Admittedly I'm not that well versed on what's popular nowadays. My kids are grown up and living on their own. I have a sixth grade student who is quite talkative. She'll tell me about something and I have to plead ignorance. She is always quite amazed that I have know nothing about x, y or z. It used to be easier when the kids were teens, which is little payback for having to live through three children's adolescence.
One day a while back, I took some time and used it in an unexpected way. Looking at YouTube. Someone had sent me a link and, after that for about a half hour I just cruised around looking. At that time, I knew nothing about Flash Mob. I didn't know it was so popular, so many have done it and I didn't know what it was called.
For the uninformed, like I was this that morning, a Flash Mob is done in a public place. It starts with one or a few people who dance or sing, usually to a very large boombox accompaniment. As the song progresses, more and more people from the crowd keep joining in the center with the group. Of course, it's all been well-rehearsed but it seems spontaneous. The cool part is seeing the crowd's reaction.
During my cruising I found one that was done in Belgium in a train station. The huge group of people danced to Do-Re-Mi from Sound of Music. It was utterly wonderful. Of course I'm also a big fan of musicals.
The original link someone sent me is tonight's "Carol." It happens in a fast food court in a mall and it is the Hallelujah Chorus.
Many, many years ago, I was asked to join the presentation our Church and community did of Handel's Messiah. I had never sung it before. Even though the kids were pretty young, I committed and went to rehearsals twice a week for a month. We performed it twice in December. After that experience, I was hooked. I truly believe that Handel's Messiah is meant to be sung over being listened to. Or maybe just that you have to be able to sing it (in your correct part, not just singing with whatever part has the main voice) to really appreciate it magnificence.
I'm an alto. Handel loved altos, their warm, cello voices that were full and glowing. After that first time, I started singing the Messiah wherever I could. When we moved, I found a new choir to sing in. I went to numerous Messiah Sing-Alongs. Each year I would sit down around Christmas, put on my CD of the Messiah and sing through the entire thing with it, to be sure I didn't forget my part.
My daughter, also an alto, grew up and started singing with me at my annual CD playing. Soon she knew the alto part. When she was around 14, we sang in our first Messiah choir. What a great experience!
And now, the flash mob of Handel's Messiah.
God Bless.
One day a while back, I took some time and used it in an unexpected way. Looking at YouTube. Someone had sent me a link and, after that for about a half hour I just cruised around looking. At that time, I knew nothing about Flash Mob. I didn't know it was so popular, so many have done it and I didn't know what it was called.
For the uninformed, like I was this that morning, a Flash Mob is done in a public place. It starts with one or a few people who dance or sing, usually to a very large boombox accompaniment. As the song progresses, more and more people from the crowd keep joining in the center with the group. Of course, it's all been well-rehearsed but it seems spontaneous. The cool part is seeing the crowd's reaction.
During my cruising I found one that was done in Belgium in a train station. The huge group of people danced to Do-Re-Mi from Sound of Music. It was utterly wonderful. Of course I'm also a big fan of musicals.
The original link someone sent me is tonight's "Carol." It happens in a fast food court in a mall and it is the Hallelujah Chorus.
Many, many years ago, I was asked to join the presentation our Church and community did of Handel's Messiah. I had never sung it before. Even though the kids were pretty young, I committed and went to rehearsals twice a week for a month. We performed it twice in December. After that experience, I was hooked. I truly believe that Handel's Messiah is meant to be sung over being listened to. Or maybe just that you have to be able to sing it (in your correct part, not just singing with whatever part has the main voice) to really appreciate it magnificence.
I'm an alto. Handel loved altos, their warm, cello voices that were full and glowing. After that first time, I started singing the Messiah wherever I could. When we moved, I found a new choir to sing in. I went to numerous Messiah Sing-Alongs. Each year I would sit down around Christmas, put on my CD of the Messiah and sing through the entire thing with it, to be sure I didn't forget my part.
My daughter, also an alto, grew up and started singing with me at my annual CD playing. Soon she knew the alto part. When she was around 14, we sang in our first Messiah choir. What a great experience!
And now, the flash mob of Handel's Messiah.
God Bless.
And here's another video of same group, not a Flash Mob this time, but a Christmas Carol!
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That was beautiful! I really enjoyed that. Thanks for taking the time!
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I can't tell you how wonderful that was. The Messiah has been a special part of my life since I was little. I have accompanied parts of it on the piano. When we lived in Phoenix when I was little, I remember going to see a performance at Arizona State University. You are right--Handel meant us to sing along. The Hallelujah Chorus is my husband's most favorite song in the whole world (and this post was great because my favorite Christmas carol is Carol of the Bells). Anyway, back in the day of cassettes, we made a playlist of every single version of the Hallelujah Chorus we could get out hands on. We would buy CDs simply for the reason that the Hallelujah Chorus was on it, even if we never listened to any of the other songs! Thank you for brightening my day.
ReplyDeleteOh how I love flash mobs! This is my favorite of all time, like I get teary each time I watch it:
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I know, not Christmas, but totally worth a look! :)
Merry Christmas!
I really enjoyed the videos you shared, the first one made me cry! Thanks for sharing both of them. Hope you had a great Christmas.
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