On Sunday, April 19th, the Varsity Men's Glee Club made a trip up north to Naperville to visit our longtime friends, the Naperville Men's Glee Club. The collaborative concert that the Naperville Club hosted featured the University of Illinois Varsity Men's Glee Club, the Other Guys, and several other dance performances and solo/ensemble acts. The sold-out audience was very welcoming, and the afternoon was filled with various songs of brotherhood, spirituality, and secular pieces from both glee clubs. At the end of the concert, the Naperville Men's Glee Club and the Varsity Men's Glee Club joined together to sing "She's Got a Way," "Spanseniye Sodelal," and Randall Thompson's "Alleluia," all resulting with a final standing ovation.

Following the performance, VMGC attended a congratulatory dinner at the house of one of the Naperville Club's members. There, both clubs partook of a veritable banquet. NO ONE WENT HUNGRY THAT NIGHT!!! Everyone was ble to socialize and compare club traditions, European trips (VMGC covered that one...), college life and experiences, and future plans. At the conclusion of the dinner, the clubs again sang together in fellowship, this time singing the rousing songs "Brothers Sing On," "Vive L'Amour," and "Beviamo" (both in Italian and English, of course). VMGC then thanked their hosts in singing the "Big Ten Medley," the "Illinois State Song," and, finally, the Alma Mater. (Let it be known that NO Michigan alums showed their faces at the singing of the Big Ten Medley. A success, I would say!) The long bus ride was definitely worth it-- good fellowship, wonderful music, a successful performance, and new friends. VMGC will definitely be looking forward to singing with the Naperville Men's Glee Club very soon!