I want to prepare you for what next Friday will be like.
After getting out of the airport, Elisabeth our guide will take us on a driving tour of Rome. We'll also do some walking and it will be good to get some fresh air.
In the mid-afternoon, we'll check in at the hotel. Shortly thereafter, singers will need to assemble for what may very well be our only rehearsal of the entire trip. There is a rehearsal space in the hotel we can use. You will be very tired and anxious to settle in, but we must rehearse.
I'm hoping your careful advance preparation will allow us to rehearse all of our pieces in one hour. Please listen to your disc or plunk out the notes on the piano.
We'll have an early dinner at the hotel (4:30-ish?) and then we'll walk right next door to San Giorgio where we will sing for Evening Prayer at 6:00 pm. We may sneak in a 10-15 minute rehearsal before Evening Prayer inside the basilica. Evening Prayer should be no more than 40 minutes or so. In the course of Evening Prayer we will sing We Must Glory in the Cross and Canticle of Mary.
Following Evening Prayer, we will do a mini-concert of three songs: O Living Bread from Heaven, Tis the Gift to Be Simple, and Lord of Life and King of Glory.
Following Evening Prayer and the concert, the Crosier Community has graciously arranged to have a reception with refreshments. You are welcome to stay, or you are welcome to head back to the hotel. It's quite possible you can be asleep by 7:30 pm should you wish.
It's going to be a long day, but I hope you embrace the concept of rehearsing immediately. Let's prove to ourselves we can get through all six of our very easy anthems. It's also good to immediately begin our pilgrimage with prayer and singing.
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