David Kellam

Well, we arrived in our TPLPC to find the largest basillica in Poland. Mighty impressive. (The place is called Lichen if you want to look it up before I post pictures). By impressive, I do not mean a testament to architectural superiority or iconographic relevance. I mean huge, tacky, over the top and extremely masculine. Except it was designed by an 80 year old woman, whom we suspect suffered an extreme case of post-menopausal phallophilia. This place has to be experienced to be believed.

We sang an afternoon concert in this place; Martin and I compensating for the enormous accoustic by shifting our dynamic range to a binary ‘loud’ or ’stupidly loud’. Whilst the cantoris soprani were subjected to a constant bellowing, I doubt our efforts made it a quarter of the way into the space. Kate’s top C’s, however, had no issues conpletely enveloping the space, even if it meant we had to communicate through lip-reading afterwards.

The choir had a heavy drinking session last night. Kat and Hindsy ended up significantly worse for wear. I didn’t touch a drop as I’m attempting to let my voice recover.

We are now on the bus back to Torun, whence we head to Olsztyn to sing another concert. Tomorrow is Gdansk, followed by our long-awaited return to Berlin.

Mood: excited
Complaints: Polish single-ply, recycled toilet paper (and only one roll thereof)
Positives: Claire’s web of wool, which saw everybody complimenting each other. Very nice to see, and such a change from previous tours.
Music: Nightwish - Over the Hills and Far Away (and Wishmaster Live)

Poland is so cheap.

Signing out,

DRK

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