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--- Quote from: Barmymoo on 16 Jul 2012, 18:05 ---I didn't get to Mike's Pastry
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Except for this. So sad. Also the being too hot in robes, which I've experienced before and it is pretty terrible. (Only time I've ever come close to passing out.)
Zingoleb:
--- Quote from: Barmymoo on 16 Jul 2012, 18:05 ---I met Leslie! She is even taller than I expected
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I get this all the time. I was about 6'8" when you met me, with the boots.
Redball:
--- Quote from: Barmymoo on 16 Jul 2012, 18:05 ---in a poorly-air conditioned St John the Divine. It was a pretty amazing place to sing
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Somehow it doesn't surprise me that such a huge space is poorly air conditioned. It's been a-building for most of a century, as I recall, and I wonder about the size of its congregation and finances. I only hear about it for special events, in particular the Winter Solstice concerts staged by Paul Winter, and I have a CD of one of those performances live. I'm interested in the acoustics. Were you amplified? How did you cope with the reverberation? Recorded? I think St. John claims to be larger the National Cathedral, so I'd be curious about your comparison.
Barmymoo:
We sang the recital in an ante-chapel so it was a bit smaller but the service was pretty hard to hear. Most of the congregation were near to us, but it was very hard to produce much sound. I'll let you know how the National Cathedral compares when we get there - I think St John is the biggest Anglican cathedral in the world but it's lots of little chapels so that is kind of cheating.
Elysiana:
Needless to say, I'm fond of the architecture of the National Cathedral (see: my avatar). It is an absolutely beautiful building. Are you actually singing there, then?
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