With Many a Winding Turn

What for some was a sleepless night, morning came none to soon. For others, morning came much to early.

The bus picked up the choir at 7:45 am and traveled the winding roads from ferry to ferry. Many choristers slept, or read quietly. The airport at Vancouver came none to soon.

At the Saskatoon airport the choir sang together one last time. Hugging and holding each other, the choir sang "The Blessing".

Question of the Week - Besides winning two awards, what was your most memorable experience at the festival?

"All the singing and meeting alot of new people, it was so much fun!!!!!!!"

"Working with Pekka and performing with the mass choir and meeting many people from all over the world"

"Being able to meet all the different culture that were at the festival. I especially liked being able to talk to the Chinese choirs"

"Meeting lots of kind people from all over the world. It felt like I was in a magic place at the time"

"Being on stage singing "The Spacious Firmamnet" and representing my choir and my province"

"Meeting the French boys from the Les petits Chantues du Mont-Royal choir"
(Editors note: repeated a few times)

"Performing at the awards ceremony on Friday night"

"Definitely meeting all the new people from different countries and getting pictures of them"

"Meeting a whole bunch of people from different countries"

"The Gala Closing part. It was awesome!"

"The Gala performance at the end. It was cool! :-)"

"There were so many! It's hard to choose! Just meeting all the people from Tiawan, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, Quebec ( wink wink), Latvia and so many others"

"When we performed at the mall with the Hong Kong Choir"

"Swimming in the ocean, shopping at the mall, and shopping with my mom"

"The food service put butter and chesese on every sandwich in every bag lunch"

"Would you really like to know?"

The International Choral Festival Kathaumixw fulfilled the promise of being an experience that will last a lifetime. Whatever our choristers may do next, they will always keep this week, and this festival, in their hearts.