Everyone gets that message from me when he auditions. I've turned down some very talented people because I sensed that commitment wasn't there. Melk Abbey Traveling by bus from Vienna to Prague, the two Purdue groups entered the Austrian village of Melk to visit a Benedictine monastery. The brief stop produced one of the most memorable moments of the trip. Unlike many famous European churches and cathedrals, which have made tourism, rather than worship, their primary activity, the church at Melk has preserved its traditional role.
Signs welcome visitors but ask that they respect the dignity of the place.
As visitors made their way through the building, Breed began drawing the Glee Club members together beneath the Baroque dome at the center of the church. As each song concluded, the audience, as if by agreement, remained utterly silent. By the time the brief concert was over, tears were glistening on the cheeks of singers and listeners alike. Prague One Czech Republic tour guide was Helena, a tiny young woman with a large passion for her country's new independence. Fiercely patriotic, she pointed with pride to examples of past greatness and progress and with anger or sarcasm to examples of neglect or incompetence perpetrated before the Soviet-dominated communist regime was swept out of power.