Tour Photos. Concert Tour 2004, C.W. Post Department of Music

Photos from the Tour

• Set 1 (11 photos, on line May 15)	• Set 7 (4 photos, on line May 19)
• Set 2 (10 photos, on line May 15)	• Set 8 (11 photos, on line May 22)
• Set 3 (11 photos, on line May 15)	• Set 9 (13 photos, on line May 26)
• Set 4 (10 photos, on line May 16)	• Set 10 (9 photos, on line May 26)
• Set 5 (7 photos, on line May 19)	• Set 11 (5 photos, on line May 26)
• Set 6 (6 photos, on line May 19)

More to come!

Commentary from Professor Dashnaw

Many thanks to Professor Alexander Dashnaw who sent all the photos via e-mail. Most were sent from tour locations in Ireland, Wales and England; some after the tour returned home.

His comments from these e-mail messages may give you some sense of what was happening on the tour as well as some background on some of these photographs.

(Special mention should be made of his determination to find places on the tour to send e-mail back to us, and his patience waiting for the large e-mail attachments to be sent. Again, thank you Professor Dashnaw.)

May 14 (Sets 1 - 3): We are in Galway today and it's beautiful right now, of course it will probably rain in a minute. The students are all in great condition and LOVING being here and performing. Last night's concert was FANTASTIC all the way around
May 15 (Sets 1 - 3): The tour is going so very very well.......... last night's concert was fantastic - in a 12th century church in Limerick. We shared the program with a local adult choir. Opened with Mads and Merriweather and then the Limerick group and then Chamber Singers. We closed with the whole company singing Shenandoah and I'm Gonna Sing Til the Spirit Moves in My Heart....... brought the house down (and a big house it was)....... Today we were in Christ Church Cathedral (Anglican) here in Dublin.
May 19 (Sets 5 - 7): Castle pics are in Wales and Church pics are in Chester in the Cathedral from today's concert......... wow...... it was excellent...... what a sound and what perfection the kids gave..........
May 22 (Set 8): We are in Bath right now and yesterday sang an extraordinary concert in the Cathedral in Wells - we were all blown away by the acoustics, the large audience and the fabulous performance we all gave. I can't tell you how very moving it all was. This morning we toured the Ancient Roman Baths and will sing there this afternoon.......... a wild situation.
May 25 (Sets 9 - 11): We had the final banquet tonight and it was FANTASTIC! The entire tour has been FANTASTIC! Great music making and lots of it. Some sickness, but nothing insurmountable. The final one was this afternoon and the banquet tonight. We leave for NYC tomorrow morning...
May 26 (Sets 9 - 11): ... after we gave the concert in the baths, the Mads and Merriweather decided to sing on the street...... it was a hit!!! The only thing missing was an instrument case to collect donations in (we did think of it though)
May 26 (Sets 9 - 11): ... here are two pics of the intricate fan vaulting of the ceiling of the nave. Believe me, they all know the terms for a cathedral (Apse, Transepts, fan vaulting, Nave, Quire, Crossing, Cruciform)
May 26 (Sets 9 - 11): ... We actually sang a concert in the Roman Baths - the woman told me that we were the 3rd group to ever be asked to do this in the 4 years she has worked at the site. It was a wonderful experience and the people LOVED it........
June 1: In complete hindsight, I must say that this was by far the most outstanding tour of any (16 foreign tours, 2 tours of Mexico, 2 tours of canada, 1 of Korea and numerous tours here in the US) we have ever made. We were busy enough with 8 concerts (plus a school gig with Merriweather) that no one doubted the objective of the tour - PERFORMANCE, PROFESSIONALISM, and GOOD WILL. Of course, there was time for partying and dancing, but it was NOT all consuming. Most of the students availed themselves of all of the guided tours and asked damned good questions. This was one of the most mature and intellectually curious groups I've ever had the pleasure to tour with. It makes planning the next tour much easier..........hahaha

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Concert Tour 2004

Ireland, Wales & England

Photos from the Tour

Commentary from Professor Dashnaw