Just a very quick post to let you know:
We are so proud of these wonderful young people!
Congregating to hide from the rain
The Parade of Nations at the Closing Ceremonies
Featuring the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
and the
May Festival Chorus
A beautiful Lativan a cappella group
Idina Menzel!
Enraptured Singers singing along to "Defying Gravity"
End-of-the-day Decompression Session (this is a nightly ritual)
Our last lobby concert
featuring the Venezuelan Choir
Bill being buried by singers
PM Edition:
Phew! It's been a long couple of days, and today was full to the brim with activity (as usual)!
As you see from the photos above we won GOLD! Hooray! The Singers and Staff are truly delighted that the judges saw the results of all of our hard work. During the Awards Ceremony the announcer started from the lowest score to the highest score, so each group that was announced meant we were a bit closer to the top, and each time a new group was announced our hearts skipped a beat.
There were 21 Children's Choirs in our category, and we were ranked sixth overall, which is simply wonderful. Earning a gold diploma at the WCG means that the AYS TCC is now qualified to compete in the Champions' Competitions at the 2014 World Choir Games in Latvia!
We took a scenic bus ride to the original Skyline Chili
Congregating to hide from the rain
The Parade of Nations at the Closing Ceremonies
Featuring the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
and the
May Festival Chorus
A beautiful Lativan a cappella group
Enraptured Singers singing along to "Defying Gravity"
Idina Menzel and Marvin Winan
sing
"We Are the World"
Which was a bit random, but kinda awesome.
End-of-the-day Decompression Session (this is a nightly ritual)
Our last lobby concert
featuring the Venezuelan Choir
Bill being buried by singers
Veronica, Gillian and everyone else we are so proud of you. We knew you could. Very VERY well Done.
ReplyDeleteAaron and Eve
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! Way to represent our city, state and country!!! We are SO proud of each and every one of you!!! And, thank you Paige, Ginny, Bill, Brianne and Millie!!!
ReplyDeleteJane Benedict-Steele (Joey's Mom)
That rocks! Way to go AYS! We are so proud of you guys. I am sure that you are quite excited and celebrating tonight. A great choir with great leadership. What a team! Enjoy the rest of your trip. Sydney, my cousin Amy along with Ella and Abigail are planning to be at the concert in Crystal Lake. I hope they will make it and you will get to see them. Give them a big hug for me. Later...
ReplyDeleteLove, Mom
Hey, Jacy Pippin! We are proud of you and everyone else. See how hard work pays off? We miss you and love you. Have a great time the rest of your trip. See you soon. Love, Mom and Dad
ReplyDeleteAwesome! Fantastic job, all!
ReplyDeleteWay to go Sophia and AYS!!! You should all be proud of all your hard work. We are! Annaleah and Dad say they saw teh frog by the pond-he's gotten big. We harvested two tomatoes from plant #4. Lola had family night at her house- everyone asked how you are doing.
ReplyDeleteLove, Momma and Daddy