Heroism is latent in every human soul. However humble or unknown, they (the veterans) have renounced what are accounted pleasures and cheerfully undertaken all self-denials; privations, toils, dangers, sufferings, sicknesses, mutilations, life-long hurts and losses, death itself ? For some great good, dimly seen but dearly held.
~ Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
Yesterday at church, I couldn't resist taking my cell phone out and grabbing a video of my son in the men's choir singing and reminding us about the price of freedom.
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Posted By Xerraire On Monday, May 28th 2012 In Featured, Personal | Tags: anchor baptist church, choir, enric, memorial day, price of freedom, sunday |
Heroism is latent in every human soul. However humble or unknown, they (the veterans) have renounced what are accounted pleasures and cheerfully undertaken all self-denials; privations, toils, dangers, sufferings, sicknesses, mutilations, life-long hurts and losses, death itself ? For some great good, dimly seen but dearly held.
~ Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
Yesterday at church, I couldn't resist taking my cell phone out and grabbing a video of my son in the men's choir singing and reminding us about the price of freedom.
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Posted By Xerraire On Monday, December 19th 2011 In Featured, Personal | Tags: anchor baptist church, Cantata, children, choir, christmas, janelle, millersville, movie, music, photographs, photos, you tube |
Growing up, Christmas music, Christmas plays, Nativity Scenes, and Christmas Cantatas at Church were a part of the season. My sister, mom, and I participated in more than a few Christmas Cantatas. Often times the music would play in my head as we practiced for the special night or day we would sing to Church.
Today at our Church Home, Anchor Baptist, we had the Christmas Cantata in the evening service.
Laura videoed at Enric's request, Janelle and the children.
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Posted By Xerraire On Monday, April 28th 2008 In General | Tags: boy, britan, choir, simon cowell, speechless, talent, voice |
This excerpt from Britain's version of American Idol really touched me.
A young boy with an exceptional voice even left Simon speechless.
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Posted By Xerraire On Friday, February 18th 2005 In Personal | Tags: 3 Doors Down, choir, church, dance, Jeff Healy, Linkin Park, mandolin, music, parents, peabody institute, piano, playlist, Rolling Stones, variety |
What does Rolling Stones, Jeff Healy, 3 Doors Down, and Linkin Park all have in common? They are all on my MP3 List, of course!!
All my life has been surrounded by music. ..from my sister practicing the piano (she was a student at the distinguished Peabody Institute, to my dad's twanging country music, to the lovely hymms at church, my mom's love of classical music, to both my parents infatuation with the 40's sounds, and the rhythms of my sister's ... Read More
