OUT iN aka ‘Once upon a time iN’ is a virtual trip down memory lane
featuring both iNSIDE EUROPE and iNCANTATO CONCERT TOURS experiences in the past.
Photo/video quality represents the standard of the time taken.
Excerpts from the original Article by ANDREW GALVIN | Orange County Register published on March 31, 2011.
The Mater Dei High School Choir singing at an impromptu recital at the first Benedictine Abbey of Montecasino. 
The standing room only crowd at a concert by the Mater Dei High School Choir at Duomo di Amalfi, a cathedral in Amalfi, Italy. There were over 900 in the audience for this concert. 
The Mater Dei High School Choir, featuring solosit Josh Paz, singing in the Duomo di Amalfi in Italy. They were accompanied on Organ by Giuseppe di Bianco. 
The Mater Dei High School Choir prepares to sing for Pope Benedict on Wendesday morning at St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican in Rome.
Josh Paz was a little nervous as the Mater Dei High School choir waited for the Pope to arrive in St. Peter’s Square, Vatican City, on Wednesday morning.
“What if we mess up?” he thought. “What will P
About 130 members of the choir, along with about 100 parents and eight visual-arts students, have been traveling and performing in Italy since last week. Singing at this P
The students were rousted from their beds at 5 a.m. and most of them were ready, in tuxedos and dresses, when their bus was scheduled to leave their hotel at 6 a.m.
Scott Melvin, the choir director, rushed around collecting a few kids who had overslept. “We had to throw them on the bus in their pajamas,” he said. “They had to get changed on the bus.”
By 7 a.m., the group had arrived outside St. Peter’s Square, queuing up to get through security with about 20,000 other pilgrims. They took seats in the front rows, about 50 yards from where the Pope would preside on the steps of St. Peter’s Basilica.
Then they waited. Some made last-minute purchases of rosaries that the Pope would bless.
To help pass the three hours before the audience was to begin, the choir sang Hosanna in Excelsis by Brent Pierce (see video below). The crowd’s response was warm and enthusiastic. A man approached the group saying “Complimenti, complimenti,” Italian for “compliments.”
At about 10:30 a.m., Pope Benedict XVI arrived in his Pope-mobile, driving around the audience in the square.
Come hungry to Greece, especially Crete
The typical and so-called light lunch of local Mezze may make you consider skipping dinner — not that you should!
Served family-style, you will always find freshly baked local breads, cheeses, seasonal vegetables as salads, roasted, stuffed with rice, sometimes roasted meats and much more.
The feast you see above is offered at our favorite family-owned winery just outside the capital city of Heraklion — prepared fresh every day.
On the menu is what the Paterianakis sisters, their parents and team are eating themselves, cooked by mom.
Not pictured are their all-organic wines that pair perfectly well with these dishes.
Here at the Domaine, just as at many typical tavernas, a small dessert is offered complimentary by the hosts.
Make sure to leave a little room (or a lot).
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