....... and a wonderful time was had by all. North Mountain Chorus sang off of the mountain in the nearby town, in the valley. We love singing in the choir and sang our big hearts out. Indeed, fun was had by all.
It was a sell out event, at a notable musical eating establishment. The place was packed. Well, it wasn't really a sell out crowd as there was no charge, but it was packed. Let's just say, we may be able to pay off the purchase of our new keyboard with contributions to the donation box.
Asked to turn out in black and a little bling, we did just that. A fine looking group we were. Much of the black and some of the bling came from the famous local Frenchys, the renowned (used) Family Clothing Outlets. Frenchy clothing finds are worn with a sense of pride. Let's just say, we were the epitome of chic, some new, some old, some new again. The same holds true for the bling. I know for sure there was more than one set of pearls. Scarfs glittered, sequins shone and my pair of iridescent running shoes glistened.
The choir is new. One of the founders wanted to be in one more community choir before her life came to a conclusion. She still has more than a bit of life left in her, but that is beside the point.
Beginning in the fall, we drove through the blazing, displays of the brilliant colours of the maples to a local Community Hall. During the neverending winter, with a few exceptions, we drove the dark snowy roads. In spring, the daylight trip along the the shore, was a highlight of the day.
A description of the choir is nothing but eclectic - all adult ages, backgrounds, educations and employed or not. We are a lily-white crowd that reflects history, but everyone is welcome. In fact diversity is more than welcome.
Professionally trained voices, untrained professional voices, untrained unprofessional voices and maybe one or two, who sometimes just mouth the words, make the music. It is a sound with more than dollop of joy. What pure fun we have.
Our esteemed leader, who no doubt can sing Mozart's Requiem, with the best of them, brings out the best of us, as we sing the music of Nova Scotia. We learn a little more about music bit by bit. No slackers we.
The evening drew to a close. Members of the choir offered us individual, quality, musical performances. A blues band played into the night, with grooving dancers filling the floor. We did ourselves proud, we did our diverse community proud.
In many ways this year has been a hard time for our community. We know about tragedy. Last night was a shining moment.
Cars drove up over the mountain to the sea. Cars spread throughout the valley. We were home to bed and woke in the morning, with smiles leftover from making music the night before.
Beautiful.
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