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The Wicklow Way is a strenuous, 80 mile walk that takes the chorus through mountains, by upland lakes, glacial valleys, forests and farmlands. After flying into Dublin, the choir will take a bus to Bunclody where they will have one rehearsal. Over the next 8 days the pilgrims will carry their packs to seven villages, staying bed and breakfasts and hostels, and eating local food. The chorus walks directly into Marley Park, Dublin and performs a concert at St. James Parish in Dublin. The Artistic Director for Vox Wicklow Way 2023 is John Wiles.

June 19-30, 2023

People need wild places.  Whether or not we think we do, we do.  We need to be able to taste grace and know again that we desire it.  We need to experience a landscape that is timeless, whose agenda moves at the pace of speciation and glaciers.  To be surrounded by a singing, mating, howling commotion of other species, all of which love their lives as much as we do ours, and none of which could possibly care less about us in our place.  It reminds us that our plans are small and somewhat absurd.        BARBARA KINGSOLVER, Small Wonder