Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/12/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Google "Messiah Sing-In," and you'll get a lot of hits.? Just about every city, town, and village in the US holds one of these events at Christmas time -- singers and musicians, young and old, amateur and pro, gather at Christmas time to sing excerpts from Handel's great oratorio. At 42 and counting, Charlottesville's is one of the oldest.? (We like to think that it's the very oldest, but there's no way of knowing.) A couple of weeks ago, over 500 singers and a full orchestra -- all volunteers, all unrehearsed -- showed up at the University of Virginia to celebrate the music, the season, the community. And, not incidentally, to have fun. For years, I played French horn in the orchestra.? Lately, I've been taking my camera instead of my horn. This year, I also took along a Zoom H2 and recorded the last number. It's the Hallelujah Chorus, of course. Four minutes and twenty-eight seconds of joy: http://johnedwinmason.typepad.com/ Happy and peaceful holidays, everyone. --John ****************************** John Edwin Mason, Photography: http://www.JohnEdwinMason.com Charlottesville and Cape Town