Sue's photos from Sister Singers Festival, San Diego 2006

Finally, Saturday, June 17 arrived and it was our turn to sing.

After a tech rehearsal we all wanted to forget, we bounded onto stage with the certainty that we would sing our hearts out to a very appreciative audience. And we did!

Karin is behind the piano to the left out of this picture, but otherwise - you can see most of us here under Karen's vigorous direction!

Braid the Raven Hair brought the house down. Jessica, from the Columbus chorus, was our kimono-clad long-hair, and subjected herself dutifully to the beauticians, Sue and Rose, while Holly sang on.

No one doubted that Kathleen was indeed the most Popular.

The audience applauded and cheered us. Lots of people told us later that we were funny and entertaining. You can hear a clip of our concert below.

Someone's tee-shirt summed up what we all felt.

And speaking of clothes, some choruses were very well coutured. Each member of the Central Pennsylvania Women's Chorus made her own stole. For their set, they walked on with drums, drumming in the spirit of sister song.

Grand Rapids was not only breathtakingly fantastic to look at, but they sounded great and had an unforgettable set featuring no less than 3 commissioned pieces. Read a report about their concert below.

Once our set was done, we still had a Mass Chorus performance to rehearse for. We performed on Sunday morning. A highlight was singing the world premiere of "Ode to Women" under the direction of the composer Josefina Benedetti.

Read Karin's story below about how she was beseeched to step in at the last minute to accompany "Song of the Dying Amazon." For compensation she asked for chocolate and got it!

Here are some of us enjoying one of many concerts. They were all great to hear. We made lots of friends to boot, and came away with some wonderful memories to tide us over until the next festival.