The Ucluelet and Tofino choirs joined voices on Sunday, June 4 for a heartwarming performance in front of a packed audience.
Sunday’s show was the first of two spring performances. The next concert is set for 7 p.m. on Monday, June 12, at the Royal Canadian Legion in Tofino.
“I’m so blessed to have a full-house for sure,” said choir director Sophie L’Homme adding that, out of the 70 singers, about half of them had never done a show before.
“It’s always so stressful. A lot of people it was their first experience performing. It went really well.”
The program opened up with a couple gospel-influenced songs and two beautiful solo performances by L’Homme and Ornella Cirella singing ‘Oh Freedom.’
Then the choirs smoothly segued into a touching rendition of ‘After The Storm.’
“Robert Love decided to write a little text and read it to us. He read it to us at the beginning of the rehearsal and we all cried,” L’Homme said. “It’s a very particular song. It’s a song about hope and singing it together is just like a family,”
Without giving too much away, the audience was treated to a serenade by Nicholas Johnson and a solo rap song by Xavier Boisjoli-Morin.
The final number hit an upbeat note with a rendition of ‘You Gotta Have Faith.’
L’Homme promised that Tofino’s performance would be even better.
“We broke the show so it will be more relaxed and, I think, the Legion show will be awesome for sure,” she said.
Tickets to the Tofino concert are on sale at Caravan Beach Shop in Tofino or Blackberry Cove Market place in Ucluelet. People can also purchase them at the door.