Day 8: Recruiting Future Glee Clubbers at ISP

Our day began similarly to our day at the Ambassador's residence. With our performance at the International School of Prague (ISP) scheduled for 7:00pm, we had a fairly relaxing afternoon. Again, Clubbers split up and decided to explore various parts of the city. Some members returned to the Jewish Quarter to explore the region and visit the Old New Synagogue, while others walked on Charles Bridge, visited museums, returned to Old Town Square, and went shopping around the city. With this free time, the Penn Pipers busked around the city and made over 1,000 Koruna! One group of Glee Clubbers actually stumbled onto the set of a Czech soap opera and even met the cast! 

Zach Costa (E '15) sings with the Penn Pipers as they
busk in Prague!  

Erol Danon (C,W '16), Charlie McClelland (C '15), and
Vanessa Lam (W '15) pose with the cast of a Czech soap opera!

At 4:30, it was finally time to travel to ISP. After a 45-minute ride, we arrived at the school and entered the auditorium. We were thrilled to discover that the school had a great tech system and welcomed our tech staff to cue our performance! With the band accompanying us and the tech staff live-cuing our show, the Glee Club was incredibly excited to showcase the talent of all of our members for this performance! After warming up and setting the stage, the Glee Club rehearsed our collaboration performance with ISP's youth choir, a performance of "Omnia Sol." At 7:00, it was time for our concert to begin. We performed for a house full of Penn alumni, ISP students and families, and other guests. Our performance was very well received (especially by our younger audience!), and after an hour of singing and dancing it was time to say goodbye to the International School of Prague. The Glee Club was very thankful that was had the opportunity to add female voices to our blend in our collaboration with the ISP youth choir - we even had some female members of our tech staff join us in the collab! 

The Glee Club sings "Parting Glass" in our performance
at the International School of Prague!

Having wrapped up our performance at ISP, we returned to our hostel at about 10pm to spend our final night in Prague. Many Clubbers stayed in the hostel's common area to play board games, while some went straight to bed to prepare for the long trip that followed in the morning and others went out once again to explore Prague's nightlife. It's safe to say that our time in Prague was a success! In just under four days, we saw A LOT of this fantastic city and got a taste of its rich and diverse culture.