Choir camp

This weekend Olle and the other choir members went to choir camp (körinternat) close to Husum about one hour's drive south of Umeå. We arrived around 10 in the morning, had some coffee and then the singing began. We started with the full choir, but later during the day we split in order to let the men and women practice their own voices.
The dinner consisted of fermented herring, which was a first time for me.
Around six the cans with the fish were opened outside, and the smell could be felt from a long distance.
But, the smell was diminished a lot when we started to skin the fish at 7:30. The taste was interesting, not so bad, but it is an acquired taste. I had two herrings (and a lot of potatoes) which was enough for this time.
Since we are a choir, there were also a lot of singing during the night. Unfortunately I don't know that many of the "old" songs (the choir started 1997), but this is something I will learn eventually.

A lot of people seemed quite tired "the day after", but 9:30 we were back in business again.
We practiced until lunch, after that followed cleaning of the cottages and common areas that we had used. It really felt good to sing through the whole repertoire that we are going to perform next March. There is still a lot of work left, but at least you recognize the songs next time you see them. It was also nice to have the opportunity to get to know some of the choir members a little bit better, during the two hours of practice every week there isn't a lot of time left for socializing.