pre-conchord practice

Lots of World Youths wandering about the streets of Toronto these days. You can tell they are World Youth by their fresh and shiny faces and eagerness to start fixing things that have gone wrong in the world.

Pope John Paul II arrives at the Toronto airport tomorrow afternoon, but then is apparently whisked off to Lake Simcoe (which we passed on the way back from the cottage). Despite his absence from Toronto, the archbishop is still going to perform a welcoming mass. Maybe the Pope's going to watch the ceremony on his telly from the lake, who knows.

Allison and Jodi came downtown last night for a UT practice. The next time the three of us meet will be next Thursday, at the hotel in Van Nuys just before Conchord! Here's our tentative concert playlist, though it will probably be tweaked more before the actual performance (hey, or maybe even during the concert):

California Dreamin'
Twinkle In His Eye
Waiting For Frodo
May It Be
Another Story
Homecoming
If Everyone Ate Some Chocolate
(with participants from our songwriting workshop!)
It Said What?
Amanda
Star Sisters
Friendship Song
The Lady
Hockey Monkey Song

We ran through other stuff as well, including finetuning some aspects of "Library Boy", which has been fun to work on. I think that my main challenge during that song will be to focus on my guitar playing and NOT to watch what the others are doing on stage. Especially Jodi.
>:-)

After Allison & Jodi left, Jeff and I went out to a nearby coffeeshop with Parki. A wandering gang of World Youths passed the shop as we sipped our Fruizzis and coffee, looking intent and eager. They did not come in.





The Monkees might be resurrected as a tv series, according to this Reuters story. Scary.

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Today's Blatherpics:

	Sara and Kaarel at Kaarel's birthday party on Sunday.
	The birthday cupcakes made and decorated by Sara and Annie.