Conduct Becoming turns 20 years old this year, but is having a rough go with COVID-19 restrictions.

The group was originally formed in 2001 to honor former Mount A student Jason Abraham and raise funds for the Canadian Cancer Society.

Conduct Becoming helps Mount Allison students produce their own music, which is released as a fundraising variety album.

Singing and playing together, however, has been difficult during the course of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In fact, Conduct Becoming rep Melanie Wry says she isn’t sure if an album will be produced at all this school year.

With all of the confusion and changing of phases, jam sessions couldn’t happen six feet apart in CHMA’s little studio.

Music, however, is still being made by participants and Wry herself.

The cause for making the music still resonates with band mates during COVID-19 restrictions.

Wry lost both of her grandfathers to cancer just last year.

She also mourns for the temporary hiatus of kitchen parties, guitars by a bonfire, and singing together during COVID-19.

Rather than rush, the crew will focus on getting the word out about Conduct Becoming and branding for next year.

If the vaccination roll-out gets the pandemic in control in time, they’ll be able to do a live album launch like years past next school year.