The “that’s cool” department and the “that’s silly” department have both asked for a little post-concert space in the blog. Great video from the former and I’ll apologize to the tenors for the latter ahead of time…um…then again, maybe I won’t. They ARE tenors after all.
A Honda commercial where all of the sounds are provided by an a Capella choir (seriously awesome):
And then the blog descended into madness:
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How do you tell if a tenor is dead?
The wine bottle is still full and the comics haven’t been touched.
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What do you say to a tenor in a three-piece suit?
“Will the defendant please rise…”
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Being a tenor soloist, I was recently asked by a funeral director to sing at a grave side service for a homeless man. He had no family or friends, so the service was to be at a small cemetery in the middle of nowhere. As I was not familiar with the area, I got lost; and being a typical man I didn’t stop for directions. I finally arrived an hour late and saw the funeral guy had evidently gone and the hearse was nowhere in sight.
There were only the diggers and crew left and they were eating lunch. I felt badly and apologized to the men for being late. I went to the side of the grave and looked down and the vault lid was already in place. I didn’t know what else to do, so I started to sing.
The workers put down their lunches and began to gather around. I sang out my heart and soul for this man with no family and friends; I sang like I’ve never sung before for this homeless man.
And as I began singing “Amazing Grace”, the workers began to weep. They wept, I wept, we all wept together. When I finished I dried my eyes and started for my car. Though my head hung low my heart was full.
As I was opening the door to my car, I heard one of the workers say, “I never seen nothin’ like that before and I’ve been putting in septic tanks for twenty years.”