Beautiful Voices in the Chapel
On Tuesday evening one could almost say that angels came down to earth and sang beautiful songs. For the last 9 years the Bank of Jamaica has been sponsoring an annual evening of music with the University Singers entitled "Carols at Christmas". The UWI chapel was filled to capacity well before the scheduled 6:00 p.m. start. I did not see or hear any advertisement about the concert so I had to make some phonecalls to find out when.
Worth every cent
I have been attending this celebration of beautiful music and talent for the last three years. It has not mattered that last year I had to sit on the grass outside or in a tight bench this year as it was worth every cent. What am I saying? It was a free concert that I would have no problem paying to attend.
The wonderful message of Christ's birth was delivered by arguably the best choir in Jamaica. Under the directorship of Heston Boothe, the choir presented each of their songs with immaculate precision and chimed through every song like a finely tuned quartz watch. The choir's songs was punctuated by songs done by soloists, duets and the dynamic and ever improving "University Band"
The audience was invited to join in singing the song "Jamaica Land of Beauty" and as if inspired the resulting sound was as pleasant as you could get from congregational singing. The angels probably sang along too.
In a miserable world it was indeed a pleasing thing to be reminded about how important Jesus should really be to us all. As one song puts it, that as long as I have got King Jesus I don't need nobody else and Raymonde Rohan and Carolyn Reid sung, He has got the whole world in His hands.
Worth every cent
I have been attending this celebration of beautiful music and talent for the last three years. It has not mattered that last year I had to sit on the grass outside or in a tight bench this year as it was worth every cent. What am I saying? It was a free concert that I would have no problem paying to attend.
The wonderful message of Christ's birth was delivered by arguably the best choir in Jamaica. Under the directorship of Heston Boothe, the choir presented each of their songs with immaculate precision and chimed through every song like a finely tuned quartz watch. The choir's songs was punctuated by songs done by soloists, duets and the dynamic and ever improving "University Band"
The audience was invited to join in singing the song "Jamaica Land of Beauty" and as if inspired the resulting sound was as pleasant as you could get from congregational singing. The angels probably sang along too.
In a miserable world it was indeed a pleasing thing to be reminded about how important Jesus should really be to us all. As one song puts it, that as long as I have got King Jesus I don't need nobody else and Raymonde Rohan and Carolyn Reid sung, He has got the whole world in His hands.
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