On the 4th of January the Southern Gospel Choir had a huge performance down at Sing Salamanca, which was part of the Arts Festival. We sang plenty of our own songs, as well as songs for the audience to sing along to, including “Throw Your Arms Around Me”, “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”, and of course the roof-raising “Hey Jude”. The stage was an excitement in itself, being the largest portable stage in Australia…. it literally just folds up into one semi-trailer, and it’s huge when unfolded! We performed with two other artists, one of whom was the amazing Dean Stevenson… the other was Brian Ritchie of the Violent Femmes. We sang a punk-gospel song which his band wrote, and that was… interesting! The crowd seemed to enjoy the whole show and raised their voices up, even willingly learning harmonies. A huge success.
I was called today by someone from the Conservatorium informing me of a summer school they’re running at Elizabeth College next week, involving students from all three years in their degrees, and with the opportunity to complete a whole unit towards your degree in a week! Sounds like something I’ll definitely be doing. From what I gathered, it will be contemporary ensemble work. I wouldn’t mind so much if it was hillbilly punk, really. A unit in a week!
Other than that, just chilling out and looking forward to regular SGC rehearsals starting up, and becoming more and more nervous about starting at the Con.
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