Row, row, row your boat, gently down the stream...

[syncretistfool]

On Sunday night, I witnessed over 50 sane-ish adults singing "Row, row, row your boat" in a round at the top of their lungs.  It sounded awesome.

The people in question were gathered for the big a cappella sing at the annual GottaGetGon folk festival.  Usually they don't sing children's rounds.  But since the event takes place in a big open barn-

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[mistergoat]

Wow, that sing sounds amazing. I've only had a few opportunities to singwith folks from your music community, but I've loved it.

In the meantime, I was in Oberlin. Did you all get the text message about exactly WHERE I was in Oberlin?

[miriamjoyce]

Yep! Your message came in on Robin's cell (used to be our family cell) and then mine, but I didn't see it for a while. We barely use texting at all. (Firefox even thinks texting is not a verb. Good for it.)

But anyway, trippy! Lots of, uh, memories in that room. :> I want to hear all about the reunion overall too!

[cold_in_august]

sounds amazing. this is probably my preferred method of raising power (though i have not tried them all).

permission to sing as loud as I possibly could without any social consequence was a very effective little opportunity to release some extra, unrelated emotion.

at a carnival at the beginning of the month, verdi & i rode the ferris wheel. when we got near the top, i told him the neat thing about carnival rides is that you can scream as loud as you want. he immediately let out a very big little kid roar. fuckin' awesome.

stormy

[bhakti]

That night really stood out to me, too. It was quite an experience

[twinkletoze]

"...permission to sing as loud as I possibly could without any social consequence was a very effective little opportunity to release some extra, unrelated emotion."

Yah, me too.

That sing goes in the memory box for keeps.