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Monday, April 28, 2008

New York Choir Tour

We traveled all over the northern east coast including Ohio to sing for people in schools and churhes. We first went to New York in a little town called Baldwinsville where 3 of our very own Elmhurst College choir students were born and raised. It was a lot of fun and special for those three people because their families can't fly out and see them perform everytime we have a local concert. The look of pride on their family and friends' facas just stood out from everyone else's in the audience. We took a tour bus because we only stayed at a hotel or at a family's house for a maximum of 1-2 nights. The home stays were awesome because we got to meet new people and hear their great boston and New York Accents. Next we went to a high school in Boston and actually sang WITH them at a concert which was fun because the choir was literally twice it's size. Then after 8 hours of traveling we stayed in New York City for two nights. It was a crappy hotel, but PERFECT location. Everything was walking distance and Time Square was 2 blocks away along with the Broadway theaters and great restaurants everywhere! On our way back to Elmhurst, we stopped in a little town of Ohio to show a high school what college choir was like. No matter how big or small the audience was, that important thing is that we touced just one persons heart and because of us they stay with music during college and even the rest of their life. That's all it takes to reach success.

5 comments:

tnachtrab said...

Wow, that sounds like a great trip! How is it that THREE people in the choir come from one town in NY?

ECCB - Jason said...

I didn't know that choir took such long trips. That is awesome. Do you guys travel often?

ivonne said...

that sounds so cool. How often do you guys travel?

Jane Austin said...

we take a major and little trip every other year. It's just a way to get our name out to the rest of the counrty... actually a couple years ago the Choir went to Prag in europe! We even perform internationally!

Jane Austin said...

Also there are three people from the same little town because they heard about us from our tours... it's just an example on how strong music is.... it can keep someone learning about music from one little concert.