Preparation for London - Maestro is on the move again!

And the preparation begins.

School is officially out until April 4.  The Easter Triduum begins this evening with the Holy Thursday Liturgy and continues for the next few days until Easter Sunday.  After 20+ years of doing music ministry, I can safely say that I am ready for the weekend.  People are telling me that I must be exhausted because it's a busy weekend.  Seriously?  It's all in a days work.  If Easter weekend is exhausting at this point, then I'm in the wrong business.  However, what makes it exhausting is the situation I've put myself in - which is I'm leaving for London on Monday afternoon.

London?  Yes - London.  Have I been?  Yes - for 5 hours in July of 2005.  That was a cluster.... you can read about it here.

Maestro in London - 2005

So, I think it's about time that I go back, huh?   However, with the bombing in Brussels the other day, I'm a bit hesitant.  But as my mom tells my niece, you can't stop the world.  So, we journey on.  

Why now?   Well, for the love of my Sunset Blvd - that's why now.  You can read about that here....

Matt's Sunset journey

It was announced last year that Glenn Close would be making her West End debut in a revival of Sunset Blvd. in a semi-staged performance with the English National Opera.  There was really no way I was going to miss this, and since it happened that performance's began during my Spring Break, it was a no-brainer.  I wasn't missing this for the world.

So, I'm leaving Monday and coming home on Sunday.  I have tickets for Sunset of course, and for Phantom of the Opera - which is another blog post all together.  I also have reservations for a hop on/hop off bus tour and a walking tour that includes English Afternoon Tea.  The rest we'll just have to see.

This is going to be a great trip... so stay tuned!