Blogs from Cupertino, California, United States, North America

Monday, June 18th Starting mileage was 27701 and temps were at 59 degrees this morning with blue skies. Drove down highway 128 at a steep southeasterly angle away from the coast. Valerie and I decided that neither of us had ever traveled this pretty, curvy road before. I think we always traveled up the coast on either highway 1 or 101. We drove out of the redwoods after observing that many groves along this route were "named" with signs that stated that certain families had donated money to save them. We discovered that no longer is grape growing contained just within the NapaValley and surrounds but all through these valleys from the ocean to the town of Coverdale. And the grape growing continues on all the hills down highway 101 until it collides around Petaluma with ... read more

San José Choral Productions had a successful fundraiser in Song & Chance on Saturday. Many thanks to those of you who are reading this, and who managed to attend, or who donated, or both! We would love for each of you to come back next year, and bring a friend! Tonight marks our last rehearsal before we leave for Spain. Many of you are aware that we have been spending a great deal of our rehearsal time on the literature for the competition in Tolosa. Before we get there, though, we have a series of concerts as we wend our way through Spain. Tonight's rehearsal will focus on all of the rest of the music we are taking on tour, as well as hammering out some final administrative details. The excitement is definitely upon us, and ... read more