This is the time of year to hear Christmas music. In the past two years, there has been a choral presentation at the Old Cathedral on Parque Calderon, which we have gone to. This year, the group was comprised mostly of gringos for the first time, with the songs both in English and Spanish.
We got there 45 minutes early, expecting to get a good seat, only to find the line already more than a block long. In a departure from prior years, gringos dominated the line this time — probably because the chorale was also dominated by gringos.
I’ll admit that my expectations were not very high for a group of amateurs performing for the first time. I was blown away though. The voices were beautiful, and the acoustics of the cathedral are so excellent that their voices floated over the audience with no need for electronic amplification.