“Beside the lake, beneath the trees”, choral singers and conductors from all over the country gathered 
together to camp in the White Mountains and SING ALL DAY. And it was wonderful! Hosted by Lynn and 
George Kent and the Chorus of Westerly, RI. we all joined in the camp experience with daily chores, 
hearty and delicious meals, walks and swims, tennis  and BYOB gatherings but mostly it was about the 
singing.

An hour’s warm up with Paula Rockwell, mezzo soprano and voice clinician 
from Nova Scotia, included the whole body, not just the vocal bits. Dynamic, 
warm and funny, she soon coached us out of early morning huskiness and 
prepared us for the first of three daily sessions with England’s 
Sir David Willcocks A clear favorite here at Ogontz, returning for the thirteenth 
time, Sir David challenged and chivied us through a whole book of 20^th century 
anthems, Bach’s St John Passion, Elgar’s “The Music Makers”, Waltons’ “Belshazzar’s Feast” and 
Vaughan William’s Mass in G Minor.  We worked and we won!

A finale which included the great British patriotic hymn “Jerusalem” and “Auld Lang Syne” capped off 
an inspiring  choral week.

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