Grannymar

Seasonal Singing

December 12, 2009 at 6:00 am · Filed under Uncategorized

A little Seasonal Singing!

A group of silent monks (High School Students) perform the Hallelujah Chorus.

With thanks to David Braziel from whom I stole it. Enjoy!

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Rummuser said,

December 12, 2009 at 6:16 am

I would give my arm and leg to see that live somewhere. I just love to see young kids do things like this. I bet that God up there enjoyed it as much as I did. Thank you.
Dorothy Stahlnecker said,

December 12, 2009 at 10:05 am

We have so many creative minds we can be thankful for that was lovely.

Dorothy from grammology
grammology.com
steph said,

December 12, 2009 at 11:08 am

Seen it before but enjoyed it nonetheless.

It’s very clever.

Halleluia!
Baino said,

December 12, 2009 at 11:09 am

Very funny. I went to see the Sydney Symphony doing Handel’s Messiah once and was bored to the boots until the Hallelluja Chorus. Nowhere near as entertaining as this and a damn sight more expensive!
Sam said,

December 12, 2009 at 11:26 am

lovely!! I stole it quite shamelessly for my blog!!

P.S. - Am having trouble seeing anything under the “flamer” photograph - is it me or you? I get an “endif” code and nothing else below that - just thought that it was worth letting you know.
Grannymar said,

December 12, 2009 at 12:21 pm

Ramana - I thought it hit the right note for today! If you find out where it is on live, I’ll come along too.

Dorothy - Glad you enjoyed it.

Steph - I bet you will be singing it all day!

Baino - I have been to live performances many times, but this was soooooo different!

Sam - I hope your readers enjoy it. Thanks for letting me know about the difficulty. It seems fine now again.
Maynard said,

December 12, 2009 at 12:24 pm

wow!
Nick said,

December 12, 2009 at 1:43 pm

Reminds me of the famous Bob Dylan video where he holds up a series of placards and peels them off one by one. I can’t help wondering what the monks look like under the clothing. And how do we know they’re genuine monks? They might all be postmen.

I had the same problem as Sam but it’s okay now.
Grannymar said,

December 12, 2009 at 1:50 pm

Nick - They are school students. Sorry that you had difficulty yet again with my blog. You are a saint to keep trying.
MelRoXx said,

December 12, 2009 at 3:20 pm

How different! Nice one! really creative
Grannymar said,

December 12, 2009 at 3:22 pm

Mel, I thought it was most unusual.
Nancy said,

December 12, 2009 at 4:43 pm

Grannymar,

I loved this. Such clever kids!

I once went to one of my Grandson’s Chorus concerts and as part of the program they sang a very lively song from Grease without making a sound.

The entire song was done in sign language because they had a deaf classmate and they thought she would enjoy it… As a matter of fact, we ALL enjoyed it…
Magpie11 said,

December 12, 2009 at 6:15 pm

Priceless and to be enjoyed by many as a result of this post…

This reminds me of a piece of obscure musical knowledge:
You may remember a song which goes “Yes! We have no bananas. We have no bananas today.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jT6JkceQ9FU (about 1minute in)

and the song “My Bonnie lies over the ocean”
Chorus ends Bring back my bonnie to me…

Well the music goes like this:

Haleluliah! Bananas! Bring back my bonny to me!

It works….

Err sorry!
Grannymar said,

December 13, 2009 at 9:20 am

Maynard - You will have to watch your language. I found you in the sin bin, all because you used the word ‘wow’! That has to be a first!

Nancy - A song in sign language, what a wonderful idea.

Magpie - I do remember both songs. My granny was always playing games with songs just as you describe…. she was full of fun… I still miss her!
patty said,

December 14, 2009 at 2:17 am

very cool!!!!
George@CulinaryTravels said,

December 14, 2009 at 4:16 pm

Wow. Very unusual.
Grannymar said,

December 14, 2009 at 4:19 pm

Patty - I thought so.

George - Rather. I missed you and hope all is well in your corner.