11 months and many hours of practice later, it was December 9th, 2010; opening night. While waiting in the wings, some people rocked nervously, others jived to their own tunes, but we were all excited to finally be in this moment.
How to describe it from there? Words really can't bring across the level of emotion brought forth, nor the incredible feeling of being up there and delivering a powerful Christmas message! (Math geeks calculated: about 15% of our community turned out for this event; and about 1% of the community was involved in the production of the Messiah)
It was wonderful to meet so many new people and sing in a whole new group than I'm used to! (The tenor section was lacking in oomph so another female and I joined their ranks to help them out :D) My favourite part was watching the audience. There would be the odd person skeptical of what we could bring who would leave with tears in their eyes and joy in their hearts. Older folk would sit in the pews, eyes closed, mouthing the words to the music, no doubt moved themselves.
And in front of it all, our director Sharon - whose patience throughout this labour of love really paid off. :)
Here's a link to a short clip from Thursday night:
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| Me, my mom, and my brother |
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| Our competent director, Sharon Carrington |
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| The 3.5 sisters :) |
An incredible experience; I'll never forget it!
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