Los Angeles The journey from Oklahoma to Los Angeles was shorter than the long-haul flights across the Atlantic which was good because it was a small plane and we were spread out all over the place – but we had a lovely stopover in Phoenix AZ where the temperature was […]

After travelling for 8 hours on our coach, or bus, depending on where you live (buses for us London people are big red crowded things in which many passengers stand. But coaches are nice and comfy and everyone sits, unless they are going to the toilet, or restroom, depending where […]

Because some of us only finished school the day before, we were awoken in the middle of the night – 2 30am! – to catch our plane at 7 30am in order to get to the USA in time for our first performance. So we were lagged before we’d even […]

DAY FIVE We awoke from our new beds on floor 23 and took the lift down to Nagoya breakfast where there was another delish buffet, with hash browns, miso soup, eggs and various not-waffle stuff including a long queue for the omelettes. We went to a park for another silent […]

DAY ONE Like often happens for our tours at Half-Term (Half-Term = a short school holiday lasting a week) many of us rushed straight from school to Heathrow Airport – some via a coach from South London, some direct. So we had all been working hard all day before we […]

Day seven started around 08:30hrs when we rose, showered, dressed in our Sunday best and breakfasted. It was the final concert day. We reach a time when we are on tour when it seems as though it could continue for ever. Tour life becomes a routine and it seems very […]

Day three arrived with a mix of excitement and nerves – our first concert day. After breakfast we made our way to a nearby school. Again, we had the use of a large field and track area, plus, as it was a school day, we were all treated to a […]

PART 1 For most of us it was the half term break and for all of us it was our first trip to China.  We were really excited, so it was a lively group getting off the coach at Heathrow airport. And then, as we were about to check in, […]

This was to be the final leg of our American adventure.  We boarded the coach and settled down for the drive.  It was more of a subdued trip this time around and most of the choir caught up on some shut-eye.   We broke the journey a couple of times […]

…leaving Houston was again sad as we had enjoyed our stay.  We had relished the opportunity to meet some great people and experienced things that again made such happy memories. No airports on this leg of the journey, instead we had a bit of a road trip planned – about […]