Our friend, Lucy in London, also went to the Arundel concert. She wrote a great review which you can read here. She also has a few pictures! :D
She sat next to Michael Menezes' parents and found out that Michael is Jakob de Menezes-Wood's cousin. She talked to Alfie Smart and found out that Bertie is his brother. Kinda thought so on both, but it's great to find out for sure! She has a lot of other cute stories in there. I hope you'll read it.
Thank you for sharing, Lucy! Glad you had such a great time at the concert and in Arundel! :D
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Saturday, May 5, 2012
Arundel Concert
Well, I just woke up here in Chicago. But over in the UK it is 3pm on Arundel concert day! And fans are already lined up! Patrick, Yorkie, Pax Tecum, Martin, Dani and Murkskis are in line. But the first person there is a woman from Korea who got there at 7 am! Now that's a fan! :D
With about 5 hours to go til the concert, Patrick has seen Jonathan and Tiarnan working with the crew. Daniel will be watching in the audience.
At 4:30 p.m. Arundel time, the Libera boys just arrived at the cathedral to rehearse!
There are 26 boys. Anthony Blake, Bertie Smart and Sam Wiggin were not on the Asia Tour, and Ciaran was on Asia Tour but not here today.
Patrick said that sitting on the right side of the front row there were 7 little, mini-boys from the choir! You can see 4 of them in this picture with their dark blue, hooded coats on. :D
Patrick said it was an "incredibly good concert. Everyone did a perfect performance." Matthew Jansen's voice was clear and sweet.
Stefan did not have an individual solo but did duets with Ralph as in Japan. Ciaran's solo on "Dies Irae" was done by Matthew R-A. I would have liked to have heard that! :)
Ben Philipp was there helping Ben Crawley as Concert Producer! How cool is that?! Alfie Smart was also in the audience! I think Bertie is his brother! :D
Congratulations, Libera, on another great concert!
Patrick's picture outside Arundel Cathedral.
Patrick's picture inside Arundel. Looks so pretty!
Patrick's picture of back of cathedral with organ & stained glass window.
With about 5 hours to go til the concert, Patrick has seen Jonathan and Tiarnan working with the crew. Daniel will be watching in the audience.
At 4:30 p.m. Arundel time, the Libera boys just arrived at the cathedral to rehearse!
Patrick's picture of boys arriving.
Yorkie's picture of his pre-signed program!
Signed ones cost £8, unsigned are £2.
Patrick's picture of chorister list in program.
There are 26 boys. Anthony Blake, Bertie Smart and Sam Wiggin were not on the Asia Tour, and Ciaran was on Asia Tour but not here today.
Patrick's picture of song list in program.
It is the same song list as Singapore and Japan 2012 concerts.
Patrick's picture of line around cathedral at 7 p.m. Arundel time.
Martin's picture of line around cathedral at 7 p.m. Arundel time.
Program lists that you can now make £10 donation to Libera
by texting "LBRA01 £10" to 70070.
View of stage from Patrick's seat.
Patrick said that sitting on the right side of the front row there were 7 little, mini-boys from the choir! You can see 4 of them in this picture with their dark blue, hooded coats on. :D
Patrick said it was an "incredibly good concert. Everyone did a perfect performance." Matthew Jansen's voice was clear and sweet.
Stefan did not have an individual solo but did duets with Ralph as in Japan. Ciaran's solo on "Dies Irae" was done by Matthew R-A. I would have liked to have heard that! :)
Ben Philipp was there helping Ben Crawley as Concert Producer! How cool is that?! Alfie Smart was also in the audience! I think Bertie is his brother! :D
Congratulations, Libera, on another great concert!
Friday, May 4, 2012
Libera EMI Japan Interviews
Libera did an interview with EMI Japan after their 2 concerts in Tokyo. Not sure why it's divided up into 6 parts, but it's still fun. These have Cassius, Ralph, Kavana, Barney and Jude - some of Libera's best talkers! :D
Part 1
Cassius: Hello. I'm Cassius.
Ralph: Hello. I'm Ralph.
Kavana: Hi. I'm Kavana.
Barney: Hi. I'm Barney.
Jude: Hi. I'm Jude.
All: And we are Libera.
Ralph: I love Japan. I always find real tall buildings and a real bustling city, and I find that really exciting.
Kavana: I think we love Japan for all the support we get and all the support from the fans. And also this time of year we get the Sakura trees which are pretty with their cherry blossoms.
Cassius: It's like you feel at home here like when you go to...like when you feel that you're away from something, but when you're in Japan you know that you're near something.
Kavana: And you're always welcome.
Ralph: And you're appreciated.
Barney: When we first arrived, we got quick a welcoming when we came into the hotel. Everyone was really nice and like really helpful when we needed help.
Jude: I think Japan is an amazing city, because this is my first time, and I'm already enjoying the scene after three days. Really amazing.
Barney: I think it (the concerts) went quite well. I think we did better than yesterday, cause everyone seemed to be in pitch. And, yeah, I think we got quite a good response.
Cassius: And the audience was very supportive.
Kavana: And as our last concert before we went home, we wanted to make sure it was a really good one, so we were happy.
Jude: I think it was quite...it was kind of the best concert we've done so far. And I thought it added a bit more dramatic effect because this was our last concert.
Ralph: Yeah, I thought it went really well. Everyone was really, really concentrating. We all put a really extra effort, and so I think we did a 110%.
Part 2
Kavana: Yeah, I mean we love sightseeing. Whereever we go, we love always having free time. And you may think, oh, it's really busy, we must be doing loads of work. But we do get to enjoy it, too, which is really good.
Ralph: I'd love to go to Tokyo Tower. It'd be awesome.
Kavana: We did do a little sightseeing.
Barney: Yeah, we went round on an open-top tour bus which was really fun. And we got our guide, which was good.
Ralph: And we saw the Imperial Park.
Cassius: And that was, that was pretty cool.
Kavana: Pretty.
Cassius: And also when you're like walking like to look around, all the blossoms fall down, and it makes it very beautiful.
Barney: And dramatic.
Jude: The tour bus was really fun. They started going a bit fast, and my hair was blowing back. It looked very weird in the mirror.
Cassius: I like Naruto especially. Maybe I'm, maybe I'm a bit too much of a ?
Ralph: He loves it.
Kavana: We all love the fans, I'm sure.
Ralph: We love them. They're so happy and enthusiastic all the time. They make us kind of really make us happy about it.
Kavana: The food.
Ralph: The food.
Barney: Delicious definitely.
Interviewer: What kind of food do you like?
All: Sushi.
Ralph: Sashimi.
Kavana & Jude: Noodles.
Ralph: Rice.
Kavana: Soba noodles.
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
The third - sixth parts I'll translate later. :)
Part 1
Cassius: Hello. I'm Cassius.
Ralph: Hello. I'm Ralph.
Kavana: Hi. I'm Kavana.
Barney: Hi. I'm Barney.
Jude: Hi. I'm Jude.
All: And we are Libera.
Ralph: I love Japan. I always find real tall buildings and a real bustling city, and I find that really exciting.
Kavana: I think we love Japan for all the support we get and all the support from the fans. And also this time of year we get the Sakura trees which are pretty with their cherry blossoms.
Cassius: It's like you feel at home here like when you go to...like when you feel that you're away from something, but when you're in Japan you know that you're near something.
Kavana: And you're always welcome.
Ralph: And you're appreciated.
Barney: When we first arrived, we got quick a welcoming when we came into the hotel. Everyone was really nice and like really helpful when we needed help.
Jude: I think Japan is an amazing city, because this is my first time, and I'm already enjoying the scene after three days. Really amazing.
Barney: I think it (the concerts) went quite well. I think we did better than yesterday, cause everyone seemed to be in pitch. And, yeah, I think we got quite a good response.
Cassius: And the audience was very supportive.
Kavana: And as our last concert before we went home, we wanted to make sure it was a really good one, so we were happy.
Jude: I think it was quite...it was kind of the best concert we've done so far. And I thought it added a bit more dramatic effect because this was our last concert.
Ralph: Yeah, I thought it went really well. Everyone was really, really concentrating. We all put a really extra effort, and so I think we did a 110%.
Part 2
Kavana: Yeah, I mean we love sightseeing. Whereever we go, we love always having free time. And you may think, oh, it's really busy, we must be doing loads of work. But we do get to enjoy it, too, which is really good.
Ralph: I'd love to go to Tokyo Tower. It'd be awesome.
Kavana: We did do a little sightseeing.
Barney: Yeah, we went round on an open-top tour bus which was really fun. And we got our guide, which was good.
Ralph: And we saw the Imperial Park.
Cassius: And that was, that was pretty cool.
Kavana: Pretty.
Cassius: And also when you're like walking like to look around, all the blossoms fall down, and it makes it very beautiful.
Barney: And dramatic.
Jude: The tour bus was really fun. They started going a bit fast, and my hair was blowing back. It looked very weird in the mirror.
Cassius: I like Naruto especially. Maybe I'm, maybe I'm a bit too much of a ?
Ralph: He loves it.
Kavana: We all love the fans, I'm sure.
Ralph: We love them. They're so happy and enthusiastic all the time. They make us kind of really make us happy about it.
Kavana: The food.
Ralph: The food.
Barney: Delicious definitely.
Interviewer: What kind of food do you like?
All: Sushi.
Ralph: Sashimi.
Kavana & Jude: Noodles.
Ralph: Rice.
Kavana: Soba noodles.
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
The third - sixth parts I'll translate later. :)
Monday, April 30, 2012
Libera Blogs & Pictures from Japan
Libera's next blog is called "Touchdown in Japan - 11th April." You can read it here. Sorry that their flight wasn't comfortable. Sounds like they tried to sleep overnight on the plane. My mom said the flight from Singapore to Tokyo is about 8 hours long! They were happy to arrive and probably happy to get weather more like what they were used to back home.
After a double breakfast (one on the plane, one at the hotel) with some of them eating fried chicken :D, they went off to sightsee. They also went to the new Sherlock Holmes movie!
The next day they had their first rehearsal. Then off to an amusement park inside an aquarium! Sounds awesome! The author reveals he came here when Libera was in Tokyo before. Only 8 of the boys traveled to Japan in April 2010. So the author must be Henry, Luke, Kavana, Stefan, Cassius, Matthew R-A, Carlos or Ralph. :D
Then they got an open-top bus tour of Tokyo! Apparently the entire tour was in Japanese, so Mr. Prizeman told them what they were seeing. lol.
The next blog called "Joyful Japan" (great name!) can be read here. This author has quite the way with words! Love his "La di da dim sum" and "Le Libera blog!" :D Also love the Narnia references (that's another set of my all-time favorite books/movies)! And we hear more about their messy hotel rooms. lol.
More bowling, shopping, lunch and another open-top bus tour. Tokyo must be too big to see in one tour! We get a hint that Ralph is not the author of this blog installment, because the author jokes about having to wake him up at the end of the tour.
Of course, Eoghan could have been sleeping behind his cool sunglasses and no one would have ever known. ;)
Apparently Mr. Prizeman wasn't there to explain to them what they were seeing, so unless this is a literary reference I don't know about, I'm guessing the boys began using what little Japanese they know to make it up. That's how you get boys imagining a palace is made of sheep's wool mixed with wax and bat droppings. lol.
It's so exciting that BOTH Tokyo concerts were SOLD OUT!!! The first concert went really well, and Barney got to entertain the audience with his Japanese!
Now for the awesome pictures! You can see all of Libera's Spring Tour 2012 pictures here. First the beautiful concert shots.
And next the Tokyo sightseeing pictures!
Congratulations, Libera, on a great Spring tour! Next up is Arundel on Saturday! :D
Love this group pic with Sakura trees!
After a double breakfast (one on the plane, one at the hotel) with some of them eating fried chicken :D, they went off to sightsee. They also went to the new Sherlock Holmes movie!
Carousel ride at Aqua Stadium amusement park.
The next day they had their first rehearsal. Then off to an amusement park inside an aquarium! Sounds awesome! The author reveals he came here when Libera was in Tokyo before. Only 8 of the boys traveled to Japan in April 2010. So the author must be Henry, Luke, Kavana, Stefan, Cassius, Matthew R-A, Carlos or Ralph. :D
Then they got an open-top bus tour of Tokyo! Apparently the entire tour was in Japanese, so Mr. Prizeman told them what they were seeing. lol.
The next blog called "Joyful Japan" (great name!) can be read here. This author has quite the way with words! Love his "La di da dim sum" and "Le Libera blog!" :D Also love the Narnia references (that's another set of my all-time favorite books/movies)! And we hear more about their messy hotel rooms. lol.
Jude's excellent bowling form!
More bowling, shopping, lunch and another open-top bus tour. Tokyo must be too big to see in one tour! We get a hint that Ralph is not the author of this blog installment, because the author jokes about having to wake him up at the end of the tour.
Eoghan stylin' on the bus tour!
Of course, Eoghan could have been sleeping behind his cool sunglasses and no one would have ever known. ;)
Apparently Mr. Prizeman wasn't there to explain to them what they were seeing, so unless this is a literary reference I don't know about, I'm guessing the boys began using what little Japanese they know to make it up. That's how you get boys imagining a palace is made of sheep's wool mixed with wax and bat droppings. lol.
Tokyo stage
It's so exciting that BOTH Tokyo concerts were SOLD OUT!!! The first concert went really well, and Barney got to entertain the audience with his Japanese!
Now for the awesome pictures! You can see all of Libera's Spring Tour 2012 pictures here. First the beautiful concert shots.
Love this with the green light!
Nano Ben!
This is Matthew Jansen's solo on "I Vow To Thee My Country!"
Cassius with Dylan & Barney on "Stay With Me!"
Stefan - maybe "Greatful Heart?"
Waving at the end of the concert!
Tokyo Meet & Greet!
Looks like a casual moment during rehearsal. You can see
Steven Geraghty & Robert Prizeman in front; Simon Lewis,
someone (Luke Avery or Ben Rentoul) & Jonathan Barrington!
Ciaran with Matthew R-A on "Dies Irae!"
And next the Tokyo sightseeing pictures!
Beautiful park with Sakura trees & HUGE koi! :D
Group pose with a real Sumo wrestler! :D
Isaac & Dylan at the Tokyo train station.
Glass floor. Is that Tokyo Tower? And fearless
newbies Lucas Wood and Michael Menezes! :D
Congratulations, Libera, on a great Spring tour! Next up is Arundel on Saturday! :D
Libera Blogs & Pictures from Singapore
I'm so behind on postings! I am swamped with school stuff for my senior year, took the ACT test, had my last piano recital on Friday and was a bridesmaid in my cousin's wedding on Saturday. You know all the stuff that goes on with weddings and family... Now, before my final exams, senior trip and graduation hit, let's go back and relive the fun of Singapore.
The first blog written by one of the boys is called "Shiny Singapore." You can read it here.
This sounds like it was an exciting day! Breakfast sounds interesting although I have no idea what any of those exotic foods were. I probably would have been like the boys, sticking to the stuff I know.
The toy museum sounds AWESOME! Definitely on my to-do list if I ever get to go! I also want to see the Darth Maul statue! (I love Star Wars.) :)
Glad they enjoyed their time at the concerts and were excited to keep going!
The next blog is called "Going To Japan." You can read it here. These blogs are really well written. Did I mention that? :) This one tells us that they got to spend 6 days in Singapore! That explains all the sightseeing pictures they have posted!
On their last day they didn't take off for Japan right away. First they had breakfast at the hotel. Then they had to pack their suitcases. If 24 boys are anything like my friends and me, there's all kinds of stuff lying around the hotel room after 6 days. It'd be easy to forget something. :D
Then they went to a sports club for more food! I'm guessing that the round table of appetisers is this picture.
I'm guessing it also included some bowling and karaoke! :D
The hotel manager gave them all Conrad Hotel teddy bears! Awesome!
At the airport they all made it through security unscathed, thankfully, and took Moose to shop-til-they-dropped (or ran out of money) at the duty free shops. The airport always has the best stores (which include candy stores)!
Is the picture on the plane a hint of who the author or authors of the blog are? Just wondering... ;)
Then Libera posted official pictures they took in Singapore. These are always so beautiful! You can see all the Spring Tour 2012 pictures here. First the stage and concert pictures.
Now for the fun part - the sightseeing pictures. I'll write where my mom thinks these were taken since she went there. If anyone can correct us, please write in and tell us. :)
Glad you guys had such a great time in Singapore! Next stop... Japan! :D
The first blog written by one of the boys is called "Shiny Singapore." You can read it here.
This sounds like it was an exciting day! Breakfast sounds interesting although I have no idea what any of those exotic foods were. I probably would have been like the boys, sticking to the stuff I know.
Singapore Toy Museum
The toy museum sounds AWESOME! Definitely on my to-do list if I ever get to go! I also want to see the Darth Maul statue! (I love Star Wars.) :)
View of ArtScience Museum (white building) and Marina
Bay Sands Hotel (tall building) from Esplanade Theatre.
Glad they enjoyed their time at the concerts and were excited to keep going!
The next blog is called "Going To Japan." You can read it here. These blogs are really well written. Did I mention that? :) This one tells us that they got to spend 6 days in Singapore! That explains all the sightseeing pictures they have posted!
On their last day they didn't take off for Japan right away. First they had breakfast at the hotel. Then they had to pack their suitcases. If 24 boys are anything like my friends and me, there's all kinds of stuff lying around the hotel room after 6 days. It'd be easy to forget something. :D
Then they went to a sports club for more food! I'm guessing that the round table of appetisers is this picture.
I'm guessing it also included some bowling and karaoke! :D
The hotel manager gave them all Conrad Hotel teddy bears! Awesome!
At the airport they all made it through security unscathed, thankfully, and took Moose to shop-til-they-dropped (or ran out of money) at the duty free shops. The airport always has the best stores (which include candy stores)!
Is the picture on the plane a hint of who the author or authors of the blog are? Just wondering... ;)
Then Libera posted official pictures they took in Singapore. These are always so beautiful! You can see all the Spring Tour 2012 pictures here. First the stage and concert pictures.
Love this one of Ralph!
Michael!
Mysterious.
Great colors; cool angle!
Ave Verum in red & blue
Ave Verum in white
With their string quartet.
This is a cool view of Ave Verum!
Now for the fun part - the sightseeing pictures. I'll write where my mom thinks these were taken since she went there. If anyone can correct us, please write in and tell us. :)
Ciaran and his Nintendo DSi
Jude on the Singapore Flyer Ferris wheel
pointing to the Marina Bay Sands Hotel.
Singapore has Formula 1 Grand Prix racing, and
Jenson Button is a race car driver from the UK. So
I guess they got to see where he keeps his race car?
Cutest pic of Matthew Madine eating with chopsticks.
Group pic at the Raffles Hotel.
Ralph, Cassius & Ciaran at the Sri Mariamman Temple
in Chinatown, Singapore's oldest Hindu temple.
Shopping in Chinatown.
Love this! Henry posing with laughing Buddha!
Eating hawker food!
Singapore River boat cruise.
Fountains outside VivoCity shopping mall.
By the other Merlion on Sentosa Island.
Sentosa Island
Sentosa Island
Sentosa Island
Sentosa Luge! Looks sooo fun!
Sentosa Skyride. Not sure if Tom is liking this.
Tom, Ciaran, Adrian, Michael U-R & Nano Ben having fun!
Not sure if they went to Pirates 4D though.
Group pic at Sentosa Beach. Love Isaac kicking sand!
Swimming at Conrad Hotel pool.
Eoghan at Sentosa Island.
Moose's 5-star room at Conrad Hotel. :D
Conrad Hotel lobby with managers.
I love this pic of Carlos & Stefan with their Conrad bears!
Bowling at sports club.
Karaoke at sports club. Note someone playing the
piano in the background & photographer taking pic.
Michael U-R, Isaac & Matthew R-A playing piano.
Don't you wonder what they were playing together? :D
Glad you guys had such a great time in Singapore! Next stop... Japan! :D
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