Leo, Roving Reporter
Report from: A minivan
Story filed: Road trip to Canberra
Hey there folks. Hope you're well. I'd like to tell you about my trip to Canberra with the Orange Youth Orchestra to play with the Canberra Youth Orchestra. We headed off midday Friday last week, all of us squished into a sardine can on wheels. It was in fact an old minivan, there was actual room for everyone but it was a bit more cramped than usual as we had to fit in our instruments as well. I play cello in the orchestra so we had to fit a full size cello in an already tight bus, along with the other cellist and his cello that were also coming with us. The violins did not take up as much room. What we did was, we laid the two cellos side by side next to the big rolling door on the bus. This all managed to work! We got to Canberra all fine and then to the venue that we would be rehearsing in over the weekend along with the CYO. I stayed with a host family for the weekend from the CYO and I had a great time. They were really nice, and looked after me really well. After very long days rehearsing we had the concert on Sunday afternoon. The concert was really fun and went well, I said thank you and goodbye to my host family and we hit the road once again for a four and a bit hours journey back to Orange. When we got back I had to go another 45 minutes to get home to Bathurst. It was a lot of driving but overall I had a great time.
Until next time
Leo Roving Reporter
