A few more details...

Whew...the initial excitement is starting to wear off and I'm getting my head around the idea that we really did it! Last night, we celebrated at the Duke of Debrecen...good times.

So, here are a few more details. My blogging colleagues will fill in anything I leave out.

To give you a bit of context, there were no first and, if memory serves, no second prizes awarded in the Children's and Youth Choir categories. We saw those results before going in to get our own results and there was definitely a collective "gulp." The announcement for our category was kind of dramatic. There were four choirs in the Female Choirs group. The guy got up and announced that the first choir (from Hungary) received a mark of 69 point something. Then he announced the third place winner, the Greek choir, who got 79 point something. Then, he said there was no second prize and that first place was awarded to the other Hungarian choir who got 87.6. So, there we were clapping for the Hungarians and smiling graciously (if a little stiffly!)...and wondering what the heck was going on. I wondered if we had somehow been disqualified...none of us knew what to think. Then, the announcer broke in saying he had more good news...first prize was also being awarded us...with 88.2!!! It took us (well, me, anyway) a few minutes to realize what that meant. Anyway, that's how it all went down. We are beyond thrilled.

Today, I think we get to take it easy. We're singing in a local church tomorrow morning and then we have the closing concert and dinner in the evening. We're off to Budapest on Monday.

Even though the main event is over, we'll keep posting so you can hear what we're up to. Always an adventure with the gorgeous, talented, and FUNNY women of Lady Cove.

Oh yeah, and WE MISS YOU!!!