{"id":8175,"date":"2016-12-07T00:57:48","date_gmt":"2016-12-07T08:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=8175"},"modified":"2016-12-07T00:57:48","modified_gmt":"2016-12-07T08:57:48","slug":"five-favourites-miscellanea-lxxx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=8175","title":{"rendered":"{five favourites}: Miscellanea (LXXX)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/fivefavorites.jpg\" alt=\"#5Faves\" \/><\/center><center><strong>One<\/strong><\/center><strong>Straight No Chaser.<\/strong> I love these guys. The sight gags\/choreography are equally as good as the harmony.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px;\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"All About That Bass-Straight No Chaser Toledo OH 2014\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-lIR6nZGk0g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px;\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Straight No Chaser - The Christmas Can-Can (Single Edit)\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7E-47VmFopE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px;\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Straight No Chaser - The 12 Days of Christmas (original from 1998)\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2Fe11OlMiz8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px;\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Lion Sleeps Tonight by Straight No Chaser\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KdmOVf8eam4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><center><strong>Two<\/strong><\/center><strong>10 @ 10.<\/strong> Go bond with <a href=\"http:\/\/copticdadandmom.com\">Laura<\/a> to hear more about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.copticdadandmom.com\/restore-your-soul\/\">this<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><center><strong>Three<\/strong><\/center><strong>Compline.<\/strong> I feel like I sleep better if I pray <a href=\"http:\/\/bcponline.org\/DailyOffice\/devotion.html#close\">Compline<\/a> at the end of my day. (The <a href=\"http:\/\/bcponline.org\/DailyOffice\/devotion.html\">other prayers<\/a> are also pretty awesome if you want to pray but need some words to help.)<\/p>\n<p><center><strong>Four<\/strong><\/center><strong>Handel&#8217;s <em>Messiah<\/em><em>.<\/em><\/strong> It&#8217;s popular to participate in <em>Messiah<\/em> sings at this time of year. I used to do the You-Sing-It Messiah with the <a href=\"http:\/\/sanjosesymphonicchoir.org\/\">San Jose Symphonic Choir<\/a> in high school and college, then performed the Christmas section with <a href=\"http:\/\/stpaulselca.wixsite.com\/st-pauls\">Jon&#8217;s internship congregation<\/a> in 2002, did the Messiah Sing with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.claremontso.org\/\">Claremont Symphony Orchestra<\/a>, performed the Christmas section for our Christmas cantata with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stjohnslaverne.org\/\">my church in southern California<\/a> in 2014, and did the Messiah Sing-A-Long with the choirmaster of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.skagitsymphony.com\/orchestra\/skagit-symphony-chorus\/\">Skagit Symphony Chorus<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Yeah&#8230; I&#8217;m kind of a Messiah junkie. \ud83d\ude42 These are my favorite choruses\/solos.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px;\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Haendel - Messiah - And the glory of the Lord - Jacobs\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4egNeuAf0Bg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px;\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Haendel - Messiah - And He shall purify - Jacobs\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SrMpDfMMDc0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px;\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Carolyn Watkinson - O Thou That Tellest\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BqzO8omYJWg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px;\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Handel - Messiah - For unto us a child is born - Parrott\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w6UzKurPSf0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px;\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zTCUC0wBkR0\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zTCUC0wBkR0<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px;\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Royal Choral Society: &#039;Hallelujah Chorus&#039; from Handel&#039;s Messiah\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IUZEtVbJT5c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><center><strong>Five<\/strong><\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fernando Ortega.<\/strong> I really recommend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCYAvnGxkVV0Gkqidc2IhHGA\">his music<\/a> if you need something to put you in a more spiritual frame of mind. \u00a0He is seriously brilliant.<\/p>\n<p>Go love up <a title=\"Bonnie\" href=\"http:\/\/thekoalamom.com\/\">Bonnie<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.babystylista.com\/\">DeBalino<\/a>, and <a title=\"5 Fave Christmas Traditions For The Family :: Vol. 45\" href=\"http:\/\/www.babystylista.com\/christmas-traditions-for-the-family\/\">the others<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OneStraight No Chaser. I love these guys. The sight gags\/choreography are equally as good as the harmony. Two10 @ 10. Go bond with Laura to hear more about this! ThreeCompline. 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