Monday, May 19, 2008, the UNI Varsity Men's Glee Club toured the Royal Wieliczka Salt Mine, a UNESCO World Heritage Site near Krackow, Poland.

Just for fun, the group sang in St. Kinga's Chapel, a very large and opulent temple carved out of the rock, hundreds of meters underground. A digital stereo recording of this performance was made, and is available below as a free download.

The acoustics of the mine made performing music here an exceptional experience. The resonance was extraordinary, and this underground concert was one of the most unique performances ever for the Glee Club.

>>> Listen to The Underground Concert (MP3)

This recording was made with the assistance of Alumni Kevin Graves and Steve Heinle.

The men sang "Lux Aurumque", "My Lord, What A Mornin'", "Ave Maria", "Soon Ah Will Be Done", and "Brothers, Sing On" while Polish students and other visitors toured the chapel.

Mining in Wieliczka started early in the 13th century, and it was a working mine for over 700 years, until 1996. The mine consists of nine levels, and to get down to the 150-meter level of the mine, Glee Club members walked down a wooden stairway of some 400 steps. There are over 300 kilometers of tunnels and passages, and the Glee Club toured only 1 percent of the mine.

After a 3 kilometer tour of the mine's corridors, its chapels, statues and lake, the Glee Club men rode an elevator back up to the surface. The elevator holds 36 people (9 per car) and took only 30 seconds to reach the surface.


Another epic Glee Club audio experience...

"A PRAGUE SUBWAY ADVENTURE" There's trouble on the Red Line!
Six men of the Glee Club get more than they bargained for on the subway in Prague.
And a rebellious T.J. Warren has Lemon Fanta, but no ticket!

When you're in the big city, (and you don't speak the language)
you need to have your wits about you... and if a bunch of
foreign women tell you to do something, you don't just
automatically do it. Or should you?

An epic Glee Club European quest, recorded Saturday, May 17, 2008.

>>> A Prague Subway Adventure.MP3 (22:03)

Special thanks to Chris Assell, Ty Halverson, Paul Marlow, Jeremy Smit,
T.J. Warren, and David Wirtz.

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