How I'll probably spend the Triduum

I hadn't considered going to Palo Alto for the Triduum, but it's a good thing I checked the St. Ann Choir website today. Here is the schedule over at St. Thomas Aquinas in Plato Alto:

TENEBRAE St. Ann Chapel
Wednesday evening, March 19, 8:00 p.m.
Matins and Lauds of Holy Thursday in Latin (anticipated the evening before).
Lamentations of Jeremiah by Victoria (lasts 1¾ hrs.)

HOLY THURSDAY St. Thomas Aquinas Church
Thursday evening, March 20, 5:30 p.m.
Evening Mass of the Lord's Supper, Washing of feet, and Procession of Blessed Sacrament. Music of Byrd, Tallis, Ciconia, and Dufay. (lasts 1½ hours)

GOOD FRIDAY St. Thomas Aquinas Church
Friday afternoon, March 21, 5:30 p.m.,
Solemn afternoon liturgy: Chanting of the St. John Passion, Adoration of the Cross, and Communion. Music of Victoria. (Lasts 1¾ hours)

EASTER VIGIL St. Thomas Aquinas Church
Saturday night, March 22, 11:00 p.m.
The Solemn Proclamation of Easter, the Prophecies, and Midnight Mass of the Resurrection. Music of Palestrina, Morales and Marenzio (lasts 2 hrs)

EASTER SUNDAY St. Thomas Aquinas Church
Sunday morning, March 23, 12:00 noon
Festive Sung Mass of Easter. Lasso, Missa Osculetur me for double ch. (lasts 1½ hours)

EASTER SUNDAY St. Ann Chapel
Sunday afternoon, March 23, vespers, 6:15 p.m.
Latin Vespers of Easter Sunday, sung in Gregorian Chant (lasts ¾ hour)

The schedule at St. Dominic's:

Thursday, March 20
6:30 AM - 9:00 AM
No Masses at 6:30 am or 8 am
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
Tenebrae on Holy Thursday "Tenebrae" is the name given to the offices of Readings and Morning Prayer on Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday. The name means "darkness" and refers to the practice, during the middle Ages, of praying these portions of the Divine Office ...
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
No Mass at 5:30 pm.
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Mass of the Lord's Supper The traditional Mass includes the presentation of the Holy Oils, blessed by the Archbishop; the Washing of Feet of twelve people; and, following communion, the Procession of the Sacrament to the Chapel of Reservation. Note that this will be the only...

Friday, March 21
6:30 AM - 9:00 AM
No Masses at 6:30 or 8 am.
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
Tenebrae on Good Friday The morning office of Tenebrae includes the extinguishing of candles as each psalm is sung; thus leaving the church in darkness at the end. Breakfast follows in the Parish Hall.
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM
Stations of the Cross The traditional service of Stations of the Cross is celebrated at 12:15 pm on Good Friday
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Seven Last Words preaching The Seven Last Words of Jesus on the cross is celebrated with seven short sermons, given by a variety of people, both lay and religious. Eash sermon is followed by a piece of choral music to meditate upon and a period of silence.
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
No Mass at 5:30 pm
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Celebration of The Lord's Passion The traditional Good Friday Liturgy includes the sung Passion Gospel; Veneration of the Cross and a Communion Service. The Solemn Mass Choir provides suitable choral music, including Palestrina's Stabat Mater.

Saturday, March 22
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
No Mass at 8 am.
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Tenebrae on Holy Saturday The morning office of Tenebrae includes the extinguishing of candles as each psalm is sung; thus leaving the church in darkness at the end. Breakfast follows in the Parish Hall.
5:30 PM - 6:00 PM
No Mass at 5:30 pm
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Easter Vigil The traditional ceremonies of Lighting the New Paschal Candle; Singing the Exsultet; celebrating the Word of God; Initiation Rites (including baptism, confirmation and reception into the Church) and Easter Communion. Notes that there are no other Ma...

St. Dominic's is just too far, and I don't know what the music will be like for Holy Week, though it probably will be better than what one will hear at the typical parish down here in the South Bay. (With the exception of St. Thomas Aquinas, but isn't that considered to be a part of the peninsula?)

I don't know if I will be going to the vigil at STA, may be the latest one for the diocese. Good Friday at St. Dominic's might be nice, but I don't think I can spend a whole day in San Francisco. St. Elias is rather close to where I am living now; I'm too shy to go there for the first time, when the occasion is as important as this . From the monthly newsletter:

Wednesday 19 March—Great Wednesday: Repentance & Holy Oil, 7:30 pm
On this day, the Church offers us healing of soul and body. After prayers of repentance, there will be time for indi-vidual confession, then we will celebrate the Holy Mystery of Anointing with Holy Oil for healing.

Thursday 20 March—Great Thursday: Service of Crucifixion of Christ, 7:30 pm
On this day, the Church remembers the Last Supper, when Jesus gave us the Holy Mystery of the Communion of His Body and Blood, and also His Passion, Trial, and Crucifixion. We celebrate Matins of Holy Friday, with the Pas-sion Gospels, the procession with the Cross, and the Nailing to the Cross.

Friday 21 March—Great & Holy Friday: Ecumenical Way of the Cross, 12 Noon
In commemoration of the suffering and crucifixion of the Lord, the Alum Rock Ecumenical Association invites peo-ple to walk the Way of the Cross in Alum Rock Park, starting at 12 noon from the Rusticlands parking lot. At each station, there is a meditation and prayer. Enter the park from Penitencia Creek Road.

Friday 21 March—Great & Holy Friday: Ginnaz al-Massih, 7:30 pm
In the evening of Good Friday, we celebrate Vespers for Holy Friday, the service of the taking down of Christ’s body from the Cross, followed by Matins for Holy Saturday, the service of the Funeral of Christ, with the singing of the Lamentations and the Procession with the Epitaphios, the ikon of Christ in the tomb. Coming back into the church, we pass under the Epitaphion, showing that we die and are resurrected with our Savior.

Saturday 22 March—Great & Holy Pascha: New Fire, Hajmeh, Liturgy, 7:30 pm
After sundown on Saturday, we celebrate the first proclamation of the Resurrection—the New Fire, Procession of Triumph, Hajmeh, Paschal Orthros, Divine Liturgy, and blessing of eggs and bread. The church blazes with light and joy—“Christ is risen from the dead, and by His death He has trampled upon death and has given life to those who are in the tombs!” We sing “Christos Anesti! Al-Massih Qam! Christ is Risen!” again and again. At the end of the Liturgy, we break eggs, symbols of Christ breaking forth from the tomb.

Note: This will be our only Easter Service this year. There will be no Liturgy on Easter Sunday morning, because attendance in the past has been very low and we have no singers or servers to help celebrate the service.