Thread: Christmas Food Court Flash Mob, Hallelujah Chorus - Must See

Christmas Food Court Flash Mob, Hallelujah Chorus - Must See!

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXh7JR9oKVE

November 17, 2010
http://www.AlphabetPhotography.com - On Nov.13 2010 unsuspecting shoppers got a big surprise while enjoying their lunch. Over 100 participants in this awesome Christmas Flash Mob. This is a must see!

This flash mob was organized by http://www.AlphabetPhotography.com to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas!

Special thanks to Robert Cooper and Chorus Niagara, The Welland Seaway Mall, and Fagan Media Group.

'TIS THE SEASON

Hallelujah! Flash mob hits mall food court

Ontario singers spread Christmas cheer

Posted: December 02, 2010
8:53 pm Eastern
© 2010 WorldNetDaily



Diners at a shopping mall food court in Ontario, Canada, were surprised when those sitting around them burst into song – Georg Friedrich Handel's "Hallelujah Chorus" from the oratorio,"The Messiah" – but now a video of the event is attracting roughly 500,000 views every day.

Not bad for a tune not quite 300 years old.

The performance at the Seaway Mall near Niagara Falls had been set up by a company whose founder wanted to thank customers and spread cheer at this Christmas holiday season.

Jennifer Blakely, who with her husband Sam runs Alphabet® Photography, came up with the idea and wanted simply to thank company customers and cheer others during the Christmas holiday, company spokesman Chris Dabrowski told WND.

She contacted a local community choir, a non-profit that has been performing for a number of years, made arrangements with the mall, and launched the plan.

Here is the result: Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXh7JR9oKVE

The company's Alphabet project was inspired by a children's book called "Alphabet City," published in 1999 by Stephen T. Johnson. Jennifer Blakely spent a large part of 2006-2007 traveling Canada to take photos of objects that look like letters of the English alphabet.

From those was created a series of inspirational images with words such as "Love" and "Joy," assembled from the natural images.

Dabrowski said the project took about eight weeks of planning and rehearsals and there were seven cameras in the mall's food court to capture the result.

The video has collected some 6.5 million views in about two weeks, he said.

The music, by Handel, was written for four vocal parts and an orchestra including strings, oboes, bassoons, trumpet and percussion.

The "Hallelujah Chorus" is part of the oratorio "Messiah," and probably is the best-known part of the work. It was written in September 1741 and first performed in Dublin.

The words are taken from the text of the King James Bible, and tradition tells the story that when he first heard it, King George II was so moved he stood, thus requiring all of his subjects to follow suit.

That has resulted in the contemporary tradition for audiences to stand during the performance.

The work, however old, routinely attracts hundreds of thousands or millions of views, when performances are posted online.

A more traditional performance is from Radio City Music Hall:

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But the inspiration behind the melody and message didn't stop with Handel, and contemporary groups have made it their own in many ways, sometimes adding drums, bass guitar, syncopation and hand-clapping, as done by the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir:

Video at the Link:

Its worldwide impact is evident in the performances in other languages and lands, including this from the Radio Television Hong Kong network:

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Further, there are groups have used the seasonal inspiration for performances without voices, as these "Silent Monks," did:

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There also are, each Christmas season, community groups that set up performances specifically designed to allow the audience to sing along, such as this year's in Boulder, Colo.

According to a website dedicated to Handel's work, the "Messiah" does not tell a story in conventional terms, so is unlike other baroque oratorios.

It also was composed at Handel's "usual quick speed," and addresses the prophecy of salvation, the redemptive sacrifice and the promise of resurrection and redemption .

http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=235317

Opera Company of Philadelphia "Hallelujah!" Random Act of Culture http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp_RHnQ-jgU&feature=fvw

Random Acts of Culture - Handel's Messiah 10/30/2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6hJ1Wtw ... re=related

Wanamaker Organ Flash Opera Macy's Hallelujah Chorus http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5S0dn7tqkBg

Silent Monks Singing Halleluia http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCFCeJTE ... re=related

Händel Messiah - Hallelujah Chorus http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usfiAsWR ... re=related

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In the late 90's they banned Christmas trees in many public schools all over the province. They were becoming more and more anti religion. This is nice to see.

I see, even on this great video, there are some that still make some ignorant remarks!