@jonkay Archives mostly contain materials other than books

@DaleBarbour No place of publication either

@marksholdice I've missed these, buddy

@JanisThiessen @CBC Listening to you on the broadcast right now!

@TheDrunkenMenno That's closer to the truth than the previous sentence, since the Mennonites in question had only been in Canada half a century, and hadn't come because they were fleeing religious persecution (as you know)

@marksholdice Sadly most of the world's Mennonites will be barred from heaven

@RyanTurnbull20 Ah. I read "something" as "anything."

@RyanTurnbull20 Glitch in the matrix?

Congratulations, Blake! It was a pleasure to work with you on this.

@LaraASchroeder I also found myself thinking during the performance, this doesn't have to be the last one! Two other major anniversaries will be celebrated in the next 2 years: the 150th anniversary of Mennonite settlement in Manitoba (2024), and the 500th of the Anabaptist movement (2025)

@LaraASchroeder "Befiehl" was incredible. My conductor grandfather, whom I sat with, felt it was such a reverent performance that applause was inappropriate. I also found the setting of "Nun Danket" and "In the Rifted Rock" especially powerful.

@LaraASchroeder I did, very much!

@julespenner It was a great evening!

Tonight's Sängerfest is part of a schedule of events commemorating the Russländer centenary across Canada. There are more events to come in the next week and a half, from Manitoba to BC:

Today the Sängerfest tradition is mostly a thing of the past. I don't know if we'll see another performance of this nature and scale again. I'm happy for the opportunity to participate as an audience member.