Travel around the globe with Boundless and Spiritsong choirs as they celebrate and revisit some of their favourite music.
Since 2001, the choirs have taken 13 tours under the direction of conductor Vicki Blake Thompson.
“Building bridges, person to person, song by song, has always been our goal in touring,” said Blake Thompson. “Our tours have brought us side by side and hand in hand with the peoples of (many countries). What a blessing it has been to make music with folks from all around this magnificent planet.”
Their globetrotting adventures include Austria and Hungary in 2001, Newfoundland in 2003, China in 2004, Powell River, B.C. in 2006, Ireland in 2007 and 2019, Tanzania in 2010, Costa Rica in 2013, Greece in 2015, Iceland in 2018, Cuba in 2023, and to Carnegie Hall in New York in 2018 and 2024.
Boundless and Spiritsong next performances are scheduled for Friday, Oct. 18 at 7 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 19 at 3 p.m. at the Pearl Theater in Bonners Ferry. In Creston, the choirs will be on stage on Sunday, Oct. 20 at 3 p.m. at the Kootenay River Secondary School Auditorium. Tickets cost $15 each ($12 USD) for adults and $8 ($6 USD) for children.
Well-known and beloved Bonners Ferry pianist Barb Nelson will return to perform for these concerts, which are dedicated to those who were part of the tours and have now passed. From Creston: Christy Johnston, Lawrence Lavender, Joyce Semanek, Donna Stutter, James Gordon (Gordy) Titsworth. From Bonners Ferry: Kathryn Braatz, Amy Farrell, Glenda McCalmant, Kinley Nelson, Marj Nishek, Elaine Peterson, Jack Rutherford, Diane Snider.
Photos from members of the tours in the form of slide shows during the music will bring the audience along on the journeys, as we celebrate and remember building bridges around the world.
