Requiem Eternam
Well tonight was kind of a surprise. I get a call from Shanna saying that the choir concert for Acapella is tonight! I was like heck yeah I want to go, mainly for the reason that I wanted to hear Rutter's Requiem performed again. They started off singing "Prelude to Peace" which was about 10 times better than when we performed it, so I was pretty optimistic about the concert. They started Requiem and it kind of went downhill from there. The women were very good, but the guys... well lets just saying some improvement was needed. Little Giuca did Shanna's solo which we didn't find out until tonight. She hit the high B with relative ease and I was quite impressed. The biggest downside was the fact that the people two rows behind us were talking non-stop during the entire peice. Not even whispering mind you. A big part of me wanted to find the nearest katana and chop off their heads... but that would be very unbecoming of me. Not to mention that there were people coming in and out of the theater during the performance, banging the doors along the way. At the end of the concert I saw Mike Stalsburg and talked with him for a while. It was weird because he seemed really glad to see me. We talked about the concert and what not. Turns out that he mainly works 3rd shift too and now lives about a block away from where i used to live (weird). He gave me his card and said I should really give him a call, I think I'll do that sometime. It's weird all the things that happened back in the day, and all the grudges I used to hold. I just don't feel that way now, I can't stay mad at people for stupid reasons anymore. The universe is being incredibly generous to me lately and I am grateful. All the friends I used to have are coming back into my life and I don't feel so... lethargic. Times they are a changing.
Shawn
P.S. - GOULET!
posted by Shawn @ 10:24 PM
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i was tempted at one point to pull a bowman and chuck my recorder at them. isn't it funny that first instinct to get something to be quiet is to throw something at it?
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I must concede that A Cappella Choir really pulled through and performed an awfully swell rendition of "Requiem," quite desp- wait, looks! A bighorn! Oh, you're hungry, aren't you? You don't even blink... Quick, you and me; staring contest! You win, you always do! That's why I come up here: NATURE!!! (Goulet!)
Man, I deleted the wrong one! I can't believe I left the one that said "Looks!" That's a stage direction, not dialogue. Sheesh.
HAHA, I thought Shanna was going to whip out some nail clippers and clip her toe nails at the people behind you. (Gotta love Bowman!)
Thank you, all of you, for your lovely comments about our Requiem. Sure, they weren't true, but it was awfully nice of you all to be so polite, considering you all knew I would read this post!
No, I did not come close to Shanna's greatness when she sang that solo, but I tried...Did you all like how I cracked? Or even better, how I looked like a lost sheep when I couldn't get back to the risers because the cello and harp were in my way? ^_^
EXAUDI!
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