We had a really cool experience with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir as we stopped in colonial Williamsburg, Virginia this week. This was a planned event with organizers in Williamsburg, they tried to keep a lid on it, but the locals heard "something" was happening and the crowd was thosands strong. I was so excited and even a little nervous because you never know if these kinds of things work. From my vantage point, it was wildly successful ! We ended up standing right behind the 3 soloists who started it all. They told us to stand around in the crowd randomly, and coincidentally discovered these very talented men in front of us!
So after the usual reenactment they do daily, our guys were to start the song, joined by assigned women and then steadily more until the wbole choir was involved. People were looking around, actal tourists who found theselves surrounded could tell something awesome was happening. We all wear nametags, even us guests of the choir, but we were instructedto take them off when we arrived. When the announcer stated that everyone there bad participated in a live performance of the world renowned Tabernacle choir, an audible (and really fun) gasp and applause filled the square! Within 30 minutes we heard it was on Facebook, my. Coworkers were sendinv me emails because due to our proximity to the soloists we were on KSL.
They told us we could blog about this event since it has gone viral on YouTube . They also said a. Edited version would be available soon without all the Williamsburg stuff, I am looking forward to seeing it, although I'm sure it didn't containthe excitement of being witness of it!
