This weekend sees MWC performing in two venues on opposite sides of the world:  Carnegie Hall in New York, and North Head, on the shores of Sydney Harbour.

At North Head on Friday, twenty one members of the Choir led the singing at the Warringah Australia Remembers Ceremony, accompanied by the Manly District Band.  Wreaths and books were brought to commemorate the 21 sailors who died in 1942 when three Japanese submarines entered the Harbour.  The Chief of Defence Staff gave a moving account of the events surrounding the incursion, and a local high school student returned as one of the sailors who lost his life.  Both spoke of the need to remember past events whilst maintaining safety and security for present generation Australians.

Meanwhile in New York
Twenty other members of the Choir are preparing to sing Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem with members of seventeen other choirs in the wonderful acoustic of Carnegie Hall.  The other choirs are mainly from the USA, with one from Canada, one from England, one from Germany and one from Christchurch, New Zealand.  They rehearse on Friday and Saturday, and the performance will be at 8.30pm local time on Sunday.  For anyone wanting to sing along at the same time, that equates to 11.30am Monday here in Sydney.  We send our very best wishes to our members for a wonderful time, both in rehearsal and at the performance.