Valentine's Concerts are 2.5 weeks away!!!

Things are running quite quickly these days. Rich is heading to India for a week this Friday.

I've got 3 concerts called "With a Song in My Heart". 3 locations, 3 different times (including one Sunday afternoon).

We're calling it a "Singing Valentine's Card". There will be fun songs, comedies, madrigals and beautiful love songs.

It will be HIGHLY entertaining. Check out the poster for the Vancouver and Richmond concerts.

• Feb 10 - 8pm Gilmore Park United in Richmond
• Feb 11 - 3pm St. Mary's Anglican in Vancouver
• Feb 13 - 7.30pm All Saints in Ladner

If you are interested in coming to one of the concerts, you must know that the tickets are selling out QUICKLY. Please contact ROCA directly at roca@roca.ca or look for more information on http://www.roca.ca.

In fact, the Richmond concert is almost filled up already. For Vancouver, it's a small church but has wonderful character and I think there might be more tickets still available. St. Mary's Anglican (Kerrisdale) is the location (37th and Vine or vacinity).

Seriously though, to make sure you get to see and hear our concert, please contact ROCA right away.

Oh, BTW, I apologize for being so slow to update this site. Like I said, life has been a bit of rush as well as cold season. Getting over it. Think things will calm down after the concerts.

And another thing, Princess Packers the Wonder Cat purrs to say "Hello".

Chest Cough and Sniffles Finally Fading

I basically spent the entire week between Christmas and New Year's in bed with a nasty could. It was one of the colds singers abhor. The CHEST COLD. Without good breath support, a singer is nothing.

Everytime I took a breath a little too deep I'd cough for a few volleys

Things are looking better today. Still stuffed up and sniffly but much more alert than the rest of the week. Sitting and waiting for a phone call from Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops on that project I've been working on. Still no phone ring. Hm....

Well, I wish you all the best in the new year. And thanks for all your concern about my health. I am very blessed to have such caring people in my life.

I promise, I'm on the mend! :)

2.5 Hours until Christmas and I have NO VOICE!!!

This past week has been insane for singing and I've gotten some sort of cold or flu from Rich I think. I've been exhausted and white as a ghost all week. People are noticing too. I was out caroling with the Richmond Chorus on Friday and our director was asking "wud-up".

I've definitely done my share of singing for December this year but I'm not close to done. Today was the last Sunday of Advent and then tomorrow is Christmas Day.

Although normally I'm a tenor in the women's choir at Holy Rosary (9.30am) for Christmas Day, there tends to be a lot of "Angellic" high voice (descant) parts. Usually 1 tenor, 1 alto and 1 soprano are taken to do this high part. Guess it's supposedly to keep it even for the other parts. Funny thing is, those of us chosen (the 3) happen to be some of the most confident (leaders, strong, blenders) voices in the choir of 15. We can sometime (in rehearsal) silence the rest of the choir so that the other sections can't here themselves. hehehe. Of course, we don't allow that to happen at Mass.

Anyway, I'm trying to get my voice back so I can actually sing the descants tomorrow. I'm coughing a lot but nothing seems to be getting better. I'll keep trying the herbal tea.

Tomorrow will be a little less active than in previous years for Rich and I. We go to mass in the morning, over to my mom's after mass (David & Michelle are in Halifax and Mark, Jodi, Sebastien and MaKayla are all in Kimberley wfor the Hunt Traditions) then on to my aunt's for brunch (the Brassington Tradition). Then over to Rich's Aunt's Mother's house (sheesh) for Christmas a la Webster family. We will miss the Buker portion this year though. :(

Well, Rich and I would like to take this moment on Christmas Eve Night to wish you all (family and friends) a safe and blessed Christmas with your loved ones.

Packers the Cat says "What about me? It's always about me. Right?" Well, yes Packers, normally I'd agree with you but this time, it's about a baby in a manager so long ago.

I wish you all a "Silent Night, Holy Night".