IRELAND & ENGLAND - HERE WE COME :-)

Final preparations are done and the trip starts on Saturday with a bus ride to Charlotte airport for the TRIP of a LIFETIME! For your benefit, at the bottom of this page you'll find two clocks; one for US EST and one for GB so you'll know what time it is for us!

We're singing portions of the oratorio MESSIAH in Dublin, Oxford and London under the capable baton of Dr. Timothy Sharp - ACDA Executive Director!

We hope to post photos and information from the trip so you can follow our journeys to expore the land where "Boar's Head and Yule Log Festivals" all began in the Medieval times! There is NOTHING like actually walking on the grounds of cathedrals and castles that have been around since King Arthur ;-) Imagine singing in a church that was a part of a Viking settlement and established by a Viking in medieval times!

Wes Haile! Come virtually join us on our trip! This trip is one of the high points of the 15 year tradition of excellence in vocal music at PikeView High School. Just a few weeks ago we celebrated the 15th Boar's Head and Yule Log Festival and had *many* of our alumni back to sing with us. WOW! The excitement continues :-)

The PikeView CHORALE has performed and competed across the east coast and in Canada up until now. Every competition earned superior group ratings! The CHORALE has appeared in Atlanta GA, Orlando FL (twice) Toronto Ontario Canada and TWO INCREDABLE performances at Carnegie Hall, New York, where they performed Mozart's REQUIEM and many works of Morton Lauridsen, including his LUX ETERNAE and O MAGNUM MYSTERIUM with the composer present!

This is certainly a "trip of a lifetime" for the group and their director, who is serving as organist for all of the MESSIAH concerts.

A special thanks to all of you reading this who helped by generous donations and work at fund raising! We owe it ALL to you!

Chorale/Messiah Tour