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Saturday, March 3, 2012

West of Bathurst 1043

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This comic is dedicated to Markus Howard, the Massey choir director, and the rest of the choir. Everyone who attends Tea Hut tonight will soon know why.

Saturday, March 3, 2012
Panel 1: In the title panel of this Sunday-style colour comic, we see four bars of choral sheet music in five-part harmony. The lyrics read, "West of Bathurst by Kari Maaren diddle dee diddle."

Panel 2: In the Davies College chapel, the choir is practising. We see Marie, Barbara, and several other people reading from sheet music.

Choir [sings]: Diddle dee diddle dee diddle dee diddle dee

Panel 3:


Choir [sings]: Fol de rol de diddle dee fee!

Panel 4:

Sopranos [sing]: Faddle dee daddle dee

Altos [sing]: Doop dee diddle dee

Tenors and Basses [sings]: Dooo dooo dooo dooo

Panel 5:

Altos [sing]: Derry dee derry down hey diddle derry down

Tenors and Basses [sing]: Diddle dee diddle dee derry down doe.

Panel 6:

Choir [sings]: Gaggle de fee! Faddle de dee! Diddle dee diddle dee derry down diddle dee!

Panel 7: Barbara and Marie are in the corridor after the rehearsal.

Barbara: I think I'm really starting to get
that song.

Marie: Fol de rol diddle?

Alt-Text: If you're going "Huh?" right now, you have never been in a choir.

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