We started by refreshing our memory about all good things from the coaching weekend in November with Mieneke Klinkert and then we headed straight into another wonderful coaching weekend, this time with musicality judge and coach Emma Shanks. Once again, our heads were full of new revelations about the techniques of singing and performing. After having practiced these for a month, it was time for another coaching weekend. This time, singing coach Stuart Sides was back with many good tips on chord structures, breath discipline, vowel pronunciation and much more….

Every time a coach works with us, we realize that the more we learn, the more we know that we don’t know…. But one of the fantastic things with the members of Bella Acapella is that everyone is eager to learn and to develop as singers and always anxious to try out new things.

We had a pre-dress rehearsal performance on Good Friday (18th of April) at the Charette restaurant in Cabanas de Tavira. It went very well and showed us the last things we still have to work on.

The official dress rehearsal concert to show you all our competition program will be in Moncarapacho on 26 April at 17 h. You are all very welcome. Tickets are free so you can just show up and enjoy!

After this, we will be as prepared as we can be and on 30 April, we fly to Sweden! Thanks to your contributions through “GoFundMe” and our calendar and other means, all members’ competition fees are covered by the funding! A huge THANK YOU for your support.

On Thursday 1 May we will have a short practice and on Friday 2 May at 4:17pm (Portuguese time) we will be on stage, singing our competition songs like never before!! You are invited to follow us live by signing up to a webcast via this link: https://snobs.solidtango.com/