Amina Edris and Sol3Mio

We get woken up at quarter to 4 after only 2,5h sleep !
After some packing but without even breakfast we arrive at the airport and have to wait 40 minutes before we can buy ourselves something (don't ask me why...).
Boarding was an hour late, at 9am, because the computer/TV/game... screens in the plane are not working so that these 3 next hours were horribly boring, but at least I got to sit between Ciara and Katarina. I had much fun, sleep and vegetarian food.
When arriving back in Christchurch Tim and Katy already await me there and we have a nice welcome at home and after showing all 1300 photos I made I am so tired that I went to sleep at quarter past 9 and don't wake up till quarter to 1 the next midday, that's 15hours !
The next day I only manage to bike to Linton Photography in Addington (30min) and order some Year 13 Formal pictures and to play Thais on the violin with Tim on the piano before a pretty good violin lesson. Finally I feel much more prepared for my Performance Exam in 2 weeks...

 

Daniel and James

It is now wednesday the 10. of October and holidays have begun. I have not much to do other than scanning the Senior Chorale music, do the washing and go to the orthodontist at 3. But in the evening we pick Theo up and go to Middleton Grange where we watch a GREAT concert with Amina Edris and Sol3Mio, just fantastic ! It sounded almost as good as Anna Netrebko's concert ! And they seemed really relaxed and were so funny... for example they had a song which they had only practiced 5 minutes ago and had the lyrics on an i-phone and passed it on to someone who then had to sing the next verse ! Or they played "paper scissors rock" about who has to play the piano or the gitarre accompaniment ! These are amazing artists !

We met Alice as well.

After the concert we had the opportunity to talk to the artists. Again the "Universität der Künste" in Berlin was praised to be very good in German opera universities... or Wales or Dunedin (in NZ).

Moolenaars invited me for dinner on saturday.

I feel a bit bad now because I took Elizabeths ticket (Theo's mum) so she didn't come to leave Theo and me alone... but it was a great evening ! Incredible, amazing, simply undescribable !