Tour Video!

Hi Everyone!
Here is the tour video from our very successful and FUN Junior Music Tour!!
Hope you all enjoy and congratulations to our wonderful ES1 and ES2 Music students who participated!
We are very proud of you!!
Besos,
Ms Mika

Day 5 - Home safe and sound........

So here we are, all safe and sound back at college and home.
We arrived back at SGQ at around 9pm and parents were very happy to see all return safe and sound.
The tour have been a huge success! It is testament to the hard work that the music department have put in over the last two years that we are able to take students so young and give them valuable performance opportunities. As head of creative arts, a huge thank you to Mikaela and Julia for the effort and organisation that went into the planning and running of the tour - it ran like clockwork!
Chris, your professionalism and organisation go without question.
A huge thank you also to the staff at college for your support in what has been a truly memorable week.
Finally, a huge thank you to parents and your children. The students are a total credit to you as parents, they conducted themselves impeccably, the worked hard and they performed brilliantly..........
Have a wonderful, well deserved exeat.
SR

Day 4

So here we are, the final day of the tour before we travel back to BAs. All students today were received at Mark Twain college and hosted by very welcoming families. It has been a day when lasting friendships and strong links have been made indeed!
The day started with an early breakfast in our remote hotel in Los Cocos (no wifi which is why yesterday's post was late) we then drove through some beautiful scenery to Cordoba city.
A very quick meeting with host families and lunch and then on with the job of rehearsing for the evening concert.
The concert itself was a huge success and was not only very well attended by the public but also gave our students an opportunity to join forces with the choir at Mark Twain to do 3 joint items, all of which were a huge success. After the concert all students headed away with their host families for a final night of fun before heading back to BA on day 6.
Please see todays highlight below and also see if you can spot a guest former member of staff at St George's college...............................yes.......it was wonderful to be joined by Jeanie Knight who is looking fantastic and relaxed in the first year of her retirement in Cordoba. It was wonderful to see you Jeanie and we loved having your support at the concert.......

SR

Day 3 - no wifi so 24 hours late!

Day 3 was a true day or relaxation and fun in Los Cocos.
It was a day where we were able to enjoy ourselves away from the pressure of performing.
Our students had an amazing time taking the chairlift to the top of the mountain, zip-lining, tobogan and getting lost in a most a-"maze"-ing place.
Tomorrow is our last full day at Mark Twain school, but until then, here are some of our photo highlights.

SR  

Day 2

Good morning! Yesterday was day 2 and certainly a busy one!
An early start and then we took the short coach ride to Colegio San Ignacio, formally a sister school or St Georges. There, we were greeted by staff (a number of our own staff are very well known here, you are famous Ms Flammini!) and we then rehearsed for their acto for dia del maestro, at which we had been asked to sing. The acto was for the whole school with just over 400 students was much smaller than we are used to. It was a lovely tribute to the staff at the school and a pleasure to be invited to sing. After a hearty lunch, we gave a full hour long concert for all of the the prep school school (though we have a feeling that we were joined by some stealth students who should have been in class and sneaked in!)
The concert was excellent and very well received, it was certainly a tribute to the hard work that Mikaela and Chris have put in with our ES1 and 2 students this year.
A 4 hour journey, new hotel and a late evening meal saw us in Villa Carlos Paz. All extremely tired and asleep by 11pm - students and teachers alike.
See blow some concert highlights - plenty more pictures to follow.......
SR

Day 1 Part 2

So, settled and fed, we headed away from our hotel in the centre of Rio Cuarto to San Ignacio Church where we took part in the Sunday morning service. This was a wonderful experience for all concerned an was a joint service with the San Ignacio Singers. Our students received such a warm welcome from the local community and this service was made even more special because of the visit of Old Georgian Alfie Miles, who lives in Rio Cuarto and regularly attends the church. Our junior students sang so well and were so warmly received. After lunch at 'Johnny B Good' students were treated to an afternoon of activities organized by Cass students at San Ignacio School. These included, quizes and a treasure hunt leading our students to a fantastic cake tea.....
After evening Pizza, all students and staff were asleep by 11pm, totally worn out by their experiences but having enjoyed a great day. See below for selected highlights so far...............

Day 1

So, an overnight journey has seen us safely in Rio Cuarto, Cordoba. The journey was excellent and all down to our superb drivers Walter and Roberto. This morning after a few hour sleep we are up and texting!
We have a morning service in an hour at San Pablo and then some lunch and free time......
Needless to say ALL students are, happy, safe and sound.....
Further update to follow later today.
SR

Ready to go!

Welcome to our 2012 Junior Music Department Tour 2012!
Today, we put the finishing touches to our mini tour of Cordoba and we are all extremely excited about the prospect of visiting one of the very beautiful provinces within our own country of Argentina.
On Saturday September 8th 2012, after our traditional college steeplechase we head off for 6 days of music making and fun activities. The idea behind this blog is to further enrich our main faculty blog with our activities, whilst allowing students and staff to tell the story of their experiences away from college.
From Saturday 8th of September there will be daily posts from students and staff so check each day if you are parent or teacher to see what your students, sons and daughters have been doing each day.
Please log on each day for photos and updates.