THE CONCERT (PART TWO)

i'm using libera's programme as my guide now (thanks to lala (again!) for buying our souvenir programmes & poster. they started off with "JUBILATE DEO" with a medley of 'LIBERA'. it was very good, i knew we're off to a very good start. i must admit i'm not quite familiar with the new boys, unlike last year when a libera fan provided me with pictures along with the names of the newbies (cassius was one of them). their repertoire consisted of x'mas songs from their new CD (jubilate deo, joy to the world, still, still, still, veni emmanuel, carol of the bells, sing the story, and in dulci jubilo). the rest from their past CDs (song of life, sanctus, salva me, exultate, gloria in excelsis, the fountain, eternal light, ave verum, glory to thee and how shall i sing that majesty).

as always, the sound of libera filled PICC with angelic-like voices. the little ones were so precious! did i see one boy yawned? it was now their time to shine - matthew rangel-alvares, luke collins, cassius and the newer ones made the older boys proud - in what used to be josh & liam's glory during their younger years. i almost cried when liam made his short "speech". he briefly told the crowd his stay with libera up until now that he's with the lower voices, along with josh, jonathan, tiarnan, and alex. oh liam, everyone loves you with your version of "libera" (leiden). the boys who made their "little speeches" got a hearty applause from the crowd. cassius and another newbie had the most earned-applause! cassius is such an adorable darling!! while he was the "nervous" one in last year's concert, he now gained a lot of self confidence & really won the hearts of libera fans.

they ended the concert with "how shall i sing that majesty". but we wanted MORE!!! so they obliged us with another x'mas song "white x'mas". whoohoo! effortless! and we wanted MORE! MORE! we anticipated for "bayan ko" but mr. prizeman's intro was far different and this left us all guessing - it was a tagalog x'mas song which they all started humming - ralph did the solo, "himig ng pasko" which lala shared the title with us. imagine, she's from san francisco, USA and yet she knew the title of this song while we're not familiar with it - embarrassing!

and they made their traditional bow. mr. prizeman went up the stage to take a bow, too. endless applause. and they all disappeared from the stage. and we scampered for the after-concert signing... this is the exciting part, hah hah