After running to grab our uniforms from our rooms, we loaded the bus for La Plata, the capital of the state of Buenos Aires. This city, founded in the late 1800s, was master-planned, as evidenced by the clear grid pattern of the streets (with a few diagonals).
After lunch (steak again) at a restaurant across from the zoo, the bus dropped us off in small groups all around the city. Our objective was to hand out a large stack of flyers and find our way to the cathedral by talking to the locals in Spanish. The people were very friendly, and several stopped and tried to talk to us about the concert. As La Plata also hosts a large university, English students had a chance to practice their English while we practiced our Spanish.
We gathered at the cathedral for a sound check and ate a boxed dinner afterwards.
At 8:00, the concert began. Once again, we were the first on the program, though this time the Philadelphia Boy Choir participated in addition to the Dukes. As we could only sing songs approved by the priest, our repertoire consisted only of sacred music this time. Despite the limitations to our repertoire, the cathedral was a fantastic venue. The high pointed arches and stonework of this exquisite neogothic cathedral provided us with superb acoustics, with floating in the air even longer than our first concert in Rio de Janeiro. To put the cherry on top, we performed quite well musically as well. The audience didn't compare to those in Rio, mostly due to the more reserved nature of the Argentine people. We even had a decent turnout for the ban on public gatherings due to the swine flu outbreak.
After the concert, we loaded the bus once again for the ride back to the hotel. Upon our arrival at the hotel, we went to bed fairly shortly.
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