Saturday 12th April - Delicious Birthday Cake

We were all woken up at 7:45 on Saturday 12th. Those who managed to drag themselves out of bed and downstairs quickly enough went for a walk on the promenade. Then we had breakfast which included cereal and fruit juice with the choice of a full traditional breakfast or kippers. After breakfast, we all frantically rushed upstairs to prepare for room inspection. Next banking ... we received our funding for the day.
The minibuses transported us to St. Thomas' where we had our first practice of the course and the Vicar came and talked to us about our ministry as church choristers. The practice went very well and during the break we visited the local shop, Pickwicks, where everyone stocked up on sweets for the week. After the practice we had some free time in which the boys either went to town to explore, played football on the beach or socialised in the hotel. We had a chicken burger or a salad for lunch and sang "Happy Birthday" to Thomas W ... who was presented with a beautifully decorated lego themed cake.

In the afternoon we visited the beach at Peel. The sun came out and we had a great time playing football, building giant trenches and sandcastles and eating ice-cream by the bucketful! We then travelled to Peel Cathedral for a tea of sausage and chips. Sam and Mr Catterall were both on the prowl, scavenging for chips off unsuspecting boys.

We practiced in the Cathedral before the service. The readers of lessons and prayers spoke very well and Matthew B sang an excellent solo at the end.

When we got back to the hotel we tucked into Thomas' delicious birthday cake before heading to bed.

Jacob B
Head Chorister