Wow, what an exhausting but incredibly exhilarating weekend!

This was only my second time at Directors College, I thought it was going to be impossible to better my first weekend, how wrong I was!

The weekend started by meeting up with some of the friends I made last year, and catching up on the work they had been doing with their choruses since we last met. I soon realised that as an Assistant Director I get quite a bit of time in front of the chorus each week to practice what I have learned, for which I am grateful to our M.D, Sara.

Saturday was 'the icing on my barbershop cake', I got to work with Cherry Hartshorn and The Sounds of Three Spires. It certainly makes a difference working with a bigger men's chorus, what a sound they make. I was so nervous before I started to work with them but as with everyone at the college they were so supportive, even if my direction did go a little awry. Cherry's handy hints and tips were brilliant, I now have Sara whispering 'feet' and 'shoulders' to me, when she is coaching me.

I'm sure I speak on behalf of most, if not all of the weekend's delegates when I say Thank You to the college organisers for inviting Royce Ferguson. Royce is the most inspiring and gentle mannered man I have ever had the pleasure to meet. I absorbed so much of his examples subconsciously it's hard to put into words what he actually taught us. Just by experiencing the way it feels to sing, and preparing the breath to sing, I was so inspired I wanted to call the chorus together for an extra rehearsal on the Sunday night!

Thank-you once again for all of the hard work that goes on behind the scenes at this annual event, it truly is appreciated.

Lindsey