Thursday, August 11
By Emily Thompson and Tiffany Pinhorn

Today was the first day of the NSYC’s tour of Argentina. We all arrived in St. John’s airport at 3:15pm to check in and have our picture taken at the steps. The excitement was definitely building! After we kissed our parents goodbye we left for Toronto’s Pearson Airport. After a three hour flight we landed and jumped at the chance to spend our last few Canadian dollars before switching to pesos.

Soon we got into our chaperone groups once again and took a shuttle bus to another terminal to catch our flight to Santiago, Chile, en route to Buenos Aires.


Fifty-six tired choristers piled on the plane, got settled and awaited a late night meal which consisted of either chicken or beef. After filling our stomachs most of us were ready to get some much needed sleep.

Although today was long and tiring, we all know that this is shaping up to be one of our best tours yet. Get ready Argentina: here comes the Newfoundland Symphony Youth Choir!