Monday

Monday was basically a practice day for me, so not a whole lot to report.  One fun thing is that we are singing a set of spirituals on the next concert that are arranged as a trio and a singer from here is going to be joining Gail and Lynn for those.  It's going to sound so great!

The people at the Zimbabwe Academy of Music where we are performing have been so supportive and wonderful.  The power here is very unreliable so one minute it's on, the next it's not.  They deal with this with a huge dose of charm and good humor!

There is also a massive drought in Zimbabwe right now, so the water is on a drastic ration--there is only running water in homes about two days a week for a short time.  Our hosts have a large tanks which they fill on these days to keep the running water mostly constant, but since they have so many guests at the moment (I think there are 8 of us) we have to be very careful.  I've gotten really good at taking a bath in an inch of water. :-)

They are, however, feeding us like royalty around here.  Our hosts are in the business of importing fresh produce from South Africa, so they have an overabundance of the most amazing food you've ever seen--avocados bigger than you've ever seen, AMAZING dates, tomatoes to die for..... wow, that's just the beginning.  Anyway, hopefully I will still fit in my clothes when I get home.