A few weeks ago, I watched part of the "Celtic Woman" Christmas special during the PBS fund drive. I hope I don't offend anyone by saying this, but it was almost unbearably corny, and yet I couldn't turn it off. For days, I pondered how something so simple and, in many ways, mediocre could be so compelling to that stadium full of people, and even to snobby little me in my tiny apartment with all my music degrees. So there were a bunch of nice looking (but not stunningly beautiful) gals in pretty dresses, and they sang (well, synched) a bunch of very unremarkable songs with bell trees and heavy orchestration. They all crooned; there was no real technique on display, no great emotional outpouring. Just pretty dresses and long hair and some nice songs. Oh yeah, and a massive orchestra and that bell tree. So I'm rethinking my conception of the Great Performance. Now, I'm not gonna go all Disney-princess or anything, but maybe it wouldn't hurt to put things in perspective a little. I mean, maybe it's enough to just sing a lovely song in a lovely dress. Maybe people don't always want to be dazzled...
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Well, I will say that the youngest in the group, Chloe Agnew, IS "stunningly beautiful," though the others are not. And since you bring it up, she actually does look like a Disney princess. :)
So that helps...
A pretty girl is like a melody. At least until she opens her mouth.
Gostei muito desse post e seu blog é muito interessante, vou passar por aqui sempre =) Depois dá uma passada lá no meu site, que é sobre o CresceNet, espero que goste. O endereço dele é http://www.provedorcrescenet.com . Um abraço.
ouierdo! non comprendo questo commentando. Ma obrigado mille per llibrando la mio blogga. and stuff...
It's true that Chloe and the others are very lovely indeed, and they have beautiful voices, too. They are also players, and believe me, I'm no hater :-)
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