Day Two

An action packed day for the Vivace Youth Band saw the four soloists get up at 5.30 this morning to get to Dunedin in time for their respective solo competitions (more of which later), the rest of the band meanwhile had a lie in till around 7. The band then left Blue Skies at 8.15 arriving at Burnham Army base at 9 for some rehearsal work with the New Zealand Army Band. The session with the army was hugely rewarding for all involved, we focussed on intonation and tuning, as well as a lot of breathing work. Again, as we are finding on the road, we are making a lot of new friends around the country.
Following the Army experience (I think there may some Army musicians of the future in the Vivace Youth Band...Megan...) the band then left for Dunedin, stopping off for lunch at Ashburton, and then afternoon tea at Moeraki Boulders. A very tired band arrived at Dunedin around 6, ate dinner, rehearsed yet again, and then settled down for a good nights sleep (yeah, right).
As for those soloists, well, I'll leave it to Mike to expand on in a later blog, but the results were DJ sixth, Fenella fourth, Madeleine fifth, and Jarrah third, a fantastic achievement and a great set of musical ambassadors for Nelson Vivace Youth!