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Canada Day in Prague
Greetings to the viewers of the
Chor Leoni Blog
Spending the Canada Day in a foreign country may seem to diminish the possibility
for celebrations, but us Lions are patriotic to the core. We coordinated with
the Canadian Embassy in Prague to sing the two National anthems for the
celebrations at the Ambassador's fabulous residence. We took a 2 hour bus ride
back to Prague from Hradec Kralove and arrived at the beautiful grounds and
castle like home of our Ambassador in the Czech Republic. Michael Calcott, the
Ambassador, was very generous and made a point of saying that his home was the
home of all Canadians! An amazing spread of food and drink was provided by
local donors for the guests (including Canada's Chief of Justice), and we were
invited to eat to our hearts content...they know the way to our hearts!
Chor Leoni is particularly excited by the knowledge imparted by the Ambassador
that we should be able to invite ourselves to any Canadian Embassy
around the world thanks to Diane's Order of Canada. World tour of Canada's
embassy's anyone?
It was all over before you can say "delicious food and wine", and we
were back on the bus back to the Festival. We partook in a rehearsal for a
massed-choir performance, and listened to some of the other choirs perform.
A happy belated Canada Day to you all, we are thinking of all of you as we
share the gift of music with the wonderful people here!
Spence-lion
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