The game:
1. Grab the nearest book to you.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next 4 sentences on your blog along with these instructions.
5. Don't you dare dig for that "cool" or "intellectual" book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it! Just pick up whatever is closest.

Einstein's Dreams by Alan Lightman (a rather wonderful book)

It ended up being page 124, because 123 was at the beginning of a chapter, and you know how that goes.

"So she waits for him, not impatiently, passing the time with a book. Some time later, perhaps on the following day, he arrives, they lock arms, walk to the gardens, stroll by the groupings of tulips, roses, martagon lilies, alpine columbines, sit on a white cedar bench for an unmeasurable time. Evening comes, marked by a change in the light, a reddening of the sky. The man and woman follow a winding path of small white stones to a restaurant on a hill. Have they been together a lifetime, or only a moment? Who can say?"

Had that specific book not been the closest one to me, the next closest in proximity is "Fat! So? Because you don't have to apologize for your size!" by Marilyn Wann. An inspirational book share with me by a dear friend. You should read it. If nothing else, it is very much amusing.

Alleluia by Ralph Manuel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmPACnd8KbQ&feature=related

The best recording of this song is by St. Olaf's choir, but all of their recordings are purchase only. You can sample, but not link. The reason I'm sharing is because we're singing this song for our choir concert (April 17 @ 7:30 in Reynolds - be there) and it is one of my favorite songs that we're doing. This will sound a little harsh, but we will sound better than this choir. You should come hear us! Here's the list of pieces we're performing:

Galop by Ken Berg

“Aria” by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)/Arr. Swingle
from the Orchestral Suite in D Major
Percussion: Dr. Paige Rose
String Bass: Andrew Stinson

Can-Can by Jacques Offenbach (1819 - 1880)/Arr. Eschliman
from the “Overture” to Orpheus in the Underworld

Alleluia by Ralph Manuel

Banquet Fugue by John Rutter (b. 1945)
from The Reluctant Dragon

Solfeggio by Arvo Pärt (b. 1935)

Contrapunto bestiale alla mente by Adriano Banchieri (1568 - 1634)

Feller from Fortune Traditional/Arr. Harry Somers (1925 - 1999)
From 5 Songs of the Newfoundland Outports

Peter Gunn by Henry Mancini (1924 - 1994)/Arr. Funk


You should check out the songs as best as you can. Some of them are pretty awesome. Two of the pieces are written for instruments and have been arranged for voices, such as the Aria and the Peter Gunn piece. We're going to have a lot of fun and I'd absolutely love it if people I know were there.

Here are a few more links to great songs we're doing

Feller From Fortune
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAPxJbPC9Xs

This is a great performance of this song, but they gave no life and no character to the song, and trust me, this is our showpiece (well, one of them) ;)

Okay, I tried to find others . . . but I'd really rather you just attend the concert. It's only an hour or two of your life. And it's spend enjoying music, which enriches the soul. You should come.