Ring Christmas Bells

First let me start by thanking Airie and Abram for the opportunity to go to the Mormon Tabernacle Christmas concert. Without their generosity(they gave us their tickets) I never would have had the experience(until next year when the DVD comes out.) Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Next let me tell you that the concert was "out of this world" A-mazing! The Concert was entitled "Ring Christmas Bells" and there were bells with most musical numbers, tons of them. There were probably about 100 bell ringers with two bells each.

Brian Stokes Mitchell was the preforming guest and if you don't already know I love him! I was able to see him preform on Broadway in Ragtime. I also really love him in Prince of Egypt.(He sings Jethro's part: "Look Through Heaven's Eyes".) Anyway he was charming and his songs were stunning.

Some of my very favorite songs were preformed including: "I Saw Three Ships" the Mack Wilberg arrangement, "Look Through Heaven's Eyes", "Heavenly Beasts" a fun song about the animals in the stable when Christ was born Brain Stokes Mitchell sang all the animals in there animal appropriate voices, "Grateful" a song that Brian Stokes Mitchell played on the piano and sang, "Go Tell it on the Mountain" an organ solo which was preformed mostly with the foot pedals it was truly amazing, and "Angels from the Realms of Glory".

The other guest was Edward Herrman (yes the Priest from North Avenue Irregulars) he expertly narrated the story of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and the back ground for his Christmas carol, which I admit brought me to tears and ended with the Choir breaking out in "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day". It was beautiful.

Overall it was magical to be in the Conference Center and hear and see and feel everything that was there. It was also really fun to be there with Leslie, Mom and Dad! It truly gave me a special feeling of the Christmas season and the joy and love that can surround each of us.