St. George's Day!

Today, although not as eventful as yesterday, was certainly filled with fun!

We headed back down toward Trafalgar Square to celebrate St. George's Day at the Rhythm of London music festival!

The Square was filled with people just like it had been when we were there for Holland's Queen's Day Celebration, but it was a much more mellow crowd this time. It was definitely filled with its share of characters though, and the performers were AMAZING.

First, we saw the Hounslow Wind Band which was a bunch of kids under around the age of 13 and 14 perform some swing tunes and they were very impressive. Then, it was our favorite part of the day, when three different performers that competed in the Busking Underground competition each took a turn onstage.

Busking is the type of performing that takes place in the underground stations here in London, for tips! First we saw Chris Read, who was not only an awesome singer, but also drop dead gorgeous. We were lucky enough to have him walk right behind us to meet up with friends, but we weren't brave enough to approach him! Oh well...

After Chris, two teenaged boys named Kieran and Patrick sang a couple of songs, and then the winner of the Busking Underground competition named Jamie West performed who was also good as well. After these guys performed, we saw the Royal Academy of Music and Players' Theatre perform different songs from musical theatre and it was really entertaining! The crowd got really into it, and even sang along.

Here is the link to Youtube, where I posted a compilation of some of the performances:

St. George's Festival!

To make the day complete, we were approached by a British man who started off his sentence with, "Well, you girls are obviously British..." before we cut him off with a, "Um, sorry, no!" He seemed surprised to find out we were from the States, and we squealed in excitement at being mistaken for real Brits. It was great, and we all had this awesome feeling of just belonging here.

Here are the some pictures from the day:

The view as we walked toward the stage.

The view behind us and the National Gallery.

The beautiful Chris Read...

And his beautiful smile!! haha