Hi all,

Nice thread, and great to hear from so many familiar 'voices'. It was a great college and great festival this year, and congratulations to Warren and Eleanor and their teams!! A lot of hard work.

The college's informal singing session should get a mention - every night in a blissfully air conditioned room (YES It was a hot week). We averaged about 35 people, most of them leading a song, and going from about 9:30 until 1 or 2 AM every night. Some fine performances, lots and lots of sing alongs, and some folks stretching their voices for the first time. And it was nice that faculty like Crucible, Jeans Hewson and Mills, Heather Dale and one or two others came by to share too. In fact - a favourite moment was Jess Arrowsmith of Crucible singing The Good Old Way. Wow.

A big change from my first year (1997) when we couldn't dredge up enough singers to have a circle.......YAY!!

Jack Cole
Kitchener