Day two at the Llangollen International Eisteddfod and the fun continues.
The morning started bright and early with some filming with the choir Colla Voce. Even with an Italian name the choir are actually from Johannesburg in South Africa.
Their conductor Henk Barnard had wanted to visit the festival in Llangollen since he was a young lad. They were fab, with so much energy in their singing and dancing. I loved it!
After that I was back up to base. This is the TV compound where the presenters and crew from the various shows hang out, while we're waiting to go to our next interview. This is where you all swap stories of the people you've met and have a good natter over who might win the different competitions.
My next interview was in Llangollen train station where I met the winner of the under 12 instrumental competition, 10-year-old double bassist Justin Mak from Hong Kong.
Justin has passed his grade 8 music exam and is working on his diploma - very impressive. I decided to ask him for a lesson on the bass. The result was I was hopeless and he laughed at me an awful lot.
Wynne Evans and Justin Mak
The youth choir of the world competition was announced next and won by Hail Mary the Queen Children's Choir from the Philippines. They were so excited that they actually ran over to me to do an interview and nearly knocked me off my feet. I hope that doesn't make it into the programme!
The concert this evening features Dame Evelyn Glennie, tenor Noah Stewart and harpist Claire Jones. I bumped into Noah in rehearsal and he was very much looking forward to making his debut at Llangollen.
Wynne Evans and Noah Stewart
Having seen them all rehearse I'm sure the audience are in for a cracking show. This tenor/presenter is off to buy some more sun cream to make sure I don't burn my head tomorrow!
