The Senior Choir and Men of Note were invited to sing at the Alberta School Board Trustee Conference held in Edmonton on November 16.  In addition, the boys were invited to sing at an Edmonton Metropolitan Choir concert, conducted by our good friend and colleague, David Garber.  It was such a treat for the boys to sing at McDougal United Church, with the fantastic acoustics.  The audience was extremely receptive to the boys and gave them a standing ovation!

The day turned out to be pretty special in one other way also.  Cornelius Martin, a student of Mrs. Pernal’s from many, many years ago, happened to be in the audience, and recognized her from his time at St. John’s Ravenscourt School. If there are any choral conductors out there who ever wonder if they make a difference on a young persons life, you just need to have an enthusiastic student from your past talk to you.  Cornelius had Mrs. Pernal in tears as he recalled numerous songs from his time in choir at the school.  And, he was only 11 at the time!  It was a tense moment as one of the boys from the GP Boys’ Choir quickly asked him if he was still singing as a grown up!  To Jeannie’s delight, he replied that he sang in a band with his church on a regular basis.

After a wonderful concert at McDougall United Church, the boys walked over to the Westin Hotel where they rested and prepared for their performance for the Alberta School Board Trustees.  Over 400 school board trustees were in attendance from around the province.  Trent Worthington came out and helped us out with the sound system and now we are determined to train one of our guys to learn all about sound systems.  Thanks to Trent for helping us out once again.

Of course, no trip would be complete without the bus trip, hockey game, sleeping in a hotel, and eating plenty of pizza!  Here are a few of the ‘extra’ pictures!