Eva and Rafael

Had a wonderful evening with Eva (pronounced "AY-fah") Wiest (soon to change to Van Daele-Hunt) and Rafael Van Daele-Hunt. Jodi, Allison, John and I met with them only a few hours after Eva arrived in Toronto from Germany. Eva and Rafael are to be married in less than a week!

Rafael, as I've mentioned before, is originally from Toronto. He met Eva during a visit to Germany and, well, he didn't want to go back home. How romantic is that? I loved seeing them together. Eva was remarkably cheerful and energetic after her long flight; having her beloved Rafael waiting at the other end helped, I'm sure. ;-)

And once again, I find myself incredibly grateful to Filkcontinental; I'm still floored by all the wonderful people we met at that convention, the friends we've made as a result. And the musical collaborations! Allison, Jodi and I have already starting talking with Eva and Crystal about ideas for GAfilk, how our two groups could collaborate on some songs for the fun of it. I'm already getting excited about scoring interesting harmony and counterpoint parts for five voices. Or SIX! Linda Melnick is the Toastmistress; does anyone out there know her e-mail address?

Lordy, I do love the filk community.

But I digress. :-)

Anyway, we passed on the various greetings from friends, and gave them our wedding gift. But Eva and Rafael had brought their own gifts! Including a large variety (and quantity) of chocolate for Jodi, Allison and me. I especially can't wait to try my Hot Masala Dolfin Milk Chocolate and Pink Peppercorn Dolfin Dark Chocolate bars, as well intriguing Lindt flavours like "Citron Intense". They also brought us each a Niederegger Nougat-Ei, which is an actual egg shell filled with nougat.

(pause while I wipe the drool off my keyboard)



Thanks also to Allison and John for the gifts of Easter chocolate! Allison said she felt silly bringing out Canadian Easter chocolate animals after being presented with gourmet chocolate from overseas but y'know, there's something to be said about biting off the heads of cute little woodland animals at Easter.

Allison, Jodi and I were also thrilled to receive pre-release copies of the new Summer and Fall CD ("Last Sunny Day"), which is nearly ready for official release, as well as Eva's and Rafael's wedding CD. I listened to the Summer and Fall CD as soon as I came home, of course, and love it. The album has songs in both German and English, and makes me look forward to GAfilk even more...I can't wait to hear Eva and Crystal perform again.



I've posted my photos from our visit with Eva and Rafael in my Flickr account, but you should also check out Allison's photos and LJ report.

For those of you who don't already know, Eva Wiest is one half of Summer and Fall, a fantastic German duo whom we were delighted to discover are going to be Interfilk guests at GAfilk in Atlanta next year (when we're Guests of Honor and Linda Melnick is Toastmistress). Yay for Interfilk! And don't forget to register soon for GAfilk; registration is only US$30 until November 30th, after which the fee goes up to $50. Don't miss it -- it's going to be SO much fun. :-)

And congrats again, Eva and Rafael!

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