:00 meeting that Thursday morning came too early for us all. The rest of the evenings we were with hosts.

Tuesday March 23 was Hesston's music department concert. This marked the end of Bel as it is time for European Chorale to meet. Since I am not going to Europe this summer, I am done. Well, mostly done, Monday and Tuesday we will have our last 2 recording sessions for our CD and sometime in April Bel will go to Bethel College for perform for one of their Chapels. I miss meeting everyday and singing with this group, it has been an awesome experience, and being able to hear my own vocal growth throughout this semester has been a wonderfully encouraging thing for me.

3 comments:

Julie said...

Yeah Brooke I am so proud of you stepping out and doing this!!! I imagine you have just begun to reap the rewards for this experience!

Brooke said...

I just gave my voice jury today (since my voice instructor is leaving for Brazil we had make up lessons and are ending early).

I can really tell a difference in my singing from January to now. It has been an awesome and well enjoyed time.

Danae said...

Dear Brooke Brooke Gugel, you should most definitely continue with the blog. Especially now that I will be seeing you on a much less then regular basis. I like to know what is new in your life!

Love,
Danae Danae King