July 10, 2012

Day #4 - Denver to San Francisco

Supershuttle picked us up at about 10:50 a.m. and got us to the airport about 2 hours early for a 1:40 p.m. flight to San Francisco.

The Denver Airport is huge with many of levels and it is not very easy to navigate.

 Here are photos of the main terminal.

Southwest Airlines arrived at SFO about 20 minutes early We took BART to the city and then a  MUNI train and arrived home by 4:30 p.m.

A very enjoyable trip!

July 9, 2012

Day #3 - Denver

Albert, Greg & I had breakfast this morning at Sam's #3 Diner at 15th & Curtis. We managed to stay somewhat dry during a heavy rainstorm.

Afterward, about 11:00 a.m., we had a Counterpoint rehearsal at Hotel Monaco in Randy's hotel room. The room was big enough for all 12 singers plus Joe for our rehearsal. It saved the chorus from having to rent rehearsal space elsewhere.

I heard several choruses in the early afternoon, including the S.F. L/G Chorus and the LA Men's Chorus.

I went to lunch with Faust, Aaron & Randy at a Thai restaurant near the Performing Arts Center - slow service but excellent food. We had to hurry to get to our Counterpoint tech rehearsal at 3:45 p.m. in the Stage Theatre.

In the late afternoon, I finished the AVA walk I started yesterday.

Here are some photos from the walk:

 The Navarre - Built 1880

Colorado State Capitol

 Colorado State Capitol

One of the top steps at the State Capitol is exactly one mile above sea level.

View from Capital across Civic Center Park

 City & County Building

I went back to the hotel to get some rest before our concert tonight.

Counterpoint guys waiting in the lobby for our 9:45 p.m.call.

Our concert set started late (about 10:45 p.m) and finished about 11:00 p.m.

Great performance - I'm proud that we sang some difficult music and did very well. We got a standing ovation and many, many congratulations.

Afteward, I socialized with some of the chorus and walked back to the hotel about midnight.

GALA projection on sidewalk

 D&F Tower-taken on walk back to hotel.

Got to bed about 1:00 a.m. - fun day & great concert!

July 8, 2012

Day #2 -Denver

Got up early, watched some tennis from Wimbledon on TV, and got a bagel and coffee near the hotel.

AVA WALK
 Then I did part of the the 11km Downtown Denver Capitol Walk sponsored by the Rocky Mountain Wanderers.

Some of the highlights of the walk include:

 Writer Square  

Bronze Statue at Writer Square

  Larimer Street

   Larimer Street

AURARIA CAMPUS

Historic Stone Church

St. Cajetan's Church

Golda Meir History

 Golda Meir's House

9th STREET PARK - HISTORIC DENVER HOMES

(part of Auraria Campus)

 Church of St. Elizabeth

UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO - DENVER

Pepsi Center

Spear Blvd. Condos

 Spear Blvd. Condos

 Six Flags Amusement Park

 Centenial Gardens

 Centenial Gardens

Confluence of  Cherry Creek (left) and Platte River (right)

MILLENNIUM BRIDGE

UNION STATION

COORS FIELD

"The Player" Statute at Coors Field

 Arch at Coors Field

Ball Types on Arch

 Lower Downtown "LoDo"

 

GALA FESTIVAL - DENVER

I attended 5 concerts on Sunday afternoon,Council Oak Men's Chorale, Seattle Women's Chorus, Menharmonics, The Choral Project, and Golden Gate Men's Chorus.

Golden Gate Men's Chorus

 Golden Gate Men's Chorus

Golden Gate had a fabulous set and gave one of the best performances at GALA.

The Seattle Women's Chorus and The Choral Project also had exceptional performances.

I attended "Our Legacy = Our Song" in the evening with many choruses performing.  It was a concert celebrating GALA's history through stories, photographs, narration and with music commisssioned by the choruses over the 30-year history.

Got back to the hotel about 11:30 p.m. - a very long day - I heard some glorious music today.