It has been a whirlwind few weeks. Space Coast, Disney, home for a few days, then back to my hometown for a family funeral, then back to DC and straight into concert week, then a weekend with three choir concerts.
No wonder I’m exhausted.
I’ve missed probably 75% of my workouts since Space Coast. I’m okay with that. Life comes first, and I don’t have any major races for a while. I did manage to squeeze in an 8 mile run yesterday morning, which should count for something.
The majority of my weekend was taken up with choir concerts. I’ve mentioned it before, but I sing with the Cathedral Choral Society, the secular choir at the National Cathedral. It is a gorgeous place to sing, and our Christmas concerts are definitely our big event of the season. Normally, we just have one concert, but for Christmas we do three. Two big concerts and one hour-long concert that is designed to be super kid-friendly. It’s a lot of fun, but it’s totally exhausting. On Saturday night, after two concerts, I could not believe how sore my body was. I’m in fairly decent shape – I don’t know how people who aren’t manage it. But even though it’s exhausting, this is my favorite concert set that we do. I love the holiday music, even though it may not always be traditional.
This is a recording of my favorite piece we sang. It’s not us, but I’d like to think we did at least half as good as this choir. It’s sung in 8 parts and is a lot of fun to hear the lead bounce around.
One of the things I miss most about DC is the National Cathedral. We saw Messiah there several times, but the concert that I absolutely adored was the Dave Brubeck concert in 2006. That was magical.
Mary, if I’m thinking of the same concert, the choir involved in that was my choir! (I didn’t join until the spring of 2008, unfortunately.) But I’ve heard the recordings and they are phenomenal.