Update from Romania, Oct. 3

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By Dennis Nutter

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Friday, Oct 3 - (Pitesti) - Fortunately breakfast wasn’t schedule until 8 am. The hotel wasn’t ready for us until about 8:30. We were given free time in the morning to explore the city or catch up on our sleep. 

Lunch was scheduled for 1 pm but took until almost 3 pm to get this mob through one single slow-moving line. We had originally planned to walk to the local Adventist church for a Communion service at 2 or 2:30, but had to reschedule for Sabbath morning in the hotel, as we had to leave by 4:15 for the concert hall for a 6 pm concert.

We had lots of space on the stage for the orchestra that was nice and five riser steps for the chorus, which really helped, though filled to capacity. 

A handful of young Romanians were able to join us for the very first time for this concert. This was perhaps the biggest concert hall we have sung in, to be surpassed by only the one in Bucharest tonight. The acoustics were such that we all felt that we could hardly hear any of the other sections, so extremely important to keep our eyes on the conductor, as it should be anyway.

We walked back to the hotel for another terrific meal. Late night suppers following the concerts have pretty much been the rule while on tour. Fortunately, we had more time to sleep this evening, which helped us recover from the night before.