An opportunity not
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December Christmas Tour 2016
December Christmas Tour 2016
Another day, another concert, another round of Grahamography™. Controversially, our first concert in the Netherlands featured some radical changes to the now legendary routine. Nick “I didn’t like the postlude anyway” Morris and Tom “Allain” Ashton valiantly rose to the challenge of assimilating previously unseen moves into their stellar performances, including the ground-breaking ‘step forward’ and the arguably more revolutionary ‘step backward’. Earlier in the day, Harriet “onboard entertainment system” Caisley had greatly contributed to the choir’s holistic education with a comprehensive video review of the many fashionable and pragmatic advantages of woven turtleneck jumpers in the form of a compulsory group viewing of Love Actually.
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December Christmas Tour 2016
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December Christmas Tour 2016
Sunday morning started with (in some cases) a wonderful cooked breakfast courtesy of our homestays, before meeting to get the coach from the church in Leamington Spa. A short coach trip later we arrived at the stately school of Stowe, making time for Alex “The Throne” Porteous to buy some new concert shoes, having forgotten his in London. Despite our Worshipful Director (PBUH) proclaiming that he would have enough time for a cup of tea before Alex and Holly “Power Behind The Throne” Holt returned, he still managed to hold the coach up for several hours following their speedy return. The shoes themselves, incidentally, were a steal at only £20 in the Next Clearance sale, are made of a fashionable black leather, and can be purchased from all good Next stores throughout the country.
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December Christmas tour 2016
On the second day of tour blog my true love gave to me… two missing shoes and some Graha-amo-ography™.
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December Christmas tour 2016
And we’re off again! Today, the Choir of Clare College embarked on their Christmas tour around the UK and the Netherlands – first stop, St John’s Smith Square...
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Caroline Meinhardt (Dec Sop 2)
A love letter to Clare Choir
Dear CCCCC,
I don't know where to begin. It's times like these where words fail me... After 3 years of tears and laughter (and one year of long-distance in between), it breaks my heart to have to leave you.
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Asia Tour Blog - Day 17
Tom Ashton (Dec Bass 3) and Lydia Allain-Chapman (Can Sop 3)
The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge ended their Tour of the Far East with a bang (woof!). After a relaxing morning some of the more gullible members of the choir rushed to Graham’s 1 o’clock rehearsal which was unfortunately a decoy, a hilarious joke to demonstrate his affection and camaraderie. Others were tied up – some literally – in a deadly game of escape room but even the kinkiest singers made it to KLCCCC and were warmed up (!) on time for our 3pm concert. The choir's secular programme opened with a rendition of the Fauré Requiem. We were assured this was one of the two best received performances of this work ever in Malaysia. It was powerful music for the choir as well as the audience: tears streamed down the face of Laurence Booth-Clibborn as Alice ravishingly sung the Pie Jesu. Indeed there were few dry cheeks among the singers, since it was the last concert that many of them would sing with Clare Choir.
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Tom Ashton (Dec Bass 3) and Lydia Allain-Chapman (Can Sop 3)
The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge ended their Tour of the Far East with a bang (woof!). After a relaxing morning some of the more gullible members of the choir rushed to Graham’s 1 o’clock rehearsal which was unfortunately a decoy, a hilarious joke to demonstrate his affection and camaraderie. Others were tied up – some literally – in a deadly game of escape room but even the kinkiest singers made it to KLCCCC and were warmed up (!) on time for our 3pm concert. The choir's secular programme opened with a rendition of the Fauré Requiem. We were assured this was one of the two best received performances of this work ever in Malaysia. It was powerful music for the choir as well as the audience: tears streamed down the face of Laurence Booth-Clibborn as Alice ravishingly sung the Pie Jesu. Indeed there were few dry cheeks among the singers, since it was the last concert that many of them would sing with Clare Choir.
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