Bonjour Quebec!!! (Day 04 15-08-08)

Busy days begin. Woke up at 5.30am as we had to fall in at 7.15. Breakfast is always the same stuff. NO BACON.

We went to Georges V to prepare for the welcoming ceremony, the formal opening and welcoming for the military bands season. The weather was really cold in the morning, even the top of some buildings had some fog. All the bands were to queue up along a small road leading up to a small field and they would march up to the field to do a mini showcase of their marching-in song before taking up their positions while waiting for the rest of the bands. Our band was the last band at the back to march up and there were pipe bands too!!!! Gosh so damn cool lar can.

The bands had a mass-band performance playing some canada songs and there were some speeches before each band showcased its country's national anthem.
This really changed my perception of the pipers as I always thought they were a really noisy bunch of irritating people. No offense, Tarun!

I realised that band and pipes go quite well! And gosh the sound was so damn powerful la can so many bands... Oh btw O Canada, the national anthem is really nice. Other countries present include Korea, Russia, Poland, Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium, UK, USA, Chile and us.

Went to watch Norway and Belgium bands perform at the Grand Theatre (GT). I guess most (if not all) of us fell asleep at some point or another as we were really burned out. Norway was not bad... Havent heard their songs before but they were quite tight. They also featured a violinist who played solo with the band... PRO. Slept throught quite alot of it though darn.

Slept through the interval...

Belgium was up next. The songs were nicer and they featured a really entertaining soprano singer who incorporated humour into the show. Really impressed. Tried so hard to stay awake but failed at some point in time.

The concert ended at 11pm la WHAT KINDA INSANE CONCERT ENDS SO LATE?!?!?!?! well thats the heavy stuff u dont find in s'pore... Bought a CD recorded by the Belgium band that was onsale outside the hall.

Back to hotel. DEAD.

Bonjour Quebec!!!
~Pianist is wEird~