VHS Students participate in Dublin Choral Festival

Courtesy of Valdez High School

Thirteen Valdez High School students, three teachers, and a number of family members returned from the Dublin Choral Festival in Ireland on Tuesday. The group toured with Music Contact International for a seven-day experience full of music, culture, art, history, and architecture. During the tour, students visited monastic ruins in the hills to Edwardian inspired Dublin Castle built atop medieval ruins followed by the levity and local flair of a century old pub.

The choir and two flutists performed three scheduled concerts–including one in St. Anne’s Cathedral, another in St. Patrick’s Cathedral, and once for an