http://www.wvyc.org.au/ Mon, 20 May 2013 01:03:26 +1000 http://www.wvyc.org.au/ Recent News en-uk SAXON: Simple Accessible XHTML Online News From a lounge room in Pearce in 1969 to international tours, a television special, and performances before the Queen, it has been an amazing journey for... http://www.wvyc.org.au/news/?newsid=8 WVYC Artistic Director, Alpha Gregory, has been invited to be Guest Conductor for the National Male Voice Choir Festival to be held in Sydney Town Hall... http://www.wvyc.org.au/news/?newsid=7 WVYC begins preparations for a tour to South Korea in April 2010. Following a visit by the World Vision Korea Children's Choir in August 2009,... http://www.wvyc.org.au/news/?newsid=9 Annyeonghaseyo! Canberra’s Woden Valley Youth Choir singers are practising their Korean “Hello!” for their tour to South Korea in three weeks’ time. Twenty-nine singers and... http://www.wvyc.org.au/news/?newsid=10 Twenty-nine choristers and five staff are safely arrived in Seoul to the warmest of welcomes! It was raining outside, but Hyun Chul (WVKCC composer-in-residence) and... http://www.wvyc.org.au/news/?newsid=11 “That was awesome!” said Michaela as she got on to the bus and she was right. Oh what a day! Michaela was referring to the service... http://www.wvyc.org.au/news/?newsid=12 Today’s report is a joint effort by Brett, Louise and Alpha. It was Sarah’s birthday today and the choristers planned to meet at her door at 7:00am... http://www.wvyc.org.au/news/?newsid=13 We have so many things to tell and such a short time in which to tell them! It is 5:20am and we are leaving the hotel for... http://www.wvyc.org.au/news/?newsid=14 I’m writing on the bus today. We’ve just been on the ferry from Nami Island where the singers had a lovely, relaxed afternoon after a... http://www.wvyc.org.au/news/?newsid=15 Our tour has been well named: Connections. We’ve seen the evidence with our own eyes today. Kotaro and Hazuki hosted a World Vision chorister when... http://www.wvyc.org.au/news/?newsid=16 Day Seven Sunday was a big day for everyone but we seem to have come through it with flying colours. Some of the host families had... http://www.wvyc.org.au/news/?newsid=17 On Monday morning we said goodbye to our Ansan host families. The president of the children’s choir, presented me with a pen and some biscuits... http://www.wvyc.org.au/news/?newsid=18 The weather has been very cooperative in this country. We were told to expect rain and as a result we began making plans for alternative... http://www.wvyc.org.au/news/?newsid=19 I’m conscious that I’m a day behind with the reports…my apologies. Today, Wednesday, we split into two groups. Brett, Louise and Kylie took their... http://www.wvyc.org.au/news/?newsid=20 Lovely, LOVELY day! Today was planned as refreshment for the soul and I’m happy to report that it worked beautifully. Tired, grumpy people met for a... http://www.wvyc.org.au/news/?newsid=21 I’m terribly sorry, everyone, but you will have to wait for the Day Twelve report. We’ve had an emotional evening and I’m worn out. ... http://www.wvyc.org.au/news/?newsid=22 Day Twelve At the time of writing this, the three of us are having difficulty seeing the screen through puffy tear-filled eyes. It has been a... http://www.wvyc.org.au/news/?newsid=23 Before we tell you about Day Thirteen, we need to finish Day 12. Time ran out and we hadn’t told you about the end of the... http://www.wvyc.org.au/news/?newsid=24 This report was written by Louise, Brett and myself on the bus from the Sydney International Airport to Canberra. Brett came to help me with... http://www.wvyc.org.au/news/?newsid=25 Welcome to WVYC 2011! It was a real buzz for the choristers to be involved in the Australia Day Ceremony as well as the Australian... http://www.wvyc.org.au/news/?newsid=26 The weather has suddenly become colder in Canberra and everyone is rugging up with fleeces, hats and scarves…good to see! Thank you to all choristers... http://www.wvyc.org.au/news/?newsid=27 It's Christmas time...well, very nearly! It's the time of year when all choristers are working on Christmas repertoire of some sort or other. The... http://www.wvyc.org.au/news/?newsid=28 WVYC was honoured to be involved in the Citizenship Ceremony on Australia Day 2012. Thank you to all those who have written in with compliments... http://www.wvyc.org.au/news/?newsid=29 It gives me great delight to tell you that the WVYC tour to Broken Hill was successful in many, many ways. The city embraced our... http://www.wvyc.org.au/news/?newsid=30 Review: CSO rises to ‘Centenary’ premiere music Symphony No. 3 – “Century” World premiere, Canberra’s Centenary celebrations, March 11. Reviewed by Clinton White It’s a difficult task to review a world... http://www.wvyc.org.au/news/?newsid=31 The air is crisp, the beautiful autumnal leaves still hang on the trees and we prepare for the winter months. Autumn is the time of... http://www.wvyc.org.au/news/?newsid=32