fall choral concert at 7 on the 7th!

I do so love this event every year!!!

It's just a perk that it's also free - very budget-friendly for a retired person like myself...

and like Sherry Moore, too!

I had noticed on fb that she was 'interested' in going... maybe she would like to go with me in tow?

After all, she'd been the one to answer my call for a ride years ago.

So I sent her a message... and she called me right back!

She'd love to go, especially as it was free, especially with company!

But, of course!

Most folks don't like going somewhere alone; most times, I'd much rather go alone than stay home alone.

And this concert promised we would be going, going, going!!!

 

Its subtitle was "Vocal Music From Around The Globe!" and it delivered, no passport required!

Three vocal groups were there at Savannah Arts Academy tonight.

Those empty seats on the right were vacated when the Garrison Voices rose to join the Pulaski Chorus and the Savannah Arts Academy Chorus.

Altogether, there were 189 young singers regaling us there at the end!!!

That was for a South African greeting song called "Hlohonolofatsa", which basically meant "Bless everything in the Name of the Father" - hallelujah!

 

My favorite, as always, was the sea chantey from the all-male contingent of the high school, all swinging their arms in time - I so love that!!!

This year's offering was a whaling song from New Zealand called "Wellerman", which they followed up with "Viva Tutti", an 18th Century Glee.

Sing on, my boys!!!

The girls joined them for "Good Night, Dear Heart", based on the Robert Richardson poem that I knew from the episode of "Quantum Leap" in which a young German woman is killed.

How touching that this poem is also on the tombstone of Samuel Clemens' daughter - I've always loved Mark Twain's works.

Then the boys left the stage for the girls to grant me "Skylark" - yes!!!

So, what other countries were in the mix?

We had "Arirang" from Korea, "Sisi Ni Moja" in Swahili from the East African coast, "Lake Isle of Innisfree" from Ireland, "Dies Irae" in Latin from 13th Century Italy, "Ad Astra" from a modern composer in Kansas, "Crowded Table" by a US group of women, and Durme, Durme from the Sephardic Jews of Spain and Portugal.

Some were done by the Garrison Voices alone, some by only the Pulaski Chorus, both middle schools with 6-8-grade singers.

They'll be coming to this high school when they move on to higher grades.

That means I'll get to enjoy their voices for years to come!

 

Sherry thanked me for inviting her to this feast of song!

She told me she felt that she was "failing retirement" because she hadn't gotten out much these four years so far.

I assured her that everyone approaches that freedom differently, but now that I knew that she truly wanted to go out and about more, I'd help motivate her.

I know well how hard it can be to "throw yourself out of your house", but that's a choice worth making.

Life is outside... be part of it!

In fact, she and I already have plans for Thursday!

Good!!!

And I had thought being without my car this week was going to leave me stranded.

Actually, it has motivated me to reach out to others...

and find helping hands, right there.

i thank You, God!