The Gift of Music

Thanks to our friends, Chris and Melanie Hall, Don and I got the opportunity to attend a wonderful concert Friday night. It was the Utah Symphony and Mormon Tabernacle Choir, with special guests Denyce Graves and Brian Stokes Mitchell held at the Conference Center. It was absolutely wonderful!!! The Utah Symphony and MoTabs were awesome, of course, but Brian Stokes Mitchell made the night for me. Denyce Graves is an opera star, with a wonderful voice, but she just sang the songs beautifully. Brian Stokes Mitchell is a Broadway star, and he "shared" the songs with us. It was like he was singing each song from his heart and so many of them touched my heart. My favorite was one called "New Words." It was written by a man named Maury Yeaston when his son was a baby. It is about teaching your child new words, like moon, stars, and love. It brought tears to my eyes. I'm going to try to find it on I-Tunes and then try to add it to this blog. It was also neat when the MoTabs did an Armed Forces Salute. They sang all of the songs from the different branches of the armed forces, and then had all those who were serving, or who had ever served in that branch, stand. It was very moving. It was a great night and a great date with my hubby!