music, and to tell others about the ways that He has changed our lives: we are each products of the cross of Jesus Christ." Folk Dance Club The MIT Folk Dance Club, founded in 1959, sponsors 3 public dance sessions every week: international folk dancing, contra dancing, and Israeli dancing. In the 1960s it sponsored four Folk Dance Festivals. Gamelan Galak Tika Founded and directed by Professor Evan Ziporyn in September 1993, this MIT-based authentic gamelan orchestra performs on campus, and has toured nationally and internationally, including to Bali, Indonesia, the birthplace of this musical genre. The ensemble performs classical Balinese compositions with traditionally costumed dancers, as well as contemporary and experimental pieces specially commissioned for the group. Experimental pieces have incorporated non-traditional instruments such as electric guitars, glass chimes, and one-of-a-kind novel electronic and computer-controlled instruments, in a variety of musical styles. Guest composer-performers have included Terry Riley, a pioneer of minimal music. Christine Southworth, an MIT alumna, has performed several of her compositions and has long been an active member of the orchestra. Gamelan Galak Tika uses authentic percussion instruments made in Indonesia, and the musicians perform barefoot in authentic Balinese costumes. Concerts are usually started with placement of a traditional Balinese centerpiece made of fresh fruit onto the stage (incense sticks were lit up in earlier years, but this practice was discontinued due to concerns about allergies and poor indoor air quality). After a concert, the audience is usually invited to come up on stage to get a closer look at the gamelan instruments, and to try hands-on playing of them under the guidance of orchestra members. Also, pieces of the fresh fruit centerpiece are offered to audience members, for a gustatory remembrance of the event. The group learns aurally, without the aid of musical notation, and functions in the tradition of a Balinese village sekeha, with decisions made communally and responsibilities shared among the members of the ensemble. The name of the ensemble means "intense togetherness" in Bahasa Kawi (classical Javanese, a dialect of Sanskrit), and is also a cross-lingual pun on the title of the old television show Battlestar Galactica. The group performs with three sets of gamelan instruments: a traditional pelog set, another tuned in just intonation, and the completely electronic Gamelan Elektrika, based on a design developed at the MIT Media Lab. Live Music Connection (LMC) A co-op of MIT's bands on campus,