London, Hyde Park

We arrived in London on time. The pilots were able to make up the time delay in the air. Karissa was with us on the flight. She had planned to go and at least visit her friends but the time passed so quickly the flight was over before she got bored with all the electronics she had at her disposal. She met up with the choir at the baggage claim area. We bid the sea of red shirts good bye and headed to the Hyde Park area of London. After checking into our hotel we enjoyed the beautiful weather, exploring Hyde Park. The Choir had a great view from the Eye this evening. Refer to the pictures.

Flight Delay

Arrived early to the airport to learn that our flight is delayed. Steve knows where to hang out in airports so can't really complain. Karissa is off with her choir. They are an excited group of kids. Hopefully, with this extra time they'll calm down a bit and be ready to sleep when we board the plane.

Time Change=London Time

Any ideas to avoid jet lag? The clock on the sidebar is set to London time, plus an hour. For some reason I can't seem to set it to London time, so it'll give you a ballpark idea the time in London, can just subtract one hour for precise time. Should we start converting to living on London time now?

CCA in Wales Blog

Tour Website http://ccainwales.org/
During the tour, our own recording guru, Marcel Rivard, will maintain and update a tour website! Check frequently for updates on our days in England.

This link was also added the link section in the sidebar for ease to follow the choir activities during their tour.

Third Tour Concert- Monday July 5th -Bath

Columbia Choirs of Metropolitan Seattle


COLUMBIA CHOIRS is an international award-winning, community based, non-sectarian family of choirs training singers 3-years-old through adult. It is a fun, welcoming place to learn how to sing better, while making new friends! Since 1984 we have been bringing singers together for international award-winning musical training and performance opportunities. We provide connection with children and families of similar interests. We believe everyone can learn how to carry a tune and have a variety of opportunities to help our singers grow personally through singing.



Please visit the Columbia Choirs Website www.columbiachoirs.com







Link to Concert Announcement

Second Tour Concert-Saturday July 3rd Oxford

Concert will be in the Parish Church of St Michael at the North Gate @ 7:30PM

Church website

First Tour CONCERT July 1st, 2010

23-6-10 The Summer Concert, Thursday 1 July 2010
The Vaughan's annual Summer Concert will be held in Addison Hall at the School at 7 pm on Thursday 1 July.

The Vaughan's musicians will that evening be joined by Columbia Choirs, a highly acclaimed collection of children and adult choirs from Seattle, USA. The programme will also include School Choir, Schola and Concert Band alongside a performance of Vaughan Williams' The Lark Ascending with Upper Sixth student Laurence Telesia as violin soloist.
Tickets (£6, £3 concessions) are available from the School or on the door.

Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School link

Blog Created

This blog was created so we can upload pictures to it when we are on our trip. Currently we are just in the set up phase

Slide show of some of the places we will visiting.

Karissa will be singing at the Eisteddfod International Music Festival in Llangollen Wales. There are links on the side bar to the the festival website and Llangollen TV which will be broadcasting the events.