Photo library online

I've placed a lot of photos, from various chaperones here. There are about 1500 pictures, from every day of the trip. If you see something you like you should copy it, as I'll need to take the library down in a few weeks to make more space.

Beauty shot of the choir at St. Peter's

We were fortunate to have a few moments after the Sunday mass for a photo opportunity at St. Peter's in Rome - and doubly fortunate to have a parent on hand with the camera & time to take 3 pictures and stitch them together. Above is a small version of Hiro's picture.

A very large (7.7 MB, 6000 × 2200, suitable for large print) version can be found here:

Many thanks to Hiro Teranishi for the terrific picture, and possibly for some upcoming video (stay tuned)...

Another video from Rome

Bill has posted another video, this one a complete recording (on a Flip video camera, so a little shaky) of the concert at Santa Agnese in Agone church in Rome (at Piazza Navona). Here it is:



We've been back a week now and I'm about over my jet lag and back into the work routine - the trip is fading into memory already. Fortunately we've got lots of photos & videos to help remember!

New video from San Gimignano posted!

One of the choir parents has posted this video from the concert in San Gimignano. The choir is performing 'It Takes a Village', a favorite selection of our tour guides Edi & Cristina:

Farewell to Italy

We're assembling in the lobby of the Gabrielle D'Annunzio right now, preparing to board our bus to the airport and embark on our lengthy trip home. About half the choir has already left, having gotten up at the ungodly hour of 5AM and traveled to the airport around dawn's early light. We remaining have a somewhat more relaxed schedule, but of course it means we get home later than the other crew. I know that I'm looking forward to my own bed and I think lots of the others feel the same.

It's been an awesome trip, with lots of highlights. The weather was almost perfect, the schedules went without a hitch, and apart from intermittent internet connectivity issues not much else has gone wrong. The kids were terrific the whole time (mostly) and the music was wonderful.

I don't have time to post much else right now, but once I get home I'll try to round up any stray photos or videos from other chaperones (feel free to contact me once you get over your jet lag). So check again occasionally, you may find some new stuff soon!

- Glen

Friday night wrap-up

Tonight was our final concert of the trip, a performance at Santo Stefano concert hall in Florence - just a few steps from Ponte Vecchio (the famous old bridge). It was a very easy day otherwise, we got up late (8:30 wake up) and spent most of the day in town shopping and sight-seeing. Rehearsal began at 7:00PM and wound up at 8:30, with a concert starting time of 9:00PM - pretty late, but we had a fair sized crowd of locals & tourists who came in to see the source of the beautiful music they heard on the street.

After the concert we walked to dinner & enjoyed our final meal in Italy: salad, lasagna, fish (hey, it's lent AND it's Italy) and gelato. Just one final bit...then we go back on our normal eating schedules when we get home.

After dinner (but before dessert) the kids sang 'It takes a village' for our tour guides (it wasn't in the program at Sto Stefano due to acoustical issues). It was popular with the restaurant staff as well. Here's photos from today, and I am off to bed!

Thursday night dinner

I tried to get pictures during the dessert course tonight, but the kids were up & moving around a little too much to guarantee all the faces. Here goes...