Moose, thanks for sharing about that lovely memory! And how great you were the winning choir! I did a brief google and found the following: Summa Cum Laude International Youth Music Festival Vienna 2020 | European Choral Association Does this look like what you attended? It appears that July 2020 was the most recent one. I didn't see any taking place this year. If it didn't, I can only assume because of covid.

I think that July 2020 things were doing quite well in Central Europe, covid-wise. Only with the Delta variant did things worsen for a while, again. Right now, there are very few covid cases in my neck of the woods. I just looked and there are 553 new cases in Austria. Only 183 new cases in Czech Republic.While New Jersey, on the other hand, has 1,169. I won't even quote the numbers in Florida and other states in that region. The differences? Strict mask requirements, smaller population densities, and generally good vaccination rates, though the latter could still improve.