Submit your MESSAGE TO AMERICA


At Monday's rehearsal, Janine mentioned the Message to America board that we had in the lobby at the concert.  
We have received more than 70 messages from audience members, but fewer than a dozen from chorale members.
Your thoughts matter, too!  
The notes have run the gamut from a single word (Peace!), to a short, but fervent plea (Give all children the chance for a bright future.), to some spicier political remarks. 

Click here to have your say.  

Don't be shy -- it's totally anonymous.  

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To refresh the memories of those who sang it in 2019 and explain to those who have no idea what we're talking about, here's the Bucket List project.
We dragged a three-sided chalkboard around and asked folks to finish this sentence:  Before I die, I want to.... 
More than 700 people chipped in. We then curated the list into a three-part poem for the musical setting.  And we didn't make anything up.  Promise.

So, here's the BUCKET LIST song:

  

1.  Before I die I want to…

Wake up in Paris, eat pasta in Rome. Do a zip line, a kick line, build my own home.

Be a chef, a grandfather, an artist, a queen. Learn to drywall, to knit, speak Swahili and dream.

Win a Pulitzer, Jeopardy, a decent-sized lottery. Master baking and swimming and throwing some pottery.

Own a farm, a Corvette, rescue dogs, get some chickens. Pet a rhino, giraffe…. HURRY UP, the clock’s ticking!

 

Climb a mountain a redwood, the local cell tower. Meet Oprah, Obama and speak truth to power.

Learn piano, play drums and electric guitar. Live in Maine or in Spain or someplace less far.

Ride a hot air balloon, an old plane or hang glider. Run a business, a marathon or just a one-miler.

Write a poem, paint my toes and sing in a choir. Or…. P L E A S E . . . just retire!

 

See the USA, then be on my way

To Australia, Fiji, China or Cuba by RV, safari, on foot or by scuba.

Nice would be nice, and the northern lights

And the parks and the links, and Venice before it sinks.

 

 

2.  Before I die I want to…

Find my passion, find my purpose, find true inner peace

Find the elixir of love, find the love of my life

Feel free, feel love, feel every bump in the road

Be happy, be present, get married, get even

Make a difference, make the best of it, make myself proud

No regrets, no fears, no debts, no tears.

Live. Live. Live. Live. Live

 

3.  Before I die I want to…

 Before I die – can I change someone’s life?

Can I be the solution?  The answer? The cure?  The change?

Can I heal the world?  Help freedom ring?

Can I help end hatred and hunger and homelessness?

Can I teach what I love and live what I teach?

Can I be the kindness I seek?

Be alive with every breath?






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