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Cindy (Trad. arr Carol Barnett) – This Little Light of Mine (Trad. arr Moses Hogan)

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Psalm 50 (F. Melius Christiansen) – The Conversion of Saul (Z. Randall Stroope)

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Tour of United Kingtom and Llangollen Itinerary PDF

Bath 1, Cardiff 2, Llangollen 3, Edinburgh 3

Jul 2, 2010: Overnight Flight Departure from the United States.

Jul 3, 2010: Bath Your tour manager will meet you upon arrival in London and transfer you into southwestern England. Subject to arrival time, your first visit will be to Stonehenge, one of Europe’s oldest and most mystical sites. Afterwards, continue to the lovely city of Bath where you will check into your comfortable hotel. Your afternoon sightseeing tour will show you the highlights of this stunning city, including the Roman Baths (entrance included), Bath Abbey, Pulteney Bridge and the Royal Crescent! Dinner will be in a local restaurant before returning to your hotel for a good night’s sleep! (D)

Jul 4, 2010: Cardiff This morning, depart to the capital of Wales, Cardiff, and check in to your hotel. Today, you will meet the singers of the Mid-Powys Youth Choir (also attending Llangollen!) and give a joint concert on this special July 4th evening; venue options include Brecon Cathedral. Enjoy dinner before returning to your hotel. (B,D)

Jul 5, 2010: Cardiff Enjoy a guided city tour this morning with entrances to the Museum of Wales and Cardiff Castle. The highlight of your day will be your workshops with Lissa Gray, director of the National Children’s Choir of Great Britain! Dinner will be in a local restaurant this evening. (B,D)

Jul 6, 2010: Llangollen Depart for north Wales today and travel to the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod – a world-renowned festival of music, song and dance. Competitors from more than fifty countries come together for one week to stand side by side through music, while each evening the Pavilion plays hosts to concerts by world-class artists. Accommodation will be in local homes or dormitory-style locations; dinner arrangements to be advised. (B)

Jul 7, 2010: Llangollen Senior Children’s Choirs Competition: 18 years old and under. The Eisteddfod is held in the Royal International Pavilion which seats over 4,000 people. The stage measures 30 x 10 meters. Tiered staging for choirs is available for up to 80 singers. Further details regarding the Eisteddfod Field Outside Stage dimensions as well as additional performance opportunities may be available to accepted competitors as appropriate. Accommodation will be in local homes or dormitory-style locations; dinner arrangements to be advised. (B)

Jul 8, 2010: Llangollen Junior Children’s Choirs Competition: 13 years old and under. Youth Choirs Competition: 16-25 years old. Enjoy the festival’s multi-cultural atmosphere today! Accommodation will be in local homes or dormitory-style locations; dinner arrangements to be advised. (B)

Jul 9, 2010: Edinburgh Depart Wales after the Folk Competition and journey north to Scotland. En route, stop for lunch on your own in the Lake District town of Kendal – be sure to try the local mint cake! Continue north to Scotland’s capital and check in to your comfortable hotel on arrival. This evening, enjoy dinner together at a local restaurant. (B,D) **Today’s itinerary may need to be modified pending confirmation of Folk Festival competition timing.

Jul 10, 2010: Edinburgh After breakfast in the hotel, a local guide will take you on a sightseeing tour of Scotland’s capital, including Princes Street, Charlotte Square, Holyrood Palace, and the famous Royal Mile. At 11am, you will rehearse at St Giles Cathedral, the High Kirk of Scotland, in preparation for your 12.15pm concert. Afterwards, have lunch on your own followed by entrance to Edinburgh Castle! Enjoy the remainder of your day at leisure. This evening, you will have dinner together and an evening Ghost Walk! (B,D)

Jul 11, 2010: Edinburgh Your morning excursion will take you through the Trossachs, famous for its local legend, Rob Roy McGregor, and on to Loch Lomond for a cruise on the lake! Afterwards, continue to your final venue to meet a local children’s choir and enjoy an exchange and shared concert this evening. Enjoy dinner together this evening! (B,D)

Jul 12, 2010: Departure Transfer to the airport for return flight to the United States. (B)

Seattle Children’s Chorus Touring Choirs prepare for their United Kingdom Tour with a Send-Off Concert on Sunday, June 27th a 6:00 pm at Berean Bible Church, 2345 N 185th in Shoreline.

Arioso and Camerata have received our official invitation to the International Musical Eisteddfod in Llangollen, Wales, one of the most prestigious festivals in all of Europe! SCC will be competing in 3 division, The Senior Children’s Choir competition, The Youth Choir competition and the Folk Song competition, with various combinations of Arioso and Camerata choristers involved in each!

An 11-Day Custom Performance Tour of the UK and the Llangollen International Music Eisteddfo is being planned. Our tour will include outstanding venues for performances and a workshop with one of England’s top choral clinicians! Other highlights of the tour will include: Stonehenge and the Roman Baths in southwestern England, a Castle Banquet in Wales on the 4th of July; guided tours of the cities of Cardiff, Wales and Edinburgh, Scotland; and a cruise on the famed Loch Lomond! Meals will be top-notch and our accommodations are 3 and 4 star hotels! This should prove to be a wonderful experience for Arioso and Camerata! International-eisteddfod.co.uk

Arioso and Camerata have returned from their UK tour!  While on this summer’s tour of the United Kingdom (our Fifth International Tour), 55 traveling choristers of SCC brilliantly represented our organization at the 2010 Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod in Llangollen, Wales.  During the week long gathering, choirs, vocatlists, instrumentalists and dancers of all ages from approximately 50 countries came prepared to compete, perform and share in a glorious extravaganza of music making.  We were blessed to be participants.  From our first day, Opening Festival Parade Day, as part of the grand procession of singers and dancers, to our thrilling successes in the competitions, to the countless, spontaneous outbursts into song with new friends from South Africa and Indonesia, Australia and the Ukraine, Philippines and China, we reveled in the wonders of this event!

It is with honor and privilege to announce and celebrate the tremendous success of our touring choirs, Arioso and Camerata.  Videos of both choirs in action at the competitions are proof of their stellar work!  We could never imagine being more proud of our choirs and Staff!  On our first day of the choral competition, Arioso competed in the largest division of choirs represented at the festival, the Senior Children’s Choirs.  This division consisted of 21 groups, designed for singers 18 years old and younger, plus an additional category of 7 preliminary best choirs coveting the Senior Children’s Choir status.  Arioso competed confidently among all of these predominantly high school ensembles.  Arioso delivered a magnificent performance and the result “with a total of 173 points”, a proud tie for 7th place! Congratulations to Kris Mason, Artistic Director and  sincere thanks to Arioso for your determination and poise and to Dianne, our accompanist for your partnership in this competition.

Then on the next two days of competition, Camerata, under the direction of John Hendrix, received two 2nd Place prizes in two divisions of the Competition: Youth Choirs, (singers not to exceed the age of 25), and the Folk Song Choirs (mixed or equal voices of any age category).  They gave stunning performances in both categories, competing among university choirs and even professional choirs in the folk division.  Bravo, Camerata, Bravo!  Thanks to John and Randi for their countless hours of work and preparation and to Camerata for your commitment to many extra rehearsals and your marvelous artisitc energy on stage.

While all our choristers breathed a sigh of relief post-competition, both groups completed our touring schedule with elegant performances in two of Edinburgh’s famous worship sites:  St. Gile’s Cathedral and the Greyfriars Kirk.  In the words of Kris Mason, “I found myself astounded by the beautiful singing!  All the while I was thinking, ‘These are remarkable young musicians who were offering up their very best singing for the sheer love of music and for the glory of God’”  And in the words of our British Tour Director, Chris Robson, “Brilliant!  Absolutely brilliant!”

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Camerata had the opportunity to perform for some of the finest and most recognized music professionals in the country at the Heritage Festival of Gold in San Francisco, May of 2009.  The adjudicators and clinicians for the event included Eph Ehly, André Thomas and Randall Stroope among others.  Only choirs of the highest caliber were invited to participate in the festival.  The festival venue was at the beautiful St. Ignatius Church in San Francisco.

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