Full of Surprises
Just the other day, while I was changing my clothes at work and getting ready to leave for the day, I heard stunning music being sung right outside the window of my changing room. It was the most fantastic acapella rendition of Billy Joel’s song, “For the Longest Time.” For a moment I thought that I was being serenaded, but then I peeked out the window between the slats of the mini-blinds to have a look at what was going on.
Right there, outside the window was a group of about ten students from the choir club standing in a circle and practicing in the courtyard. Their singing was so beautiful that I had to go outside to have a little listen.
Once I was outside several teachers rushed over to explain to me that the choir was having a little mini-concer to practice some of their English songs. They asked me whether I was able to understand the students singing in English. Of course I could!!
They proceeded to give a little chuckle and a sigh of relief. “Oh, that’s good,” they said, “because they can’t understand what they are saying.” They were just reading the words off the page. Even still, it sounded real nice!