Thanks for the feedback, Ellie! Our church has a connection to the video because one of our members, Ryan McKinny, is a world-class operatic baritone. He is not singing in the "Lift Every Voice" video because he is white, but he put the ensemble together. He is an absolute wizard at doing that sort of thing; synchronizing singing on video platforms is very challenging.He has a lot on youtube (search for "ryan mckinny #keepthemusicgoing" on youtube) One person in our church received the video at work, and listened transfixed, and was moved to tears. The anthem is always moving, but this particular arrangement is particularly outstanding. The context of the current moment of acknowledging the murders of African Americans adds to the intensity. Finally, seeing a large chorus of socially distanced African Americans singing so wonderfully is an experience. Tim On Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 11:42 AM Ellie Stock <elliestock@aol.com> wrote:

Wow, beautiful and powerful! Thanks for sharing,Tim.

Ellie elliestock@aol.com

-----Original Message----- From: Timothy Wegner via Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> To: Order Ecumenical Community <OE@lists.wedgeblade.net>; Colleague Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net> Cc: Timothy Wegner <tim@tswegner.net> Sent: Sun, Jun 21, 2020 8:15 pm Subject: [Dialogue] Lift Every Voice

If you are ready for some very positive but intense emotion, check this out. It is a large group of African American opera singers singing "Lift Every Voice and Sing".

If you can, listen on a device that has decent sound.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jufE7HuY5nI

Tim

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