First of all, thank you, parents/guardians, for entrusting the welfare of your children, young men and women, to our (Kathy, Frank, and my) care. Thank you Select for your wonderful performances. Thanks to Frank for his descriptive, creative, and artistic blog. And his amazing accompanying.
Words aren't enough to describe our trip. Wow, fantastic, awesome, mind blowing, life changing. When words aren't enough, music can express what can't be said with words.
After we arrived back at AHS on Thursday and all the parents and students departed, Frank and I were left, waiting for our rides. Each of us was humming "Ubi Caritas... Where There is Love, There is God." I just listened to the blog post of us in Baptistery in Cremona singing "Ubi Caritas." I heard our enjoyment for, love of, experience of, appreciation for Italy, the people, the food, Colin, the travel, and each other. But above all, the love of music. The Ardsley High School Select Chorus made the music of Mozart, Gershwin, Palestrina, Berlin, Bernstein, all the composers, come alive. We breathed life into the music for our Italian audiences. For this gift of music, I am truly grateful.
After we arrived back at AHS on Thursday and all the parents and students departed, Frank and I were left, waiting for our rides. Each of us was humming "Ubi Caritas... Where There is Love, There is God." I just listened to the blog post of us in Baptistery in Cremona singing "Ubi Caritas." I heard our enjoyment for, love of, experience of, appreciation for Italy, the people, the food, Colin, the travel, and each other. But above all, the love of music. The Ardsley High School Select Chorus made the music of Mozart, Gershwin, Palestrina, Berlin, Bernstein, all the composers, come alive. We breathed life into the music for our Italian audiences. For this gift of music, I am truly grateful.
Spencer
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