Choral Union Concludes Tour in Spokane

Choral Union is on tour in BC and the USA and as he did last summer, Clement Morton has agreed to send updates from the road for the President`s Page Blog.

Sabbath morning dawned bright and early in Spokane for Choral Union. We were greeted by a breakfast of bagels, fruit and muffins. To those of you who prepared our breakfast, thank you! We customarily leave our note of thanks on the whiteboard at the schools in which we stay.  Justin Arnesto, a 4th-year Music Major and a tenor from Surrey, BC, shows off our handiwork in the photo to the right.

After breakfast we once again loaded the bus and headed over to the South Hill Seventh-day Adventist Church, where we took part in a lovely Sabbath School program. We built a statue from playdough to replicate the one that Nebuchadnezzar saw in his dream. Then after Sabbath School was over we headed into the sanctuary to sing our last concert of the tour.

 

A wonderful meal was set out for us afterwards and we enjoyed good food and good company until we headed out to the bus once again. As we were waiting for a few stragglers, some of the choir members decided to have fun climbing a tree outside the church!  (Please see photo below.)

 

We crossed the boarded without delay and made our way to Okanagan Adventist Academy to spend the night before starting our long trek for CUC Sunday morning. Mervin treated us tonight with supper at The Old Spaghetti Factory. What a wonderful way to end the day!

 

Sunday morning dawned bright and early, and we set out for home. Today our focus was on making it back to campus, so we drove with very few stops. We did stop briefly in Craigellachie, BC, to stretch our legs and tramp through the snow to see the Last Spike of the Canadian Pacific Railway.  We also stopped in Banff briefly for quick supper before sprinting for CUC.

 

Many memories and friendships were made on this tour.  Visiting churches and singing for hundreds of people was an absolute joy. For some of us this is the final Choral Union tour of our time at CUC.  Our thoughts and thanks turn to our accompanist Antoniel Roca, a 4th-year Music Major from Airdrie, AB, who will be graduating this year and is among a number of graduating singers who will be greatly missed.

 

We also think of the churches and congregations that welcomed us into their communities and homes. We have fond memories of your kindness and hospitality.  As this tour draws to a close we find ourselves back on campus once again.  Fortunately, hot showers and our own warm beds call us before classes again start bright and early Monday morning.