Two major and completely unexpected surprises at Donald and Steve’s festive
gathering last night. First, the response to
my singing of “Dziedat, meitas, vakarā“ was unexpectedly strong and positive, I’ve never received such warm applause, nor gotten such enthusiastic comments about my singing. Not even close. It completely caught me off guard. As I sang, I felt quite centered, with a sense of where I was going musically. When I forgot the penultimate verse, it was a one second blankness and a quick recovery, moving on to the final verse.
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