Camille Blackburn with her newly constructed Creative Arts Auditorium decided to have an alumni concert on Memorial Day weekend. She invited anyone who had ever sung with her in choir to come to practice all day that Saturday and then perform a concert that night. What a great idea!!!It was so awesome. So much fun to see all my daughters and daughter in law up there singing. The choir was awesome, and sang a song from President Hinckley's funeral "Homeward Bound". It was amazing.
Marisa sang a solo from the Magic Flute Opera, and about blew us all away. She has an amazing voice and stood up there so confident and boomed it out. We got it all on video folks!!! My dad is such a fan of that opera and with tears in his eyes came up to her after and said sincerely, that that was the most beautiful he had ever heard it sung. I had to agree. It was amazing.
Then all the girls, Tiff, Jen, Marisa, and Ranay sang "Sincerely" in a quartet. Jeff had to work that night, and so Tiffany called the center and found the boss and asked if there was any way that they could find someone to cover so that we could come and kidnap him so that they could take him up on stage and sing to him. They actually ended up closing the center so that he could go. They twirled his hair and kissed him, and loved on him and he was in heaven.
There is a part in the song that says something "do you know why I love you", and Jeff put his fingers up and rubbed them (like give me the money). It brought the house down, it was pretty funny.
A wonderful night, made me so very proud, and brought back so many memories that I miss so much. What a great contribution Camille has made in so many lives.
there is nothing like the gift of music! Thanks.
