Weekend As A Spectator (Again)...

Life has definitely led me to live strange experiences the last few months, especially this past weekend where I put aside my work in the choir and dedicated myself to being a spectator. All last week I was fighting against covid, especially taking remedies that would help me quickly to get my voice out, but I did not succeed, and two very important concerts took place on Saturday and Sunday without the participation of my girl @jhoxiris and myself.

Why do I say that these were important concerts; well, for two important reasons.... On Saturday a mass was held to commemorate the death of Maestro José Antonio Abreu, the founder of this international musical institution that has fulfilled so many dreams among young Venezuelan musicians, including myself. This mass is always held in Las Mercedes, Caracas, but on this occasion it was held in the same Simón Bolívar Hall, where we perform most of our concerts and open to the public. It is difficult to just attend as a spectator and not be on stage. Even so I captured this beautiful video that I share with you in 3speak where we performed Ave Verum Corpus, conducted by his nephew Andrés Ascanio Abreu.

Then on Sunday, in the best style of fans who follow the tour of their favorite band we moved to the second concert, as significant for me as the previous one because my group performed in our hometown "Maracay", and to be more exact, in the cathedral where my parents and I have always done our musical service for God. It was a meeting of choirs with the purpose of performing sacred music, since Holy Week is approaching and it is what we musicians find ourselves doing the most. It was wonderful to see so many friends from the musical world. We kept our hopes up until the end that we would be able to sing, but even though we feel good and we passed the phase of infecting others more than a week ago, our voices still do not have the brightness and strength to sing.

I must accept it, I am not happy to see the work from the outside, and even more so in this year that has been so hard for me. I have many months without getting on a stage, that's why we closed Sunday with a delicious and well deserved dinner in our city. The group will have a couple of days off after such a busy weekend, so Caracas can wait and we will take advantage of these days with the family. Today Monday and feeling very well I dare to say that yesterday was the last day of this dark phase of my life. I need to recover my routine, my singing. Being a spectator does not help me for the depression and sadness that mourning leaves. Wonderful concerts are coming, I hope God will give me a lot of health and enough desire to face the next challenges. My pictures were taken with my Tecno Pova II. Neither the video nor the images are edited. I wish you a great week!