SANTA ROSA SYMPHONIC CHORUS

LAST WEEKEND I ATTENDED A UNIQUE FALL SPIRITUAL CONCERT AT THE UNITARIAN CHURCH IN SANTA ROSA. THE CHOIR DIRECTOR, MR. EARL HAS BEEN A TEACHER SINCE 1998. THE CHOIR WAS EXCELLENT AND HAD ABOUT 60 MEMBERS OF ALL AGES. THE AUDIENCE SANG ALONG WITH SOME OF THE POPULAR SONGS. THE TWO HOUR CHORUS INCLUDED SONGS HAVING TO DO WITH NATURE. MANY OF THEM WERE IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE - CHINESE, AFRICAN, ETC. IT WAS VERY INTERESTING TO LISTEN TO HOW THE DIFFERENT TONES OF VOICES BLENDED TOGETHER. EACH OF THE CHOIR LEADERS EACH INTRODUCED A SONG AND THEY SPOKE ABOUT THE COMPOSER OF THE SONG AND THEIR BACKGROUND. SEVERAL SONGS WERE SPOKEN BY SEVERAL MEMBERS AS POEMS. ONE SONG WAS ABOUT LIFE 2500 YEARS AGO IN ISREAL. THERE WERE SEVERAL FOLKS THERE THAT I HAD MET YEARS AGO.