Report from the Road, Day 1:
Orchestra Begins West Coast Tour

The President's Page Blog is pleased Kendra Hill has agreed to submit regular updates as CUC's orchestra tours and performs through BC, Washington, Oregon and California. 

On Thursday morning, the Canadian University College Chamber Orchestra (CUCCO) began its annual performance tour. It started out with a couple of hitches: our concert master got an eye infection and had to be taken to the hospital (he will join us later on tour), and a violin was nearly forgotten. Hopefully this is no indication of the rest of the tour!

Eventually got everyone loaded up and started on the long drive to Kelowna, BC. Spring has arrived in the Okanagan valley; the grass is green and the trees are budding, in quite a contrast to Lacombe. We arrived at Okanagan Adventist Academy in time to set up our sleeping bags in the gym, play some soccer, and get much-needed sleep.

Morning came all too soon, and after a quick breakfast, we were on the road again. A very scenic drive through snow-capped mountains and spring waterfalls led us to Abbotsford. But not without another mishap. The muffler got partially scraped of the bus, so off it went to the mechanic to be repaired. 

We spent the afternoon in the church rehearsing for our first concert. A delicious supper was graciously served to us by some of the ladies from the church, and then we performed. We were all tired from the long drive, but the concert went quite well.  One concert down, twelve to go. The adventure has only just begun!