By Thamarie Pinnaduwage ‘29

Hello! Welcome to our first full day in New Orleans! I started off the morning with a walk around the city. There was absolutely so much to see! The architecture was absolutely incredible, a unique mix of old and new.

Next, we just had to stop for some classic New Orleans Beignets and coffee! I was surprised by the seemingly never ending amounts of powdered sugar on the top, but nothing can really top sweet, crispy fried dough.

After the morning adventures, it was time for some morning rehearsal in a hotel conference room. Here we mostly went over small mistakes in our pieces, fine tuning for our very last concert on tour.

As a post rehearsal treat, I stopped again at Cafe Beignet to introduce more chorus members to these delicious treats. We discovered super fun flavours like caramel pecan and chocolate strawberry.

Lunch time! We stopped at a little Indian restaurant for some much needed nutrition. I ordered the palak paneer and Natalie ordered a chickpea curry that came with a very unique bread! The bread was massive, bubble shaped and absolutely delicious!

Then, we headed over to our venue for the concert. This was by far one of the most unique churches we had been in, featuring a black box theatre and even a bar!

While waiting at the venue, I stopped for a little sweet treat with Jay at a cupcake shop across the street. We picked up a chocolate and vanilla marbles fairy cake. Then, I went on a little walk around the neighborhood with Iris. We saw some super unique houses too!

After some more rehearsal, it was finally time for our very last concert! Here’s a little Freshman class photo!

Lastly, we enjoyed a beautiful reception organized by the incredible Chorus alum, Rebecca

This was truly an incredibly busy, fulfilling, and exciting day!