Ahhh yes. To hear Jonathan sing with Chorale. Would have gone a LOT better for me if I'd been feeling well! I lasted through about three songs before the very warm church (temps definitely were for the snow birds and not for the Bekah!) got the best of me and I had to listen to the rest of it from the foyer.I (sadly) did not take my camera with me upon my hasty exit, so this is the only picture I got of the Chorale singing in Ft. Myers. Jonathan is the second guy from the left there in the middle.
You know you're in a retirement community when you're standing by the back door of the church and a nurse comes in to get someone from the congregation for her 7:30 medication dosage! LOL!!
Anyway, here are some other pictures of the night. Megan and Jonathan, post-concert, along with Silas and Khi. Khi had been talking about "John'n" all day. He was so excited to see him!
Jonathan with the sweet friends who treated us to lunch. Love them!!!
After the concert, Jonathan spent a long LONG time talking to his family and friends, and Khi was just really not a fan of all that waiting. He and I made countless trips to the parking lot to look for "chucks." (Trucks.) Everything is a truck. Bus = chuck. Golf cart = chuck. Car = chuck. So we saw a lot of chucks.
In between chuck sightings, we may or may not have done a little...ahem...dancing...in the back of the church. Hey. Whatever keeps them occupied. He was cracking me up with his moves. Think Bill Cosby...but faster.
I know I always talk about A Mighty Fortress, which is my FAVORITE Chorale song, but I thought I'd share a couple others with you this time.
I know I always talk about A Mighty Fortress, which is my FAVORITE Chorale song, but I thought I'd share a couple others with you this time.This is the Africa song. (This is also not the full Chorale...but it's the only rendition of it I could find on YouTube.) It's not a religious song at all. I believe it was made popular by Toto, which to me, is a dog that flew out of Kansas, but to the rest of you, it may have musical meaning. I also believe Straight No Chaser has done this song. (I only know David Phelps has NOT done this one.) I don't really understand the words...but I am posting it because I love what they do at the beginning. Super cool.
And my good friend of a song....Betelehemu. My roommate, Jenny, used to practice the claps to this song in our room. To be honest, this song scares me to death, but it's cool in a frightening sort of way. I don't speak this language, so I have no idea what it says either, but it's fun to watch. They did this one in the round on this tour and I didn't like it in the round. Loses the effect of what you'll get to see here. (This is from '06 I think.)
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Interesting songs! Jonathan looked like he was really enjoying being in the concert AND seeing you guys too!
Did he have to go look for "chucks" with his nephew too? LOL I just love that little guy's curiousity!
He did not have to look for chucks. He was still visiting. :) Khi was so fun. I miss him!!!!
oh I just laughed watching Betelehemu...remembering Brianne practicing the clapping in our room, too. :) In the first video, my sister's friend is in the back row. That was funny to see her on your blog, but why not?? She went to IWU, and you work there! :)
be-te-le-he-mu-wuh. It's the shrieking in the middle that freaks me out.
Who is your sister's friend?
And after posting these, I have had Africa stuck in my head all day. Especially the line "As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti." It's just fun to say.
The night that Jonathan stayed with us, Megan told him she couldn't understand the words to the song (which I was glad she said because I can't either) so he sang it solo for us. But he sang his part. So now I hear the words in tenor. LOL!!!
He even put in all the waaaaaaaaaaaah's.
haha...I never would have known those words were a part of the song...
Libby Ungs. I graduated HS with her brother and she and Emily graduated together. She probably graduated IWU in 2010. She's the blond in the back row on the left.
Oh my goodness! The "chucks" brought back memories. When my son was 2 and we lived in a condo complex where you could hear everything anyone said outside, he couldn't say his r's, and the "t" in truck was an "f." Yes, he said it loud: "Go bye-bye f-ck?" And I would reply just as loudly (for anyone who might have heard him), "Yes, we're going bye-bye in the TRUCK."
Be thankful you went looking for chucks!
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love that!!!! Oh my word. See, if I ever have kids, that's how they'll talk. Loudly, too, I'm sure!
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