Monday, January 20, 2014

Barcelona Day 5: Lots of rehearsal


Today we slept in. Well, we got up for breakfast and promptly went back to bed, sleeping through lunch entirely, which was to be on our own anyway. We had a rehearsal at the hotel before going to the larger group rehearsal to work on the song that our conductor never bothered to spend any time on during the semester, and therefore we didn't know very well. After, we met with the group in the afternoon at about two o'clock and went to another 3+ hour rehearsal at the coldest church in the universe. They at least turned the little space heaters on this time, and I had on every sweater and coat I brought with me, so it wasn't as bad as yesterday. Craig never went over the fourth movement in Lux Aeterna, though, the one that we botched partially due to the super-loud organ yesterday. I'm kind of mad about that, because we have just one more rehearsal and he hasn't touched it.

After rehearsal we went to this seafood restaurant that had a large tent-enclosed patio. They had the same kind of bread with tomatoes crushed on it and also a tuna and potatoe ball for an appetizer. Dinner itself was salmon, which was really good, though the portions were kind of small. Bobby got stuck with the tail end of the fish, and got an even smaller portion. The other people at our table who couldn't finish theirs were offering their food to him, which he took, because he was hungry. While waiting for the bus, Bobby jumped around on things and impressed people, including a group of Asian tourists who happened to be just getting off their bus, and staff who kept looking on from inside the restaurant. Afterwards, we went back to the hotel, and rehearsed with just our chorus in the bar of the hotel which was closed for the night. I was tired and really grumpy during this rehearsal because we'd been singing all day and we have two concerts tomorrow, so I'd like to actually be able to sing during them. Anyway, after rehearsal, I grumpily went back up the to our room with Bobby and went to bed.

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