Xavier College Palm Desert

We drove to the town of Palm Desert, a 2 hour drive from LA, and visited some fellow Xaverians, Xavier College Palm Desert. Their choir, who are touring Australia later this year, greeted us with a beautiful song, which was returned by a woeful, but spirited rendition of 'Sursum Corda'. Fortunately our jazz playing was far better than our singing, as our 2 stage bands put on a great show for the students of the school. Afterwards we joined students for their afternoon classes.

Disneyland

After a fantastic workshop with Sal Lozano from Gordon Goodwin's 'Big Phat Band', where we recorded a Disney soundtrack which was dubbed over the original animation, we spent a full Disneyland, making the most of the rides, food and water and firework shows right till closing time at midnight.