Tag: surprise

Posted on

Also celebrating 50 years

I’ve happened upon the PS22 Chorus a few times before, but today I saw a couple of videos that really touched my heart.

The first was their end-of-year send-off/graduation song to Taylor Swift’s, “Long Live.” Seeing these young people so connected — to the music, to one another — and feeling it all so deeply…well, it just moves me to tears.

Then I stumbled on the video where their teacher surprises his parents with their special song on their 50th anniversary. So sweet!

But one comment on the video really stood out for me:

“This video is proof positive that songs are timeless, ageless, and can make you smile and cry at the same time! PS22–thank you for joyously opening this musical time capsule from 1974 and creating a happily ever after moment for this beautiful couple! Happy Anniversary!”

What stopped me in my tracks was… “musical time capsule from 1974!” Hahaha! I was assuming his parents were “old,” only to realize that they got married the year I graduated high school.

I guess I’ll never get used to “being my age!” 🤩

Posted on

Some Good News

I’m not all that up-to-date on the latest TV and movie stars, so it’s no big surprise that I had never heard of John Krasinski*. When I caught a a little bit of the first episode of his Some Good News show, I liked the idea of the positive focus but couldn’t quite get a bead on it. So I just shrugged it off.

But then a friend shared an excerpt from the second episode and this caught my attention. In fact, I was intrigued enough that I watched the entire episode — mostly in order to figure out what/who this was…and I liked it!

It really is oriented around positive news, delivered with a sort of tongue-in-cheek snarkiness that I quite enjoyed! But what tickled me the most is the segment that starts at the 8:27 mark, when John introduces Aubrey.

Watching Aubrey’s face as amazing surprises unfold over the ensuing eight minutes is pure gold. I was blown away and even moved to realize the extent of cooperation and generous spirits that came together to manifest such an over-the-top experience for this little girl.

Oh, and the music is incredible, too! 😄

* He’s actually a rather famous actor, director, producer kind of guy, but — who knew?