Honors Chorus Concert

Last night was Julia's Honors Chorus concert, and Madeleine, Ethan and I went to hear it.  Because the Honors Orchestra and Band performed first, Madeleine spent the early part of the concert drawing pictures of girls on her program and whispering to me about who the girls were and what they were doing.  I was trying to pay attention to the concert so I didn't catch much of what she said, but I do remember that two of the girls were twins but they were TOTALLY different.  One of them wanted to be famous and be, like, a DIVA, and the other one just wanted to be herself.

Madeleine gave the chorus her full attention, however, and, instead of using her program for reference, opted to try and guess the title of each based on the lyrics.

MADELEINE: (whispering) Is this one called "Go Back in the Fire?"
ME: It's called "Turn The World Around."
MADELEINE: (whispering) It should be "Go Back in the Fire."


Speaking of, the above-mentioned song was so catchy that Madeleine and I both had it in our heads for the rest of the night.  Check it out:






Julia and one of her best friends took a bit of objection to the lyrics of this song, so it's not just Madeleine's imagination that a predominant theme is "go back in the fire."

JULIA: So, me and Lily were like, it says "we come from the fire."  If you were born in a fire, you'd burn, and if you were born in the water, you would drown, and if you were born on a mountain, well, on a mountain you can reach dangerous levels of low oxygen if you go high enough, so, it doesn't really sound that great.


I think there's a line in the song later on down the line that explains the symbolism of the fire, water, and mountain, but I kind of agree with Julia and Lily.  That line comes far enough into the song that your first and lasting impression is of pure and innocent children's voices condemning us to the fire, in jubilant calypso style.  Still, majorly catchy song!  Still in my head this morning!