On the Easter weekend we performed at the National Folk Festival in Canberra for our third consecutive year. As usual, we were street performers, singing for the crowds and the long queues, but this time we also did something a little different. This year we entered the festival competition! That meant we got to perform on stage indoors in front of hundreds of people! The theme was 'Motown' , we sang 'Tracks of My Tears', we dressed up and moved Motown-style... and guess what!......we made the finals! This was a huge thing for us as we were competing against professional musicians like Mal Webb, Kristina Olsen and Sally Dastey! We totally didn't expect to make the finals. In fact, some choir members (including our director, Kate) left the festival and returned home to the Mountains before we found out who the finalists actually were! Fortunately for the rest of us, Kate returned to Canberra by plane to take part in the finals! Obviously, she was excited and thought it an experience that simply could not be missed.
We didn't win, but we had a wonderful time anyway. We achieved far more than we had expected to. Big thanks to Kate for flying back down, to Sigh for teaching us the choreography and to Trish for making all the neckties, headbands and chokers! Well done Crowd Around!
