Beautiful

As much as we love our son, it is nice to get a night out just the two of us. One such outing that didn't involve the munchkin was on the Sunday after Thanksgiving, when we attended a Messiah sing-along. If you've never been to one of these, I'll briefly explain. It's just like a regular concert of Georg Frideric Handel's masterpiece for chorus and orchestra, Messiah, from which the well-known "Hallelujah Chorus" is taken. The only difference is that the audience is the chorus! Everyone brings their score (or rents one), and does their best to follow the conductor. It is a blast! If you ever get a chance to go, it is worth it. They are usually free (this one was), and even if you don't know the piece, it's amazing to listen to a several-hundred voice chorus in surround sound. There is a big one that takes place at the Kennedy Center concert hall every year - this year it is on Dec. 17 at 8:00, but you have to get tickets this Saturday at 10:00am. Nothing like singing with 2000 other people. I am particularly emphatic about it all because the Messiah is to me one of the most incredible pieces of music ever created. It's beautiful texts about Christ from the Old and New Testaments, set to the most glorious music - it truly is worship, exalting the Savior from beginning to end.