Have you ever really considered the power of happy songs? This past weekend, I sang in the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Pioneer Day Concerts with guest artist Santino Fontana. All of the songs we sang were upbeat and optimistic. The camera guys often picked up the expressions of the audience members. Their faces reflected the wonder and fun of the music being presented. And seriously, how can you refrain from smiling when you hear and see the choir singing "Whistle While You Work" or "Put on a Happy Face?" And the audience went wild with applause and yells and whistles when we joined Santino in singing our version of Pharrell Williams "Happy." Check out this terrific concert on the Mormon Tabernacle Choir website:
A Summer Celebration of Song 2014
A Summer Celebration of Song 2014
I am constantly amazed at how a simple song can uplift the spirits and soothe the soul. Last week, I had some of the concert music playing round and around in my head. I found myself singing it unconsciously. It just made my heart happy, even though there was a lot of emotional heaviness in my life that could have potentially weighed me down. Those little light-hearted melodies of "She Likes Basketball" and "Ten Minutes Ago" and "Happy" kept playing over and over like a broken record stuck in one groove. But I really didn't mind. It lifted my spirits and sustained me through a rough week.
When you look around and notice the tragic and awful things happening in the world, or when you turn on the radio or television, you are bombarded with news of disasters and human suffering. There seems to be nothing you can do to ease the suffering or change the trajectory of what the bad guys are going to do. But there really is something you can do. You can sing:
Spread sunshine all over the place -- just put on a happy face.
It is a little thing, but speaks volumes. A smile and a song. There you have it. There is a lot of power packed into a happy song delivered with a happy face!
When you look around and notice the tragic and awful things happening in the world, or when you turn on the radio or television, you are bombarded with news of disasters and human suffering. There seems to be nothing you can do to ease the suffering or change the trajectory of what the bad guys are going to do. But there really is something you can do. You can sing:
Spread sunshine all over the place -- just put on a happy face.
It is a little thing, but speaks volumes. A smile and a song. There you have it. There is a lot of power packed into a happy song delivered with a happy face!
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