Jennifer & Kelsey left for London on Sunday, March 16th with the DCA choir & Drama class. They arrived in London Monday morning (UK time) and arrived back in Nashville Sunday, March 23rd (Easter) about 5:00 PM (US CDT). They had an incredible time while they were there.
They got to see 5 different plays while there (Wicked, Lord of the Rings, Much Ado about Nothing, Into the Hoods, & Les Miserables). They both said that the special effects/production of Lord of the Rings was incredible, but the acting was not good. Kelsey loved Wicked and her new favorite play is Les Mis.
They had numerous walking tours around different parts of London, took a bus ride to tour Stratford on Avon (saw Shakespeare's birthplace), toured the British Museum, went to Harrod's (didn't buy much there - Kelsey saw a purse she liked for about $1,200). They also saw the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace (tour guide got them a great view), visited Westminster Abbey and St. Paul's Cathedral, Big Ben, the Tower of London, Hyde Park, Trafalgar Square, and the Tower bridge (London Bridge - it wasn't falling down thankfully), and had many other great experiences (riding the Tube, the red phone booths, etc). They packed in about as much as they could while they were there.
They also toured Shakespeare's Globe Theater and the choir actually got to perform there. They were told that they were the first choral group to ever sing in the theater. The tour guide had asked about them singing and they asked for an audition tape They liked what they heard and invited them to sing. They were part of the tour (sang in the area where everyone waited for the tour to start). There were groups of students from France who recorded them singing, other student tours who didn't want to leave because they wanted to listen, and even a father who sent his family on and said he would catch the next tour so he could continue listening to them. Jennifer said that they sang for about 500 - 1,000 people and did a great job. I am sure that Mrs. Cook and DCA are really proud of them.
It was very hard communicating with them while they were gone. We purchased a pre-paid international calling card, but they couldn't get it to work from over there. We finally figured out that I could use the card and call them, but since they were gone from early morning til 11:00 PM every day, it was hard catching them. We had to schedule our calls down to the minutes. :-)
Here are some of the pictures they took:
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