Sunday, December 12, 2010

Random Acts

I've been involved with music all my life. It's what lights me up, keeps me going during the day, makes me smile, makes me cry, but always fulfills me no matter what is happening in my life. I've sung with The Hartford Chorale for almost 20 years, and my favorite performances have been when we've done Handel's Messiah over the holidays. Rehearsals always leave me energized and humming the music, even the more somber pieces.

I participated in my 13th performance of Messiah this past weekend. Performing with an orchestra, 160+ voices strong, to a warm and grateful audience is enough to make my holiday season.

But I think I've topped that experience. Today, I was a part of a huge flash mob performance of the Hallelujah Chorus at our local mall. A large crowd gathered at 3:00 pm, and with the flourish of a trumpet, we were off, raising our voices to a surprised and appreciative audience. So, without further ado, I give you the Hallelujah Chorus, flash mob style:



4 comments:

Always Home and Uncool said...

You are awesome. At my best, I have spontaneously broken into a chorus of Bob and Doug MacKenzie's version of "The 12 Days of Christmas."

And a beer.

In a treeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

Sharon said...

So cool!!!! Thanks for sharing!!

Grace. said...

I loved this. Not, of course, that I can sing a note--well not a note as written anyway.

Stamford Talk said...

You made me cry, you stinker! See my blog. (Although wait an hour or so, because I'm still writing my post about this post.)