I went last night to see the New York Gay Men's Chorus perform (my friend Patrick is a second tenor). The show included quite an eclectic range of music - Latvian songs, African songs, jazz standards, a madrigal, Rufus Wainwright, Gwen Stefani among them. In the small hall, the large sound of the chorus really shone through - they are such a musically powerful group.
The show also included an appearance by the Youth Pride Chorus, a group of 12 city teenagers all with beautiful voices and big stage personalities. Even my friend Zoe, who firmly stated she is not a fan of the song, had to admit she got teary when the kids sang Christina Aguilera's "Beautiful." It was quite a moment!
One of the songs on the program was "Take the A Train" and as soon as I started paying attention to the lyrics I cracked up laughing. The previous night, coming back from Yankee Stadium, I was helping some out-of-towners get back to 96th st. and when the D train got to 125th and an A train was on the local track, the out-of-towners were confused as to which way to go. So as the chorus sang, take the A train, hurry, get on, I just pictured myself herding the tourists on to the local A train and marvelled at how apropo the song could be!
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