Tuesday Night

     Brittany's choir had their spring-semester performance tonight, the auditorium was half full, which almost brought tears to my eyes because it was so good to see (though at the same time made me sad that theater performances don't get the same crowds). I got there at 6:40, because I had heard that it started at 7 p.m., so I missed the solos and ensemble pieces, which started at 6 p.m. No one had remembered to put that information on the posters advertising. That was very disappointing, particularly because I missed Brittany's duet of "Come Thou Fount" (that link goes to the Chelsea Moon version because it's great.) "Come Thou Fount" is one of my favorite hymns, and one of hers too. Texted her after the show because I didn't run into her in-person.
     They started with the Pentatonix song "Run To You." A girl from Malawi arranged a tune a composer friend of hers had written, which was interesting to hear. "She Sings" was Brittany's favorite they did, one of the ones she practiced in the car. "Riversong" was my favorite from the program, because of the mandolin. I also thought it was interesting that they did sort of an adaptation of a gospel song by the Oak Ridge Boys called "Didn't It Rain?" The final song was another by Pentatonix, called "Light in the Hallway."
     And the next-to-last they did was "Hallelujah," which is one that it seems like everyone under the sun has covered at one point or another. (Jason Castro singing it on Idol is my favorite version of this song.) During Youth Tour, we found a piano in the hotel lobby and Tosh started playing it, so a bunch of us gathered around for an improvised choir performance of "Hallelujah." Then the manager came down and yelled at us, so we had to quit. But it's a good memory.
     Overall, they sounded fantastic, and it was extremely peaceful to listen to a group of people singing together for forty minutes. It's proof of how much work went into practicing, how smooth it turned out. It's too bad there aren't more chances for people to sing together in everyday life.
     The RSU concert band performed next, and they did mostly detective music - the main title and end title themes from the John Wayne movie The Quiet Man, the theme from Schindler's List, the music from the Whose Line Is It Anyway? sketch "Private Investigator," the theme from the BBC series Poirot. The other one they did was called "Slow Hot Wind," and it sounded extremely familiar, though I couldn't quite place it. The show was over a little after 8 p.m., so I had plenty of time to get back to my apartment and begin this post before 9 p.m.

     The Thunder's season is over, they were beaten by Houston in a close game, losing in the first-round series four games to one. It was difficult with Kevin Durant gone, but we all knew that was eventually going to happen. They fought hard, did far better than they should've. Proud to be a fan.
     Dale Earnhardt Jr. announced he will be retiring after this season.

     Tonight's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Framework-set episode was especially trippy, even by this show's standards. Tripp and Bakshi are both still alive, Mace is dead, Victoria Hand recruited Ward to S.H.I.E.L.D. instead of Garrett, Evil Fitz continues to be horrendously evil, Coulson got to deliver another rousing speech, and Skye paralyzed AIDA.
     Called Trevor afterwards and we talked about the episode for almost an hour. He said Courtney got an interview  next Friday with College of the Ozarks, which is amazing. Hoping she gets accepted.

     A massive storm roared through town, sheets of rain and enormous lightning. That lasted for about forty-five minutes, was very beautiful to watch.