went to the handsomely-beamed 1958 Brechin United Church in Nanaimo last night to hear the Ellerhein Girls Choir from Estonia, on our shores as part of the International Choral Kathaumixw Festival, Powell River, BC . Estonia is a very choir-centric country & the Ellerheins are one of their best, appearing on lots of albums & c. so it was a top show, especially the avant-garde Estonian stuff with shrieks, bird sounds & swirling stereo effects, but they could handle the lump-in-your-throat melodic Ave Maria stuff too. They're appearing tomorrow in Victoria at the First Metropolitan United (Quadra & Balmoral) at 730 & on Friday in North Van at St. Andrews United 10th at St George's, same time...