Church Choir Concert

Friday, Oct 28th, the SRB choir had their first concert. Sabrina and the rest of the choir members have been practicing for the past couple of months. They have been practicing for the concert every Wednesday, sometimes up to 9:30pm. Everything finally paid off on Friday when they had their concert. It is religious-themed show "Tales of Wonder" by Marty Haugen. The music was so upbeat, they did it with a Hawaiian flare, like an island of Paradise. I could feel myself singing with the performers. It was not a typical religious show - solemn. This one is very alive. They even sang a tagalog song. Actually, it was a song in in the english language, but translated into tagalog. Original title is "I Say Yes My Lord" and they had a stanza called "Susundin Kita." And what's funny is the non-Filipino kids actually know the words. It goes like this:

Susundin kita
Susundin kita
Sa lahat ng panahon
Mabuti't masama
Susundin kita
Sa lahat ng iyong salita
Susundin kita

Nakakatawa talaga - i can see the blond people mouthing the words, and singing them correctly, i might add.

After the concert, they had a little reception for all the performers and even the guests. So, all 300+ people walked (or rushed) to the reception hall for some fruits, cheese, crackers, turon, lumpiang shanghai and empanada. Everybody was asking what the turon was (they are already familiar with the shanghai and empanada) and i described it to them as a sweet banana burrito. (sorry, Dr Agatston, i had 2 turons)

Even days after the concert, i catch myself humming the songs. susundin kita...