Friday, July 11, 2008 by allie.

one or two. or maybe three.

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Friday, July 4, 2008 by allie.

some things were said that were quite humorous, if only to me.  for your reading pleasure:

the setup:  marcela asked debi to take her photo in front of a church…

debi:  you’re really far away, how do you zoom?
marcela:  come CLOSER

the setup: i got a migraine mid-performance during our first concert. at dinner, post concert…

suzy: is your head feeling better?
me: what?
suzy:  ¿ su cabeza es muy bien-er?

i’m sure that they’re much funnier in context. i just don’t want to forget them.

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Friday, July 4, 2008 by lauren.

I took this one. Any better? (Toni)

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Thursday, July 3, 2008 by jozjozjoz.

See? I learned some Spanish on this trip.

Ok, I lied. I didn’t really pick up any Spanish on this trip. I cheated and consulted babelfish for a translation of Home Sweet Home.

The point is: WE’RE HOME!

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Wednesday, July 2, 2008 by toni.

I can´t believe it´s almost over—the love, the music, searching for water or bathrooms constantly, etc. I will miss the ladies of the OCHO panties bus (yep, I read OCH pantli, the bus company´s name, wrong when I got here. Big surprise).

To follow up on jozjozjoz´s post about Santa Julia, it was one of the most important things that Vox has ever done. We found out afterward that we are the first adult group to be allowed to visit the girls. Their strength, courage and ability to dream under often unimaginable circumstances was inspiring. Two days later and I am still thinking of them, and of several of them I talked to individually. I think a bunch of folks got a new perspective that day ;). Sharing the stage with the girls was an honor.

And wow, the leaping up standing ovation and demand for an encore weren´t bad either!

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Wednesday, July 2, 2008 by jozjozjoz.

Having a great time, but some of us are a little Kranky.

Others of us are doubly Kranky.

Our farewell dinner is tonight, which means that our magical trip is almost over.

(Note: Click on pictures to see their expressions even better!)

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Tuesday, July 1, 2008 by jozjozjoz.

Yes, Helen is here with us in spirit!

We left San Miguel de Allende this afternoon after having some free time in the morning to wander (or sleep in, if you chose).

The bus ride from San Miguel to Guadalajara was long but relatively uneventful. It took over 5 hours to get here! As busride entertainment, we watched “August Rush.” It rained (and the bus was a little leaky, so we had a little “weather” inside), but we all got here safely and got checked into the hotel pretty quickly.

It’s about 8pm now and the hotel is holding a nice evening reception for us. Margaritas all around!

PS - Hi Lesili!  Hope you’re well!  We know you’re reading, even though you’re not commenting!

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Monday, June 30, 2008 by jozjozjoz.

Seeing as I still haven’t completed my post from the other day about Vox’s first concert in Mexico, I probably shouldn’t start writing about the last concert too much… I should leave it to someone else to write about.

But I’ll say just a few things.

Today was an amazing day.

After a day of sightseeing in San Miguel de Allende, Vox visited the Casa Hogar Don Bosco, a home for young & teenage girls who were in need of a home, but have now found one there. The girls immediately welcomed the ladies of Vox with open arms and shared some songs together. We didn’t have a lot of time together, but bonds were formed instantly… what an amazing experience for us to meet such lovely young ladies!

Shortly thereafter, Vox rushed from the home and back into the heart of San Miguel to take the stage at Teatro Angela Peralta, an opera house opened by the Mexican opera diva herself. The girls of Casa Hogar were sitting in the front rows! After intermission, the girls and Vox shared the stage as the girls performed a small set with Vox as the ultimate backup singers!

Then Vox wrapped up the concert with an amazing standing ovation with the entire audience calling for an encore!

Ok, for someone who wasn’t going to blog about the concert, I just did, but there is so much to say about this performance, I hope someone else will fill in all that I left out. And there were lots and lots of pictures taken today… will any of the Voxxies and friends please share?!?!?

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Sunday, June 29, 2008 by toni.

yeah, we sang today, and also we were rained on. not at the same time though.

awesome concert in tepotzolán. the church was painted all in real gold and it was so rococo it was rocococococo cuckoo. if you don’t believe me check out the picture from the previous post. anyway, the concert went really really well and i can’t explain how transformational singing for these audiences is. i love how in both of our concerts, people came in families. children of all ages in the audience. often in the states i don’t feel like children are welcome at ‘classical’ concerts. well these kids are remarkably well-behaved. also, i’m sure allie won’t blog this but she sang her lullaby solo and two abuelas got all teary-eyed. she was great!

on to the rain. we drove for a few hours to get to san miguel de allende. the drive was beautiful, alternating between plains and mountains. lots of green and lots of rain. we are in san miguel now in a hotel with enough room to run around. so, several of us did just that! pouring rain on us as we did cartwheels, explored the property, bothered our vox neighbors, and in general had a great time. i love playing in the rain and thank you to jeni, carly, evi and allie for playing along!

tomorrow is a busy busy day so i’m off to get stuff ready for our last concert tomorrow!

p.s. joz is being bossy and threatened to edit my post if i didn’t say that on the bus we had a special screening of Frida. it was so cool to see the palácio nacionál, teotihuacán (they even climbed the same pyramid we did!) and other places in mexico city.

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Sunday, June 29, 2008 by allie.

joz took some pics during our performance today at tepotzotlan. fabulous concert. posting a picture before we go to dinner…

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