Day Seven - Cincinnati May Festival

After all the rehearsing, it was about time for a concert. We were joined by the May Festival Youth Chorus for Mozart's Requiem.

Just prior to going on stage, it was also time for service awards. The two big boxes were for a soprano and a tenor who had each achieved 35 years of service in the chorus. The little boxes were service pins for those have served 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 years, and there were also 30 year awards.

I received my 25 year pin (a small gold pin with the festival's logo set with an emerald) two years ago. I'm very proud of it, needless to say.

The hall was filled with festive concertgoers, and it was fun, as usual, to watch the tuxedo-and-fancy-dress-crowd come down the Music Hall aisles. They're not as over the top as they were back in the early 80's when I first joined the chorus, but some people still dress up and it's a nice thing to see.

I don't have much to report about the concert, except that it went extremely well, and both reviewers loved the concert.