We performed our first concert of the tour in the beautiful Palacio Figueroa Casino de Salamanca here in Salamanca. Clay Walton-Hadlock, our traveling accupuncturist, gave both our soloists, Melanie Nelson and Kristin Baxter, treatments for different maladies and as a result they sang beautifully.
We had a full audience, with many people standing on the floor and in the balcony, which surrounded us. There were even a few people from San Jose, California in the audience who greeted us enthusiastically. There were many well-wishers for our success at the competition.
I (Ruth Winter) got to play a beautiful Yamaha grand. The audience seemed to enjoy the whole concert, including the live surround-sound as we encircled them to sing Daniel Hughes´arrangement of Irish Blessing, a benediction just for our Salamanca audience.
After the concert, we had a delicious dinner at El Bardo, where we sang Ubi Caritas for the managers and the owner of the restaurant. We sure had a lot of really good red wine.
At 10 am tomorrow, we will travel to Burgos, the home of El Cid, the great warrior who brought education to is troup of stategies of war and pushed the back the Moors (look it up). We are having a lot of fun.
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