One
of the incredible parts of touring is the relationships that we form on the
road, especially those that we form with our host families. As today was our
last day in San Francisco, it was time to say adieu to these good people who
had us in their homes for two nights. As we were dropped off in front of Grace
Cathedral for the 11:00 AM service, hugs and emails and promises to keep in
touch were exchanged before we hurried in to get ready for our performance.
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| One of our many gracious hosts and her guests |
It is hard to describe how serenely
beautiful the space is. Hopefully these pictures are worth more than a thousand
words to convey just how breathtaking the vaulted arches, the façade, and the stain glass windows are.
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| Grace Cathedral's façade |
As we were all getting dropped off in front of the Cathedral one by one, we were awe struck by the massive edifice. Needless to say, we were all humbled to be standing there, singing for the members of the congregation.
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| Intricate stain glass windows |
Today was also special in that we were lucky enough to have met Vance George, the Grammy Award winning Director Emeritus of the San Francisco Symphony Chorus. As we were warming up before our performance at Grace Cathedral, he paid us a visit to give us helpful tips on our repertoire.
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| Warming up! |
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| The Choir... |
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| plus Vance George |
Afterwards, he treated all of us to a delicious lunch in Chinatown, where we had some time to look at the adorable shops and drink boba tea before heading off to Palo Alto.
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| Chinatown |
In Palo Alto, we performed our second official concert of the tour at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, which we jokingly dubbed "St. Mark's Part II." Although it was a much smaller space than the cathedral where we had performed in the morning, we had an incredible time singing to the full church!
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| St. Mark's Episcopal Church |
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