Guildford - concert day

The crew began to set up everything for the concert in the morning.

As you can see, there are actually two levels, with two sets of steps in the back, over which the boys would enter the stage.

With the stage finished, the crew conducted light and sound tests. It was interesting to see the effort they put into the show.

At about 4 pm the cathedral was closed for the public and some began queuing outside. After about half an hour or so.. Look who's coming

 

The boys arrived for their rehearsal. In the course of the day, they actually arrived three times, don´t know if they had to postpone a part of the rehearsal.

We had to wait for a few hours more before we could finally enter the cathedral for the concert. Because they had used smoke before and we had a brilliant sunset, the rays looked splendid.

The show itself was brilliant, there were so many new kids and newfound talents to discover. I already tweeted about my highlights, which were a brilliant "I vow to thee" with a solo from Mathew J., their new song "I'm dreaming of home" and a fantastic "Mysterium".

 I noticed that not all the boys were always on the stage. When they formed a V one time with all of them, one stood actually a bit to the side, I don´t know if on purpose or because they just didn´t fit on the stage in that formation. 

Besides the songs even their little speeches are getting better. While I remembered some things from last year, the comedy duo Cassius/Michael seems to have developed a better timing/repertoire. They even performed some bits from their rehearsal exercises. I loved it and so did the rest of the audience. As the cathedral was nearly sold out and even all(!) of the programs had been sold by the time of the interval, this concert should have been a financial success as well.

Unfortunately they kind of rushed away from the stage after only one encore with not much time for taking pictures. Here's what I managed to shoot anyway. I apologize in advance for the bad quality.