Liverpool Day Three…
Our last day in Liverpool started with the usual wholesome breakfast for the children and much-needed caffeine for the grown-ups. We all then ran upstairs, striped our beds, grabbed our bags and loaded the coach before saying goodbye to the hostel and heading out to the Albert Docks and the Maritime Museum. As interesting as it was for the children to learn about the tragedies of the Titanic and Lusitania, two nights of non-stop chatting had taken their toll and, after an hour, some the choir began to resemble the extras from Night of the Living Dead.
They were soon rejuvenated, though, after few spins on the Liverpool Eye, which is similar to the London Eye, only with a scouse accent. Some of the boys were over the moon that we received an additional go-around when the man in the booth was rubbing his face as we passed (apparently), thus missing the fact that we should have finished our go and sent us round on a bonus trip.
Oh and we visited a huge sweet shop too, which may also have helped to wake the children up.
Lunch was a relaxed affair at Pizza Express and gave everybody a further chance to recharge the batteries before we headed off to the ‘other’ Cathedral for Choral Evening Prayer.
Joking aside, the service in the Metropolitan Cathedral was lovely. There was plenty of organ and choral music to enjoy, and was particularly enjoyable when a number of Melody Makers who were starting to nod-off to the soothing tones of the choir were abruptly woken by a good blast on the organ. Poor things.
Our informal concert then followed Vespers. It was a scaled-down version of yesterday’s performance, but was once again delivered to a very high standard, and – at risk of upsetting Shean — it must be argued that the acoustics were better here than in the Anglican Cathedral. There can be no argument, though, that every single person who came to Liverpool to watch the choir on its inaugural tour of Mr Bower’s home city was immensely proud of the choir and the way the children performed and behaved.
So that was that. This has been a wonderful trip and an amazing experience for the children, some of whom are seasoned travellers, but some of whom were away from home and their parents for the very first time. Anyone who had a hand in bringing this weekend to fruition must be thanked and congratulated.
There can be doubt that when Mr Bowers announces another such trip (which he surely must) it will be met with the Melody Makers established expression of agreement…
…Yessssssss!
Melody Makers 
All sounds fab Thanks so much for all. Do you have an eta yet? Mandy….. Annie’s mum