Hello!
I know I haven't wrote anything into my blog for a too long time. My apologies and for those who wait for vampire stories next part... it will take some more time. I want to make it a good one as it's coming to an end soon.
I wanted to make a report about my given concerts (with many other awesome singers from all around Estonia.. I just don't know how to name it... a Singing Party?) in Tallinn from 4th to 5th July. It's a national festival to where is actually very hard to get.
We actually gathered there on 3rd already. I had to wake up at 5.20 am already to make it on the bus which started to Tallinn at 6.20 am. It was planned for soundchecks for choirs and some more practices before the big audition. The first one started already at 11.30, then we got a break... and I think I had about 5 soundchecks that day. I got free somewhere around 11 pm but I think I made it to bed around 1 in night.
The next morning I woke up something around 7 am. After breakfast we had a short tour in Tallinn (like I wouldn't know this town well enough already as I have lived there). It was good to have a longer walk in there... I haven't done that for long.
Then at 2 pm we all gathered in the mid- town to a "official" walk to the concert place which they showed in two different TV programs and in many news and other TV shows afterwards. The walk was about 5 km long and I saw many people I knew there: my parents, two ex- teachers and my idol- teacher, our ex president and one politics guy... After that we got some food to get ready for the first concert. We all went on the stage, we sang there and the traditional fire was lightened. It was such a magical, touching moment that I even cried. It was such an honor to be there and sing... It's just undescribeable.. You wont understand this feeling before you get there and see it with your own eye..It means a lot for an Estonian. And again I made it to bed around 1 in the night because of the concert, of course, this time.
Next and the last day I woke up at 8 am. And again after the breakfast we had a little tour in the town but in the other places. When we came back from there a very pleasant surprise waited me there: my very best friend Marija was there. I heard that she and her choir were also there. Now I had my best friend besides my cousin there too. We were together with Marija as much as we could the whole day.
At 2 pm we all gathered to the concert place and my choirs big moment started. Then after other choirs joined us and to the end of the concert I had sing so much and so loud that I had a sour throat. It was so fun and so good... Nothing will ever be as good as it was to sing there. The best choir leaders those days were Maarja Soone (my huge thanks), Eri Klas (*bows*) and Hirvo Surva ( |m| ).
When it ended, there was about 30 000 singers who wanted to get out (besides about 150 000 listeners) so we all just couldn't move. The thing was officially ended but people stayed there and sang more. I could sing about 2 songs more until I had a chance to move at all.
In this big moving, my cousin went missing. I almost started panicing (as she didn't know that we had to go back to the place we slept). I tried to call her but the phones didn't work as there were too many people wanting to call.. Soon she though came and could go.
The whole bus drive me, Marija and my cousin, we were together and had a lot of fun. I came home around 2 in middle of the night.
It was so ... I don't know. XD I can't describe it. I just can't. If you want to understand then you have to be there and see it yourself. Try to imagine 30 000 singers, 150 000 people listening you to sing, having the best choir/orchestra leaders there to assist you (from the best known names, Neeme Järvi), as strong feeling, honor and overflowing joy... And put it together into one moment.. Then you might have an idea... maybe...
I know I haven't wrote anything into my blog for a too long time. My apologies and for those who wait for vampire stories next part... it will take some more time. I want to make it a good one as it's coming to an end soon.
I wanted to make a report about my given concerts (with many other awesome singers from all around Estonia.. I just don't know how to name it... a Singing Party?) in Tallinn from 4th to 5th July. It's a national festival to where is actually very hard to get.
We actually gathered there on 3rd already. I had to wake up at 5.20 am already to make it on the bus which started to Tallinn at 6.20 am. It was planned for soundchecks for choirs and some more practices before the big audition. The first one started already at 11.30, then we got a break... and I think I had about 5 soundchecks that day. I got free somewhere around 11 pm but I think I made it to bed around 1 in night.
The next morning I woke up something around 7 am. After breakfast we had a short tour in Tallinn (like I wouldn't know this town well enough already as I have lived there). It was good to have a longer walk in there... I haven't done that for long.
Then at 2 pm we all gathered in the mid- town to a "official" walk to the concert place which they showed in two different TV programs and in many news and other TV shows afterwards. The walk was about 5 km long and I saw many people I knew there: my parents, two ex- teachers and my idol- teacher, our ex president and one politics guy... After that we got some food to get ready for the first concert. We all went on the stage, we sang there and the traditional fire was lightened. It was such a magical, touching moment that I even cried. It was such an honor to be there and sing... It's just undescribeable.. You wont understand this feeling before you get there and see it with your own eye..It means a lot for an Estonian. And again I made it to bed around 1 in the night because of the concert, of course, this time.
Next and the last day I woke up at 8 am. And again after the breakfast we had a little tour in the town but in the other places. When we came back from there a very pleasant surprise waited me there: my very best friend Marija was there. I heard that she and her choir were also there. Now I had my best friend besides my cousin there too. We were together with Marija as much as we could the whole day.
At 2 pm we all gathered to the concert place and my choirs big moment started. Then after other choirs joined us and to the end of the concert I had sing so much and so loud that I had a sour throat. It was so fun and so good... Nothing will ever be as good as it was to sing there. The best choir leaders those days were Maarja Soone (my huge thanks), Eri Klas (*bows*) and Hirvo Surva ( |m| ).
When it ended, there was about 30 000 singers who wanted to get out (besides about 150 000 listeners) so we all just couldn't move. The thing was officially ended but people stayed there and sang more. I could sing about 2 songs more until I had a chance to move at all.
In this big moving, my cousin went missing. I almost started panicing (as she didn't know that we had to go back to the place we slept). I tried to call her but the phones didn't work as there were too many people wanting to call.. Soon she though came and could go.
The whole bus drive me, Marija and my cousin, we were together and had a lot of fun. I came home around 2 in middle of the night.
It was so ... I don't know. XD I can't describe it. I just can't. If you want to understand then you have to be there and see it yourself. Try to imagine 30 000 singers, 150 000 people listening you to sing, having the best choir/orchestra leaders there to assist you (from the best known names, Neeme Järvi), as strong feeling, honor and overflowing joy... And put it together into one moment.. Then you might have an idea... maybe...
