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The Vienna Boys Choir is coming to State Theatre here in Ithaca, New York, this Friday, November 30, 2007.  Who knows why, but this is certainly not an opportunity that any Cornellian or Ithaca resident should pass up.  Chances are though, most people will be out getting smashed this Friday (our last day of classes) without even knowing that these precocious musicians are here or, worse yet, who they are.

Raise your hand if you knew I was in a boys choir!  Yep, for four years.  Ages nine to thirteen.  I’m pretty sure that that whole experience ranks first on the list of things in my childhood that shaped the human being I am today.  It probably also laid the foundation for my musical conservatism.

Anyway, I hope to get tickets for this performance, but the work I am responsible for this week will have my head before I can even start thinking about the weekend.