Michelle arrived at 7 o'clock with a box of Tiramisu. Jimmy prepared a full table of ham and cheese sandwiches, fruits, corn on the cobs, drinks. While waiting for Bill to join us, Jimmy, Michelle and I started practicing "Amazing Grace". When Bill arrived, the warm evening of Chamber Choir of Four began. We sang Akatombo and Amazing Grace again and again, until all of us four could memorize the lyrics by heart and sang in harmony!
Amazing Grace John Newton (1725-1807)
Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound, 奇異恩典 何等甘甜
That saved a wretch like me. 我罪已得赦免
I once was lost but now am found, 前我失喪 今被尋回
Was blind, but now I see. 瞎眼今得看見
When we've been here ten thousand years, 將來禧年 聖徒歡聚
Bright shining as the sun. 恩光愛誼千年
We've no less days to sing God's praise, 喜樂頌贊 在父座前
Than when we've first begun. 深望那日快現
Soprano: Michelle LiuAlto: Sherry Li
Tenor: Jimmy Li
Bass: Bill Wan
Michelle and I recorded Akatombo in Mandarin for Toastmasters Rio Imamura and Masaki Oshiumi this evening, so that they can practice in Japan. I'm so excited that D67 chorus will join hands with toastmasters from D76 to give two consecutive performances at Nursing Home Birthday Party Friday afternoon (11/27) and D67 Fallcon 2009 Dinner Party Saturday evening (11/28). How meaningful it would be if we could take our breath away as well as others on two important occasions before the end of 2009.
Many thanks go to Bill, Jimmy and Michelle for a lovely and wonderful chamber of choir evening. I enjoyed singing and conducting for the first time. I learned to look beyond the differences and find a way to guide people to voice out in harmony. It was fulfilling!
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