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| HOSTED BY SAINT JOHN'S ABBEY AND UNIVERSITY |
| Collegeville, Minnesota |
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| June 10, 2000 |
| See the photos of the day at the bottom |
| Arrival Day! |
| All the choristers arrived safely on campus, coming by bus, plane, or car from all across the country. |
| Quotes from Choristers. |
| Wow, this campus is rea beautiful! |
| Everyone at St. John's is so friendly! |
| So what are monks anyway, and what do they do all day? |
| Can we try on those black robes? (Only if you join up, and you're all too young.) |
| We've been practicing for a whole month, I can't wait until we all sing together! |
| What We Did Today. |
| The abbot (we learned he's the head of everything up here) welcomed us to campus and blessed us to begin the program. |
| Dinner in the refectory, not bad for institutional food. We ate with the counselors and staff, they're nice people. |
| We had our first meeting, and met everyone on the staff. Our conductor, Dr. Theimer, has a bit of an Austrian accent and really knows a lot about music. |
| Then we sang together for the first time, and sounded like a real choir right away - the four part harmony already sounds nice, and will only get better. |
| Then we had a popcorn party where we met a few more of the monks. They taught us about Benedictine hospitality and how they staff their own fire department. |
| We ended with closing prayer where we heard tomorrow's Gospel of Pentecost. |
| After that we went to our men's and women's dorms and met for quick meetings, and we all learned how to not monopolize limited bathroom and shower time. |
| To bed! Tomorrow will be a big day. |
| Pictures from Today |
 Arriving at the airport. |
 Members of the choir playing a "get to know you" game. |
 One of the counselors, Jeanne Kohr, leading the same game. |
 The founder and chaplain of the choir, Fr. Anthony Ruff, OSB. |
 Getting to know you.... |
Already bonding at the popcorn party. |
 Enjoying some punch, popcorn, and each other's company. |
 Happy choristers at the end of the day. |
 Two of our counselors, Cynthia Rapacke and Jill Coleman. |
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