Gospel choir is back. It seemed to die last year – it disappeared into obscurity under Dom, and I didn’t hear anything about it. But this morning, I noticed a flyer for auditions stuck to the door into the Wes, so I thought I’d go along, just for old times sake.

The new guy, ryan, is quite good. He seemed able to get a tune out of the random mix of first and second years, from all over campus, pretty quickly. But he seemed to go about it like a job; it was as if he was only doing it for the extra credit. This may be my bias, but Charlie, when she was in command of the choir, seemed quite passionate about choir, caring for it deeply, organising extra concerts etc. the new guy seems currently to lack that enthusiasm. I think this is a shame, but then those mystical days of two years ago are long gone: this, in a way, isn’t my university any more. I miss those days as I miss the people within them.

Worst part is, the guy seems not to have heard of Bedouin Soundclash. Seems I have work to do.