Best wishes to all those with the Amabile choirs who have just left for the Czech Republic.  (My son is in one of the choirs.)  The Amabile web site says:

From June 27 to July 13, 2008, the renowned and award-winning Amabile Boys and Men’s Choirs of London, Canada are on a two-week European tour. First on the agenda: the 2nd International Boys and Men’s Choral Festival in the Czech Republic which Amabile is co-hosting with the Czech Boys Choir, Boni Pueri. Six hundred male singers, ages 9 to 79, and 100 staff from seven countries immersed in a week of rehearsals, concerts, leadership activities and friendship, culminating in a massed concert in Dvorak Hall in the Rudolfinum of Prague, broadcast live around the world by Vltava Radio in the Czech Republic.

The Amabile boys and men continue their second week with a cultural and musical tour of Austria and Germany with three additional performances. They sing at the United Nations offices in Vienna, and also perform in the Golden Hall of the Musikverein in Vienna as guests of the the 2008 Summa Cum Laude International Youth Music Festival hosted by VIA MUSICA. Amabile’s final concert is in Ulm, Germany.