Hello, and welcome to my personal blog. My name is John Spangler; I live in Versailles, Kentucky, where since June 2010 I have been growing miniature hostas in my garden, along with some of their larger siblings in deck containers. I am a member of The American Hosta Society and the Greater Cincinnati Daylily-Hosta Society and have been accredited by the AHS as a provisional hosta show judge.

In addition to observations on my own hosta garden and links to numerous hosta-related websites, this blog will include occasional posts on other interests of mine. I hope that you find something interesting and useful here and encourage you to grow hostas, the Friendship Plant -- particularly miniature hostas. Good things do come in small packages!

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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Sing-along Messiahs in the Lexington, Ky. Area


Not a sing-along but similar -- a flash mob in action. Enjoy! :-)


Today I am on a quest to find a sing-along Messiah in the Lexington area. I still remember Dr. George Zack conducting one with the Lexington Philharmonic downtown at Victorian Square from a cherry-picker in the mall's central area with we singers positioned on various levels and the orchestra on the main floor -- it was so much fun!
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The Christmas Season isn't complete for me without attending a performance of Messiah. Standard orchestral performances are great -- I will never forget hearing Cleveland's Baroque ensemble Apollo's Fire doing Messiah on period instruments in Akron with a dramatic tenor, but actually joining in the singing of Handel's great Messiah choruses adds an even more profound level of enjoyment to experiencing this choral masterpiece.
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Here are Lexington-area (well, within easy driving distance) performances of sing-along Messiahs for this year that I have discovered so far (as of Tuesday, November 29, 2011, at 8:00 a.m.) --
  • Sunday, December 4, 2011, at 3 p.m., at Georgetown College's John L. Hill Chapel, 400 East College Street, Georgetown, KY: Messiah Sing, with the College's combined choirs. -- (Web item)
  • Tuesday, December 6, 2011, at 7:30 p.m., at Our Savior Lutheran Church, 8305 Nottingham Parkway, Louisville, KY: 22nd Annual Community Messiah Sing-Along. -- (Web item)
  • Saturday, December 17, 2011, at 7:30 p.m., at Christ Church, 5165 Western Row Road, Mason, OH: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and May Festival Chorus, James Bagwell, conducting, with soloists. General admission tickets are $25 for adults, $10 for children, and $12 for CSO Ignite (members ages 18-30 and full-time students. For tickets and information: (513) 381-3300 or visit www.cincinnatisymphony.org -- (Web article) 
Check out this wonderful article, "The Glorious History of Handel's Messiah," from Smithsonian.com 

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