Song Cafe

Last Friday night saw the Song Cafe run for the first time. A cast of musical talent - from Jorge Rebolledo (with Steph Gesling on the right) through to our personal rock gods - a thousand lights (above). Mixed in with some Tongan dancing (who knew Kamaloni was such a show pony?), the inevitable food and a cast of loyal regulars from Centenary Uniting it was quite a night. Of course the highlight of the night was the ritual shearing of Geoff Smith's locks - but more of that above.

Many of the international students at UTC are from poor nations in the Pacific or S-E Asia. Added to their cost of living and studying in Australia, is the fact that many of them are here on visas that do not allow them to work at all. The international flavour of UTC is one its great gifts - which would be a terrible loss simply for a relatively small amount of money.