{"id":1880,"date":"2014-11-03T09:44:36","date_gmt":"2014-11-03T09:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wordproject.org\/news\/?page_id=1880"},"modified":"2014-11-03T10:53:59","modified_gmt":"2014-11-03T10:53:59","slug":"glorias-choir","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordfree.net\/news2\/?page_id=1880","title":{"rendered":"School Choir"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Gloria<\/em><\/p>\n

Hi everyone, This month has been busy, exciting and memorable! Recently I’ve been part of a dance class in Rosslyn and I’m totally enjoying it. It’s a\u00a0whole mix of ballet, jazz, some hip hop and everything else. It is\u00a0one of the highlights of my week. We are so “good” that we are even \u00a0considering performing at the school’s talent show in late November! This semester I have also joined one of Rosslyn’s high school choirs\u00a0and over the past few months I’ve learned a bit of music theory,\u00a0harmonies and proper singing. We’re a choir of sixteen kids and a\u00a0wonderful teacher and conductor; Mrs. Statler. It’s been a really\u00a0new experience for me but I am loving it so much. I got to sing (by\u00a0the way I’m an alto!) for the first time on stage and in front of a\u00a0lot of people on Friday the 24th in my choir. We sang a whole variety\u00a0of music; from a classic by Handel, Forever Blest is He; two soul and\u00a0gospel songs called Fill-A-Me-Up and Praise His Holy Name; and two contemporary secular pieces: At Last and Don’t Stop Believin’. I\u00a0also wrote a short introduction for Don’t Stop Believin’ which I read\u00a0before the song. Although it’s quite sappy, I thought I would write\u00a0it out for you guys:) “‘Don’t Stop Believin’ is a popular song originally performed by the\u00a0band Journey. Although it is a secular song, it has a lot to teach\u00a0us about life. ‘Don’t Stop Believing’ portrays the story of a boy\u00a0and girl who run to the city in search of happiness and fulfillment. <\/em> In their search, they turn to many different things the world offers,\u00a0only to find that the world has left them lonely and unfulfilled. <\/em> Along the way, they meet one another and others who are hiding in\u00a0the shadows. They also encounter ‘streetlight people’. I personally\u00a0like to think of these streetlight people as Christians. In the\u00a0song, the streetlight people are told to shine their light. This is\u00a0a great reminder to me to help others stay in the light. The song\u00a0ends with the words: ‘Don’t Stop Believing’, reminding us to never\u00a0stop believing in what we know is true<\/em>!” This choir and dance class has been such a blessing and delight to my\u00a0life. I think dad will be sending some clips from the concert to all\u00a0of you guys. Hope you enjoy it! Lots of Love.<\/p>\n

\"Gloria<\/a>

Gloria introducing<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Gloria<\/a>

Gloria in choir<\/p><\/div>\n

Dad: Gloria worked very hard for this performance and came out beautiful, honoring God and His spirit in just about every song. We put together a short video clip that you may watch HERE<\/a>\u00a0– use ‘ gloria\u00a0‘ as a password.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Gloria Hi everyone, This month has been busy, exciting and memorable! Recently I’ve been part of a dance class in Rosslyn and I’m totally enjoying it. It’s a\u00a0whole mix of ballet, jazz, some hip hop and everything else. It … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1880","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordfree.net\/news2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordfree.net\/news2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordfree.net\/news2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordfree.net\/news2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordfree.net\/news2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1880"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/wordfree.net\/news2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1888,"href":"https:\/\/wordfree.net\/news2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1880\/revisions\/1888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordfree.net\/news2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}