October 28
Sound Check at Tolosa Performance Site
Hello, it’s Anna here.
Today when I woke up at 8:00am, it was pitch black. We (Rebecca, Rachel, Kristen and me) were all really confused, and it took us about a half hour to find out that it really was morning. We didn’t have to go to breakfast this morning, so everyone in my room stayed in bed until 9:00am. We had a practice at 11:00am, and at 1:00pm we had lunch. It was curried rice and seafood platter. There were chicken lumps mixed in there as well. It was different and not many people liked it. We also had deep-fried battered squid and other seafood. I liked the squid but everything else was kind of mushy - not like anything you could ever get in Newfoundland.
We had a really good practice after lunch. Tjak sounded amazing. When we took a break, there was a Praying Mantis outside. It was very disgusting, but interesting. I wanted to pick it up but I decided against it. I was afraid I might panic and flick it somewhere.
When all the rehearsing was finished, around 4 o’clock, we took a double decker “Shrek meets Spaceship” bus to Tolosa, where we did our sound check. The acoustic in the gym wasn’t very good, made worse by the rain falling on the roof.
Next we went to see three adult choirs perform. Most of us enjoyed ourselves. One choir sang a really cool barking song called “La Chasse”. At the intermission, some of us went downstairs to the vending machines. On the way back up, Stephanie, Anna Westin, Lucia, Claire, Catherine, Chloe and I got stuck in the elevator. It was very warm and small and we had to rely on Stephanie’s Spanish “speaking skills” to get us out.
We went to supper in a barn (no joke). We actually ate supper in a barn. It was a flat bean and carrot stew that we had to eat with a fork. We also had fish and bread and bottled water. I conclude that the food groups of Spain are as follows: water, fish and bread. It will take a while to get used to.
After the “tasty” supper, we came home and went straight to bed as it was around 11.
Eating at the Tolosa Barn
Hello, it’s Anna here.
Today when I woke up at 8:00am, it was pitch black. We (Rebecca, Rachel, Kristen and me) were all really confused, and it took us about a half hour to find out that it really was morning. We didn’t have to go to breakfast this morning, so everyone in my room stayed in bed until 9:00am. We had a practice at 11:00am, and at 1:00pm we had lunch. It was curried rice and seafood platter. There were chicken lumps mixed in there as well. It was different and not many people liked it. We also had deep-fried battered squid and other seafood. I liked the squid but everything else was kind of mushy - not like anything you could ever get in Newfoundland.
We had a really good practice after lunch. Tjak sounded amazing. When we took a break, there was a Praying Mantis outside. It was very disgusting, but interesting. I wanted to pick it up but I decided against it. I was afraid I might panic and flick it somewhere.
When all the rehearsing was finished, around 4 o’clock, we took a double decker “Shrek meets Spaceship” bus to Tolosa, where we did our sound check. The acoustic in the gym wasn’t very good, made worse by the rain falling on the roof.
Next we went to see three adult choirs perform. Most of us enjoyed ourselves. One choir sang a really cool barking song called “La Chasse”. At the intermission, some of us went downstairs to the vending machines. On the way back up, Stephanie, Anna Westin, Lucia, Claire, Catherine, Chloe and I got stuck in the elevator. It was very warm and small and we had to rely on Stephanie’s Spanish “speaking skills” to get us out.
We went to supper in a barn (no joke). We actually ate supper in a barn. It was a flat bean and carrot stew that we had to eat with a fork. We also had fish and bread and bottled water. I conclude that the food groups of Spain are as follows: water, fish and bread. It will take a while to get used to.
After the “tasty” supper, we came home and went straight to bed as it was around 11.
Eating at the Tolosa Barn
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