At Sunday's Superbowl game, the Sandy Cook Elementary School
Chorus sang "America
the Beautiful."
The members of the Chorus were children themselves. Many of
them witnessed the carnage in December and saw the lives of their classmates,
playmates and friends ruthlessly snuffed out.
Yet there they were singing "America the
Beautiful" before a huge crowd of football fans and many others in the US
and around the globe who were watching the Superbowl -- perhaps the most
watched sporting event in the world.
I thought of how brave and strong those children were. They defied the deep wounds and unspeakable horror the
killings must have inflicted on their psyche and declared to the world that they chose to release their pain by singing about the beauty of America. Goosebumps had spread all over my body by the time the chorus got to this part of the song:
"America, America
God shed his grace on thee
And crown thy good
With brotherhood
From sea to shining sea."
The real superstars of the Superbowl were not Beyonce,
Alicia Keyes, Jennifer Hudson or even the football players who all gave amazing
performances. The Sandy Hook Elementary School Chorus was the supernova of the
event. Those boys and girls testified to the resiliency and strength of the human spirit, even in the face of loss.
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Click on the link below to see the performance of the Sandy Hook Elementary School Chorus:
Totally agree with you here - they were very inspiring!
ReplyDeleteI'm not really a big sports fan - Title games are about the only ones I watch. As for Beyonce & group - I wasn't impressed - looked like just another sexy tease for the testosterone crowd, but the special effects and stage were impressive...lots of work & effort for a 15 minute performance. Sandy Hook Chorus, though, stole the show in my opinion!
I couldn't agree with you more, Pete.
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