Monday 2 May 2011

Montreal

After we spent three days in Ottawa it was off to Montreal for one of the craziest times of the year for that city: game 6 for the Habs. They were playing the Boston Bruins and no citizen of Montreal let us forget what was happening that night. No doubt there was rioting in the streets when the Habs won but thankfully we were all safely tucked away in the homes of our hosts.

The next day we went to Notre Dame Cathedral in Montreal (not to be confused with the original in Paris) where we performed a few of our sacred pieces. When we sang our voices mingled in that high-vaulted ceiling, blending them together, until Soul soared along with Voice. Afterwards we were given free time in Old Montreal which all of us promptly utilized. The cobblestone streets, old buildings, and misty fog transported us to the pages of an old Dickens novel.

The rest of the day was spent on the bus, driving to Toronto where we stayed at Tyndale University College and Seminary. Bus rides can be long and boring, but with this particular choir (and with Randy Holm's bus games!) entertainment is never in short supply.