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Blysse and Ellie took part in a concert over the weekend at the Bookworm, a well-frequented hangout for Beijing denizens who prefer a more high brow place to chill. They sang five songs in all, and I recorded them all on my trusty dusty Sony snapshot camera, which does well in good light (except for the annoying clicking sound that shows up from time to time).

Here are two of my favorites from the concert:

Rooster Rag…

And Joseph’s Coat…

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My friend Malcolm Nerva was recently asked if he could put something together for entertainment at a charity fundraiser at the Old Factory 798 art district for an orphanage in Hebei Province outside Beijing. Inspired from a performance of the Maimi University Cheezies that he’d seen on YouTube, he scraped up a small ensemble of fellow International Festival Chorus members, and painstakingly arranged a version for us to perform - complete with notation - and in a different key!

The result… ? Malcolm and his Makeshift Band (aka Malcolm and the Makeshifts) delivered, to an appreciative audience, a heartfelt and entertaining rendition of The Facebook Song…

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Ellie and Blysse got very attached to “Spotty”, a hermit crab they found on the beach. Ellie cried her eyes out when we finally let him/her go. This was taken during a relatively rain free moment. You can get a glimpse of Kata Beach and see that it is a pretty small and private beach, one of the reasons it is popular for families.

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