Comments on: Can You Just Imagine? The Biggest Choir in History. http://whatwoulddadsay.com/2009/04/can-you-just-imagine-the-biggest-choir-in-history/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=can-you-just-imagine-the-biggest-choir-in-history Just another Diggings site Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:42:41 +0000 hourly 1 By: Hayli @ Transition Concierge http://whatwoulddadsay.com/2009/04/can-you-just-imagine-the-biggest-choir-in-history/#comment-117466 Hayli @ Transition Concierge Thu, 09 Apr 2009 20:32:25 +0000 http://blogs.jobdig.com/wwds/?p=3064#comment-117466 Great story! I live in Middle Tennessee, 20 minutes from Murfreesboro, and didn't even know about that one! Great story! I live in Middle Tennessee, 20 minutes from Murfreesboro, and didn’t even know about that one!

]]> By: Corky http://whatwoulddadsay.com/2009/04/can-you-just-imagine-the-biggest-choir-in-history/#comment-117440 Corky Wed, 08 Apr 2009 22:48:52 +0000 http://blogs.jobdig.com/wwds/?p=3064#comment-117440 GL, You are only as old as you feel and believe me some days I feel 100 or more.....then some days I feel younger than that (those are the days when I know what day it is and what time it is). lol Unfortunately all of those soldiers died because they were TAUGHT to stand in a straight line and march into battle (both sides). That is the reason the Indians weren't completely wiped out....they had sense enough to get behind a rock or tree. Unfortunately they could not shoot very well (not having many weapons or ammo) so they had to use their smarts (as well as bows and arrows). The Brits were all for bright colors and straight lines so I guess that is where we learned how to fight. I really liked Zane Gray (sp?) stories and always yelled for the Indians until my Grandma told me that I was yelling for the wrong side....but I still liked the Indians best!! Have a Happy Easter. Corky GL,
You are only as old as you feel and believe me some days I feel 100 or more…..then some days I feel younger than that (those are the days when I know what day it is and what time it is). lol
Unfortunately all of those soldiers died because they were TAUGHT to stand in a straight line and march into battle (both sides). That is the reason the Indians weren’t completely wiped out….they had sense enough to get behind a rock or tree. Unfortunately they could not shoot very well (not having many weapons or ammo) so they had to use their smarts (as well as bows and arrows). The Brits were all for bright colors and straight lines so I guess that is where we learned how to fight. I really liked Zane Gray (sp?) stories and always yelled for the Indians until my Grandma told me that I was yelling for the wrong side….but I still liked the Indians best!!
Have a Happy Easter.
Corky

]]> By: ejly http://whatwoulddadsay.com/2009/04/can-you-just-imagine-the-biggest-choir-in-history/#comment-117434 ejly Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:56:29 +0000 http://blogs.jobdig.com/wwds/?p=3064#comment-117434 thanks for the clarification, I've been on a bit of a wiki editor tear lately so sorry to pump you for sources. It is a neat story. BTW the version I have reports the joint singing not as a moment of camaraderie, but more as a challenge of one side to the other re: the union soldiers wanted the confederates to be overcome with homesickness and desert, and the confederates responded with the same song wishing that the union army would desert for home also. Either way, if even half the armies were singing it would have been a grand spectacle. thanks for the clarification, I’ve been on a bit of a wiki editor tear lately so sorry to pump you for sources. It is a neat story.

BTW the version I have reports the joint singing not as a moment of camaraderie, but more as a challenge of one side to the other re: the union soldiers wanted the confederates to be overcome with homesickness and desert, and the confederates responded with the same song wishing that the union army would desert for home also. Either way, if even half the armies were singing it would have been a grand spectacle.

]]> By: wwds http://whatwoulddadsay.com/2009/04/can-you-just-imagine-the-biggest-choir-in-history/#comment-117433 wwds Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:44:48 +0000 http://blogs.jobdig.com/wwds/?p=3064#comment-117433 You may be right. The version I saw actually said that the Confederates asked the Unin band to "play some of ours." So I assumed there was only one band, but stands to reason, upon thinking about it, Johnny Reb had one too. Maybe. The baseball reference was unclear, I said in a non-related story, meaning not at Stone's River. After all, baseball is played in the late spring, summmr and fall, no? Just keep in mind, that I write this blog as if I am telling a story to a friend, which you are. I admit to taking some dramatic license in the name of story telling. I do not for sure if it took place between 8:00-9:00 pm either. But, the night before I had just seen another episode of '24." There is a novel about Stone's River called "Bright Starry Night," which I read some time back. You may be right. The version I saw actually said that the Confederates asked the Unin band to “play some of ours.” So I assumed there was only one band, but stands to reason, upon thinking about it, Johnny Reb had one too. Maybe.
The baseball reference was unclear, I said in a non-related story, meaning not at Stone’s River. After all, baseball is played in the late spring, summmr and fall, no?
Just keep in mind, that I write this blog as if I am telling a story to a friend, which you are. I admit to taking some dramatic license in the name of story telling. I do not for sure if it took place between 8:00-9:00 pm either. But, the night before I had just seen another episode of ’24.”
There is a novel about Stone’s River called “Bright Starry Night,” which I read some time back.

]]> By: ejly http://whatwoulddadsay.com/2009/04/can-you-just-imagine-the-biggest-choir-in-history/#comment-117432 ejly Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:34:40 +0000 http://blogs.jobdig.com/wwds/?p=3064#comment-117432 Great story, what is your source? I heard a version of this but thought there were musicians on both sides from the other version I heard. FYI more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Stones_River Sadly, the wikipedia article doesn't even mention the baseball game. Great story, what is your source? I heard a version of this but thought there were musicians on both sides from the other version I heard. FYI more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Stones_River

Sadly, the wikipedia article doesn’t even mention the baseball game.

]]> By: wwds http://whatwoulddadsay.com/2009/04/can-you-just-imagine-the-biggest-choir-in-history/#comment-117427 wwds Wed, 08 Apr 2009 12:24:08 +0000 http://blogs.jobdig.com/wwds/?p=3064#comment-117427 COnrad---you and your family are the experts on choirs. As I was reading about Stone's River initially, I actually thought of all your choir trips with Carly. Never did I ever imagine, either, that your Mother is over 100 years old. She doesn't look a day over 70. Corky--there is a great novel about Stone's River, one of those historical novels you must really like, too. What is particularly interesting to me about all those Civil War battles is how the young soldiers would just march straight ahead to certain death. Stone's River was no different...23,000 out of 81,000 were killed in those three days. COnrad—you and your family are the experts on choirs. As I was reading about Stone’s River initially, I actually thought of all your choir trips with Carly.
Never did I ever imagine, either, that your Mother is over 100 years old. She doesn’t look a day over 70.
Corky–there is a great novel about Stone’s River, one of those historical novels you must really like, too.
What is particularly interesting to me about all those Civil War battles is how the young soldiers would just march straight ahead to certain death. Stone’s River was no different…23,000 out of 81,000 were killed in those three days.

]]> By: Corky http://whatwoulddadsay.com/2009/04/can-you-just-imagine-the-biggest-choir-in-history/#comment-117424 Corky Wed, 08 Apr 2009 03:35:28 +0000 http://blogs.jobdig.com/wwds/?p=3064#comment-117424 GL, of all the many stories I've read in my hundred years of reading, this is the first time I've ever heard of this. I've always been interested in the Civil War and read the stories about it whenever I could find one...especialy after I saw the movie, "Gone With The Wind". It was the first time I had heard a SWEAR WORD at a show and I could hardly wait to get home and tell my mother what Clark Gable had said. That was a big mistake....after that I had to take my brother to the Saturday afternoon cowboy movies because the cowboys did not cuss, lol Anyway, that movie really turned me on to the Civil War and I had never heard of this thing happening. Thanks for sharing. Corky GL, of all the many stories I’ve read in my hundred years of reading, this is the first time I’ve ever heard of this. I’ve always been interested in the Civil War and read the stories about it whenever I could find one…especialy after I saw the
movie, “Gone With The Wind”.
It was the first time I had heard a SWEAR WORD at a show and I could hardly wait to get home and tell my mother what Clark Gable had said. That was a big mistake….after that I had to take my brother to the Saturday afternoon cowboy movies because the cowboys did not cuss, lol
Anyway, that movie really turned me on to the Civil War and I had never heard of this thing happening. Thanks for sharing.
Corky

]]> By: Conrad http://whatwoulddadsay.com/2009/04/can-you-just-imagine-the-biggest-choir-in-history/#comment-117419 Conrad Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:09:07 +0000 http://blogs.jobdig.com/wwds/?p=3064#comment-117419 That's a fantastic story and one that Carly will definitely like! There is a similar one for the Christmas truce in WWI, where the troops did something very similar for a night. They sang Christmas songs together. The Mt. Eden Choir presented a special on that at their winter concert this year with the mayor doing the verbal part. That’s a fantastic story and one that Carly will definitely like!

There is a similar one for the Christmas truce in WWI, where the troops did something very similar for a night. They sang Christmas songs together. The Mt. Eden Choir presented a special on that at their winter concert this year with the mayor doing the verbal part.

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