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| POHC Sings at Hope Lodge, June 11, 2013. |
We have had two wonderful outreach
concerts recently, and they are always such strong reminders of the
importance of our mission. On Tuesday, June 11th, we sang at the American Cancer Society Hope Lodge,
a residence for out-of-town families of cancer patients, where we sang in a
lovely open room that has a wall of windows and a good piano. With a
large choir turnout we were able to share our songs with passion and vigor and
the audience was deeply responsive. Our audience started small, but grew
as we sang, and in the end there were at least a
dozen people. Many sang with us during the sing-alongs, and they
clearly knew many of our other songs. There was a very strong connection
with them as we sang and we could feel them drinking up our words of hope and
encouragement and reminders of joy--even though this time in their lives is
particularly stressful. After the concert they were very appreciative and
some stayed around for a while to talk to the choir members.
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| POHC Sings at Rivington House, June 15, 2013. |
Saturday afternoon, June 15th a
smaller group of choir members gathered at Rivington House, a home for AIDS
patients, where we sang in the penthouse, a very nice venue. Here our
audience was also smaller, 7 or 8, but the
concert was just as beautiful. The three sopranos held their own
wonderfully and the audience thoroughly enjoyed the songs and joined us in the
sing-alongs. We did rousing renditions of New York/ New York,
Feeling Groovy, Aquarius, Siyahamba, and Stand by Me, along with a
gentler Die Gedanken and the addition of Tumbalalaika. We ended with Give
Me Hope and Let There be Peace on Earth to much appreciation from the
audience. We could all feel what a lovely gift music is for folks
who are struggling.
-POHC Soprano
