This weekend was a busy, but festive one for our family. Thursday, H. Man, I. Mac, their Grandma and I rode the train down to Salt Lake to see the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas Concert.
It was 10 degrees outside when we arrived downtown and the walk to the Conference Center was quite cold and miserable. The performance was well worth it though.
The guest singer for the evening was Natalie Cole, and the guest narrator was David McCullough. They both did a fabulous job.
The boys favorite part of the performance though was the Chrismas Around the World number. They performed six different Christmas songs from around the world with dancers in costumes from those countries, and then at the finale they pulled a giant Christmas Tree out of the floor with a huge cable. It really was breathtaking.
My favorite number was an organ solo of Good King Winceslas performed by Richard Elliot. He started out with a slow, classic rendition of the song, and then on the second verse he began to weave it together with selections from the Nutcracker Suite. It was amazing. I am hoping that a video of it comes out on U-Tube soon so I can see his hands and feet up close. It didn't seem possible for one man to produce so much sound at once.
The evening was truly magical. Music is one of my favorite parts of the Christmas Season. Nothing seems to capture the spirit and magic of this time of year like music can. It was a great way to hasten the Christmas spirit for each of us.
Friday, Saturday and Sunday were each filled with activities and celebrations as well, but I will have to post more on those events later, as we are off to do more celebrating today. I love this time of year!
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