MUCS is doing the Carl Vine Choral Symphony again...

Just thought I'd get in some early publicity. A reasonable number of you will remember singing the Carl Vine Choral Symphony with MUCS in 1999. Well, it's on again:

Ravel's Daphnis and Chloe
Carl Vine's Choral Symphony
Melbourne University Choral Society
In association with the Victorian College of the Arts Orchestra and School of Dance
Melbourne Town Hall
May 20th, 2004

'tis sounding interesting, although I think we could do with a few more bods that have sung it before. And the Ravel is sounding quite cool too. We just got the first chance to rehearse it earlier this evening, and even without any of the orchestration, it ain't bad.

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The Blood Is The Life.

the_christian asked for stories about blood. This is a story about the presence and absence of it. This is a true story. Probably not a good idea to read if you're even slightly squeamish about meat.

( ... story inside ... )