Day 6 - Operation: Toronto

This morning the boys of SJBC got a taste of what it might be like living in a big city. Boys woke up early in the morning to begin their travel to St. Michael's Choir school. They travelled via light rail, subway, bus and car, sometimes taking as much as 90 minutes to get to school. Things are a bit different living in the big city! All the boys made it safely to the downtown school by 8:30 am for warm-up.

The choral exchange between St. John's and St. Michael's begin at 9:30 am with the SMCS Junior Choir (grades 5-6) performing first, followed by their Senior Choir (grades 7-8). SJBC closed off the collaboration performing some of their favorites. The boys sang *very* well, even in such a challenging acoustic. Unfortunately, St. Michael's Cathedral has carpet all over, deadening the sound and making it not as live an acoustic as other cathedrals in which the boys are used to performing.

After singing, the SJBC boys played soccer with the Grade 7/8 boys from SMCS - a rematch of their game in Hradec Kralové last summer when St. Michael's handily defeated St. John's 7-4, albeit the Americans were outnumbered 60-35. This year they were only outnumbered 40-25, and so only lost 3-2. Nonetheless, the boys were thrilled for the opportunity to play some soccer and to interact with their Torontonian friends.

he afternoon saw the boys journey to the Ontario Science Centre where they observed various exhibits, got to play around with different gadgets, try some sports activities and see living lizards and snakes (many of which scared the bejeebus out of both Mr. Heywood and Mrs. Janku). The boys headed home with their host families shortly before 4:00 pm to engage in various activities - some were going swimming, some having BBQs, and some were even going to a Jays game!

Happy Birthday to Wynston Tacheny who turned 12 today. Wynston received not one, but two beautiful renditions of "Happy Birthday", one while in the choir school and the second while on the bus during our daily episode of KTL-Kleespie. We've had four birthday so far - lots of reason to celebrate!