Voss Church Concert

 Our first big show! So exciting! 

Parasails tethered. 
(Sue)

Near the church is the church office - Sue caught this shot of anchored parasails. We liked how they almost look like hats on the trees. Voss is very famous for extreme sports. People come from all over the world to do them here. The only other place with as much or more in the world is in New Zealand. Go figure.  It is big business - and growing. 

Now, before the concert there was some preparation. We had new polo shirts, and were wearing them with black pants. The girls looked so spiffy. But, they decided they needed to up their game, so it was time for hairdos. 

The hair line. 
(Sue)

Then it was off to the church for the BIG EVENT. Arne arrived with his friend, Margunn, who was going to play together with him.  We tried to practice marching, which I thought I might lead, but Arne took over. The first try was a disaster. He played all kinds of trills and stuff and the kids could not follow him. Time for a second try! It went much better, the beautiful sound echoing and filling the church. We were ready!

We snuck out a back door so that we could march in from behind the seated audience without them seeing us first. We lined up in the narthex. The audience quieted. And then...we went!! The Reiselått from Nes soared out over the audience and we all went in. 

Martha, Lilah, Itsani, Maren, Arne.
(Sue)

The program order was, after marching, that we played for 20 minutes, Arne and Margunn played for 20 minutes, and then we played together just two tunes. Here we are playing together, and I'm going to put a video in as well! 

The video is a clip of Torpovalsen, which if you have been reading the blog you saw in an earlier post in rehearsal. Here is the version with all of us! 

Baptismal font.

After the concert, we chatted with some guests, and then Sue was talking with Astrid, who set up this concert. Sue suddenly realized that there was an angel holding a bowl hanging from the ceiling of the church. But it was up really high. She asked Astrid what it was. AHA! The baptismal font. Not only that it was, but that it also could be lowered and raised for use/storage. How cool is that? It happens this is not usual, and Astrid knew about a handful more. 

Later that evening, we invited our teacher, Silje, over for dessert and a lesson. We played in the small living room in our house. It was fun, and the neighbors poked their heads around the fence dividers to see what was going on. 😲 Not a lot to see, but there they were. We had a lovely evening, and actually got to bed at a reasonable hour. Good thing because Thursday was going to be loooong. 

-Martha