It was a chilly morning in Scarborough as both the Concert and Madrigal choirs of Woburn began their warm up in room 100. The air in the hallway was obviously laden with a potent mix of fear and excitment as the warm up ended and the buses arrived: the choirs began their short journey to Bomanville High School and the Ontario Vocal Festival.

After a somewhat bumpy bus ride both choirs arrived safely in Bomanville (hooray!). First the choirs headed to the small gym to deposit their belongings in a well organized heap, and then they were off to enjoy the musical stylings of two other school choirs at the Festival.

Finally it was the Madrigal Choir's turn to warm up. The choir headed to the art room where risers and a red headed girl waited to assist them. After a quick run through of all their pieces (and the near fainting of a certain girl due to a wonderfully jazzy solo), the vocalists left the room and made their way to the stage. A fabulous performance by Madrigal lead to an eruption of applause that faded as the photographer stood on his ladder and asked the singers to say “Tee hee hee” on three. The following clinic was lead by an energetic choral conductor by the name of Bruce Cable, who was very excitable.

Shortly after the clinic, both choirs went back to the gym to each a brief lunch. The choirs were then sent back into the auditorium to watch more school choirs perform.

The members of Woburn's choirs began to fiddle in their seats as the minutes passed on. Finally it was time to go and warm up. Once again the choir was sent to the art room where they stood on the risers and ran through their pieces. The Concert Choir performance ran smoothly, and each piece rang out strong in the auditorium. After taking their pictures the choir was sent to the music room where their clinic was being held. Soon after a crazy short woman by the name of Nancy Kidd ran into the room and exclaimed her joy at being the clinician for this choir. Her exciting entrance was followed by an equally entertaining clinic, which ended the busy day on a high note (excuse the pun).