Weekend in Charleston

Just back from Charleston, South Carolina, where I spent the weekend with Eric Wilkinson's top choirs at Wando High School --  talented students singing beautiful music by Randall Stroope, Eric Barnum, Frank Ticheli, Joan Szymko... and David Brunner!  Eric's Bella Voce group will be featured at the southern division ACDA convention in Jacksonville next spring and should deliver a wonderful performance.  While in Charleston I had incredible food at Xiao Bao Biscuit (the chicken wings with broad bean, chili and sichuan peppercorns were a standout!), Butcher and Bee (Israeli shakshuka, kimchickles and fries with hollandaise -- yes, all of it), Black Tap coffee (Charleston's best) and CO Vietnamese (can't beat the Laksa curry).