Thursday, May 28th
For our first concert of tour, we sang at a church in Carmel. Afterwards, one of the church volunteers approached us and said, "I work for the church and am supposed to take you to the bar now." So, we went.
Friday, May 29th
In the early afternoon, we sang at a prep school. During the concert, the school's principal surprised us by telling the group that the California state legislature had recognized the Whiffenpoofs for its one hundred years of song and service.
That night, we performed at the Bohemian Grove, a super-exclusive, all-male private club outside of San Francisco. Innumerable redwood trees cover the Grove's expansive property. After we sang at the "Spring Jinks" concert, which also featured a jazz band, an orchestra, and a unicycle-riding juggler, we sang at several of the one hundred woodsy, Boy Scout-style camps at the Grove. (I may write another entry about the Grove, because a few sentences cannot capture its craziness.)
Saturday, May 30th
We have now left the Grove and have relocated at the University Club in San Francisco. Here, we will stay for two nights and celebrate the centennial year with the Whiffs of the West Coast.
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