Swansea, Wales, and Off to Ireland...

More news from your other correspondent, David. I'm writing this post from the Imperial Hotel in Cork, Ireland, but being as we will be here for a few days, Susan and I will wait to fill you in on this interesting city. Anyway, our time in Swansea, Wales, was short but fun. After arriving at our hotel we made our way over to St. Mary's Church, which was in the midst of a jubilee celebration.


Pictured above is Ben Baker, Meg Granum, Paul Henderson and Miranda Lubarsky carrying our robe box alternatives. As the four boxes were too heavy to fly over here, the Choir invested thirteen robe bags, which makes for more work for first year members, which I, fortunately, am not...

Katelyn Larsen is seen here carrying Dr. Armstrong's podium in the main sanctuary. The church was rebuilt after the war, like many other venues in which we've sung, and it provided a great place to sing. Our receptive audience included a few local dignitaries, whom the choir was able to meet in a reception after the concert.

Today we left Swansea bright and early to board the ferry that took us to Ireland. Before leaving we said goodbye to our two faithful British bus drivers, John and John, and met our new Irish bus drivers, Liam and Fergus. Their names combined with their accents, well, they certainly fit the profile... We checked into the hotel, spent a free evening in Cork and plan on spending tomorrow sightseeing as a group.