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USA tour diary

From Sheffield to the National Cathedral in Washington, the Liberty Bell and Harvard University.

Find out what the choir squeezed into 11 days in our USA tour diary.

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2001 USA tour overview

In October/November 2001, the whole choir (boys, girls and men) undertook an 11 day tour of the USA. The tour took in a five day residency at the National Cathedral, Washington D.C., as well as concerts in Washington, Philadelphia and Boston. 

During the tour, the choir gave the following public performances:

Wednesday October 24 4.30 pm Choral Evensong, Washington National Cathedral (girls' voices)
Thursday October 25 1.00 pm Lunchtime concert, British Embassy Rotunda, Washington (girls and men)
  4.30 pm Choral Evensong, Washington National Cathedral (boys and men)
Friday October 26 4.30 pm Choral Evensong, Washington National Cathedral (girls and men)
  7.30 pm Concert, St Paul's, K Street, Washington (boys and men)
Sunday October 28 11.00 am Sung Eucharist, Washington National Cathedral (all voices, together with the choir of Washington National Cathedral)
Monday October 29 12.00 pm Lunchtime concert, Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia (boys and men)
  7.30 pm Concert, St Peter's Church, Philadelphia (all voices)
Thursday November 1 12.30 pm Lunchtime concert, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (girls and men)
Friday November 2 12.15 pm Lunchtime concert, Trinity Church, Copley Square, Boston (all voices)
  7.30 pm Concert, Plymouth Church, Belmont, Boston (all voices)

To read a diary of the tour please click here.

For more pictures from the tour please click here.