First-time contributors in this edition include CL Andrea, or Annie, as she prefers to be called. She offers her insights into Shakespeare, and we look forward to her future columns based on her reading and play experience.

CL Florian has just come into the community leader fold and is already making his name known in the ezine publishing world with his first-person accounts of life in the great Midwest. Starting in June, we can look forward to his insights into his native Austria.

CL Josh has put together some instructional writing to explain how to work with RealAudio, one of the newest and most progressive media on the Internet. You'll find him working closely with Florian in this issue, as the two shared an impromptu stage recently. Bits of a recording of that meeting are available in RealAudio format within Florian's column. Don't miss it.

CL Connie has contributed some of her essays, and an excerpt is presented in this issue, featuring some great musical links. And CL Curtis, who has contributed before, again offers a brief and interesting biography of Johann Sebastian Bach.

Another welcome contributor this issue is Maggie Brouillette, whose site (SALAT) is featured in Visiting Vienna and whose graphics work for the Vienna Vanguard Award have augmented Klassiks and my designs. Thanks to her contribution, I have had the motivation to initiate a Vienna Links Resource Page (also after noticing that some other neighborhoods had them). That is something we will endeavor to get off the ground as quickly as possible. It is also something that, I hope, will bring a lot of participation from our homesteaders.

For those who prefer to listen to their own music while surfing, I have traded the background music for foreground music; so you have to click on the link to it and your browser will call it up in whatever form your sound card and computer dictate. Klassiks offers some interesting facts about and a great midi rendition of The Blue Danube. I find this song extremely relaxing and often play it at work. Highly recommended for zine surfing.

And speaking of music, this issue marks the debut of the What's That Tune? contest, run by CL Melissa, aka flotiste. Be sure to visit the contest and see how much you know about the tune playing there. The more you know about it, the better your chances of winning.

We do it all for you-- All of us in our virtual magazine office are looking forward to hearing from our Vienna Online readers. We're excited to announce new awards, new contests, and new features this issue, and we can't emphasize enough that everybody should participate.