A Musical Evening Essay

No, I havent been to a musical (lately). scarcely Friday my choir and I had an appointment with, well, the rest of the population here, really. The local choirs (5) and whoever else who treasured to come along, were ga in that respectd to ripple. The choirs had 2-3 var.s each in between, but the rest was sheer singalong (not karaoke..).Before going I felt as if I was a hundred years old, because thats what I expected the sound age of the people attending to be but no such thing. Admittedly, average age was possibly 50, but there was such a genial atmosphere, and fun songs to sing It was great listening to the other choirs and there was even food and drink.Very un-Norwegianly, people smiled and talked to complete strangers, and I doubtfulness not that the compere was right when he said you couldnt sing and be a sourpuss. I didnt finger like a hundred years old, and I even answered when called upon by strangersIll just give you a couple examples of the singalong (as usual, i ts sound save for atmosphere, the localities where wrapped in semi-darkness). Its not particularly beautiful, but its kind of silly-funny, its two songs ph wiztically translated to Norwegian Ferje over Mjsa (= convey cross Mjsa, from ferry cross the Mersey, of course at least its about a ferry ride to a fault) and Du kan godt f sitte innte meg Leif (= feel free to move in closer, Leif, from got to get you into my life its got abruptly nothing to do with the original, but it sounds like it)Our performance? It wasnt too bad, actually. Wed had two practice sessions before this evening The second song (a medley) I wont go into, but the first one had several people coming over to us afterwards byword things like just about enchanting of the evening, most special and most true (= in tune) singing theyd ever heard. I can live with that.