If it fades, we fade

Set-up

2010-05-03T12:08:00.000-07:00

Snap, Crackle, Pop

2010-05-03T10:03:00.000-07:00

Livingston County Chorale, Made in Michigan Cabaret '10

Mendelssohn Psalm 42 German diction

2009-09-23T13:43:00.000-07:00

Hi LCC! Practice makes perfect!

On top the Temple Mount

2009-08-14T19:39:00.000-07:00

Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem

The Wailing Wall/Bar mitzvas

2009-08-14T12:14:00.000-07:00

The Western "Wailing" Wall (the remaining portion of Herod's temple at the time of Jesus). Friday night marks the beginning of shabbat, so there is an especially large crowd of Jews come to pray at the wall. The groups of soldiers and youth dancing/singing in circles was especially fun to see.

A bar mitzva procession (part 1)

Bar mitzva procession (part 2)

BYU Jerusalem Center

2009-08-14T09:14:00.000-07:00

BYU Jerusalem Center organ

BYU Jerusalem Center view of the Old City (from Mt. Scopus/Mt. of Olives)

Galilee

2009-08-14T08:28:00.000-07:00

The Sea of Galilee

Mt. of Beatitiudes

Nazareth

2009-08-14T07:05:00.000-07:00

Basilica of the Annuciation

Inside the Nazarene Basilica

Qumran Caves and Masada

2009-08-13T20:54:00.000-07:00

Qumran caves (where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found)

Looking down on the cable cars we took up to Masada. Masada is a very tall plateau on which Herod built a fortress. When the Jewish rebels fled Jerusalem in the first century AD, they came here, but they were pursued... It's a good story. Look it up.

The remains of Herod's 3-tiered palace on Masada

Bethlehem

2009-08-13T20:13:00.000-07:00

Inside the Church of the Nativity

The traditional site for the birth of Jesus. Here pilgrims bow down and reach their hand into the hole in the ground, so as to touch the rock on which Jesus was born.

A model of ancient Jerusalem

2009-08-13T20:04:00.000-07:00

A huge model of Jerusalem at the time of Christ.

Golgotha and the Garden Tomb

2009-08-13T19:33:00.000-07:00

One of the two traditional sites where Jesus is thought to have been crucified. (On the skull-shaped hill, not in the bus parking lot.)

One potential site for the tomb of Joseph of Arimathea, where Jesus' body was taken.

Inside The Garden Tomb

Mt. Sinai (panoramic), pt. 3

2009-08-13T19:26:00.000-07:00

Mt. Sinai sunrise, pt. 2

2009-08-13T16:33:00.000-07:00

Mt. Sinai sunrise pt. 1

2009-08-13T16:07:00.000-07:00

Adventures in Israel - Tel Aviv

2009-08-13T15:26:00.000-07:00

East Coast adventures

2009-05-18T18:38:00.000-07:00

Sarah Olson exposing her usual flair in her usual spot:

Final concert on the UM Men's Glee Club East Coast tour

Some poetry from the LCC concert

2009-04-22T11:17:00.000-07:00

"The first American music around,
Had notes shaped, diamond and round,
Keeping rhythm with an arm,
They sang songs with great charm,
For ne’er could a livelier hymn be found.”
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A: "May I feel, said he
B: "I'll squeal, said she
A: just once, said he
B: it's fun, said she

A: May I touch, said he
B: How much, said she
A: A lot, said he
B: Why not, said she

A: Let’s go, said he
B: Not too far, said she
A: What’s too far, said he"
B: Where you are, said she!" [e.e. cummings, excerpt]
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A: “If you would comfort me, sing me a lullaby:”
B: “Lower him gently, he sleeps forever. His bed is made where cedars hover,
for song the birds’ objective timpani and the cool earth to cover.”
A: “If you would win my heart, sing me a love song:”
C: “May this marriage be a sign of compassion, our everyday a day in paradise.”
A: “If you would mourn me and bring me to God, sing me a requiem, sing me to heaven.”
D: “Look, my small, my beautiful child, the icicle here, how it shimmers in the blue sun.
My small, my beautiful child, look once more.”
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"Our night concludes with a future much brighter
As we sing the same message by two different songwriters
And through endless optimism, wonder and love,
Our last song portrays hope that rises above."
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"An encore we give to you all,
We hope it will lift your morale,
We thank you so much,
And now a patriotic touch,
From the Livingston County Chorale."

Piedmont, CA in December

2009-03-22T12:48:00.001-07:00

The front street view from mom n' pop's:

The rear view from mom n' pop's:

Some people say they wouldn't appreciate good weather if they didn't have all 4 seasons. I beg to differ.

Frozen Niagra Sisters

2009-03-22T12:40:00.001-07:00

Thanksgiving

2008-12-11T15:08:00.000-08:00

Stamps Auditorium

2008-09-14T21:50:00.000-07:00

Britton Recital Hall

2008-09-14T21:32:00.000-07:00

The halls of the School of Music

2008-09-14T21:27:00.000-07:00

2008-09-10T22:59:00.000-07:00

Meditating next to a pond at Lingyin Temple, an hour outside Shanghai. (reflection in the pond)

2008-09-10T22:10:00.000-07:00

Chapter 1: 9:00 am, May 5, '81.
Chapter 2: 345 Hillside Ave.
Chapter 3: The Smoothy King
Chapter 4: Life on The Farm
Chapter 5: Proselytizing in Formosa
Chapter 6: Life on The Farm, part deux
Chapter 7: Ruan Ji vs. Mr. Reed
Chapter 8: Lake Effect
Chapter 9: Sino-monastic-erhu episodes
Chapter 10: The merry land of Michigan...