ItwasSundayafternoon on a holiday weekend but even accounting for that the mood and look of the place was different from what itwas two and five years ago.
Itwas a Sundayafternoon in August 2012 and Gert-Jan Schenk, the European head of cyber security giant McAfee, had just arrived home from summer vacation.
The contestants, all in their 20s, got to perform two arias with full orchestra Sundayafternoon, and when itwas over, a panel of judges named six of them winners of the 60th annual National Council Auditions.