The bus will be here in about 2 hours, so just a quick update.
I could not have wished for more for the boys this week. Many thanks to Peter Robb, Artistic Director and Founder of picfest – so glad to be part of the fulfillment of your dream of an all boy picfest! Our deepest appreciation to Maestro Malvar-Ruiz both for the depth of his dedication to the boys’ voice and for his thoughtful, light-hearted, inspiring instruction. Looking forward to seeing you back in the Mid-Atlantic! And three cheers for the terrific boychoirs we sang with, from the youngest boys from the Bay Area’s Ragazzi Boys Chorus and Calgary Boys’ Choir to the Boychoir of Ann Arbor, with their small but mighty TTBB section and the largest group, Florida’s Singing Sons Boychoir who could match KSB in post-concert energy, which is saying something.
We are all brothers now!
Everyone made great friends while singing with the other choirs, both the formal rehearsals and the non-stop singing everywhere else. I am sure that boys will see each other again, starting with Patrick, who found out that one of the Ann Arbor boys will be in his Freshman class at University of Michigan, studying vocal performance as well!
As for today, the boys could not stop singing.
Final rehearsal this morning, then off to Eugene’s Saturday Market, where KSB held an impromptu South African jam to promote tonight’s concert.
Of course, the concert, which was a perfect conclusion to all that the boys learned from the conductor, and from each other, and throughout the season at KSB. And congrats to Greg and Jimmy representing KSB as soloists!
After the concert, we shared a bus to dinner with most of Florida’s Singing Sons Boychoir’s tenors and basses, and sang back and forth, one of ours (Zikr), one of theirs (a Sea shanty) one of ours (Jai Ho) one of theirs (a Christmas piece) to which we answered with a falsetto Hodea from Ceremony of Carols and then one they all knew, Circle of Life from Lion King. After dinner, we shared a bus back to the dorm with Boychoir of Ann Arbor, with lots of shared rep – Hello Mary Lou, Prayer of the Children, and Brothers Sing On.
overtones…
And one final song — an old KSB favorite, Hold Me Rock Me, back at the dorm, as the guys took their pins off, pinned them to their ties, and handed in their jackets for the season, with tears and hugs for our four seniors, Jimmy, Thomas, Patrick and Theo.
As always, thank you for entrusting your sons to us, and in case you don’t always see it at home, every single boy is everything you would want him to be when he is with us: helpful, respectful, friendly, disciplined, and fully engaged in what we are offering at KSB. I love traveling with all of them – and our three resilient and resourceful chaps as well! Can’t thank Pete Davis, Bob LePera and Bill Hoyt enough for their good natured patience in keeping this little army on the move this week!
They are all a great group of guys – or as you might say at the University of Oregon, a great group of ducks!
Two Lines, He’s Con – DUCK – tor
See you at the airport!
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