MINNEAPOLIS – The GALA Festival is over and all the choristers (estimated attendance was 6,000) have gone home feeling a warm and happy glow. Five days of singing and partying have left me feeling tired, but it’s a good tired. It’s also nice to be back to an elevation where I can breathe normally. While Denver is a mile-high city, Minneapolis is doing just fine here at 830 feet above mean sea level.

Back to the real world. Damn.

I can’t imagine a better venue for this year’s festival. The Denver Performing Arts Complex is an architectural wonder, three grand concert halls and three theatres all pulled together with a covered breezeway in between, which meant it was always …

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