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Hi ladies,

I am ever enchanted by all of your words. Laura, I can't believe you made me get that Mikado song stuck in my head. Ahhh the forced laughter. Remember how great that old choir room was? Ah...windows.

In any case, I just wanted say hi to everyone. After three months here I think I'm starting to settle in a bit more. I'm actually playing in a band - Margaret, I'm sure you would really appreciate our director - he reminds me in many ways of Mr. P and we're playing things like "October", "Festive Prelude" and "Variants on a Medieval Tune". We're also doing a band arrangement of "Magnum Mysterium", which I remember fondly from choir. It's odd, being part of these ensembles - (I'm in two - the adult band comprised mostly of elderly men and/or professional jazz and dixieland musicians, and Dr. Taylor's college band, which was devastated by Katrina and is comprised of mostly sarcastic and ambivalent college folk) - it makes me think of High School so much. I guess it's nice to have something feel familiar in an environment that has been otherwise completely foreign.

I hope everyone is doing well - Margaret I envy you for still having school. I miss college so much. Is anyone going to be in town for Thanksgiving? Maybe willing to run the Turkey Trot? Let me know!

Missing the North and all you beautiful people hailing from there,

KS