17 Dec 2017
I just have to share this fun little anecdote
from this morning. I attended the Sunday morning broadcast of Music and the
Spoken Word (which was awesome!), then, afterward, they asked Sutton Foster and
her husband, Ted Griffin, and Hugh Bonneville and his wife, Lulu, back on
stage. They presented them with gifts and the choir sang ‘God Be with You ‘til
We Meet Again’ to them.
Then, Ted Griffin asked for permission to ask
the choir something. He was given a mic and he asked how many of them were Star
Wars fans. They all enthusiastically raised their hands.
He then said. "We have a good friend
named Rian Johnson who just directed a little film called 'The Last Jedi' -
and, today is his birthday. What better gift could I give him than to have the
Mormon Tabernacle Choir sing 'Happy Birthday' to him?" Ted whipped out his
cell phone, recorded a short message and turned his phone on the choir while
they joyfully sang 'Happy Birthday Rian Johnson!'
He then turned the cell phone to the audience
and we all waved a "Happy Birthday" as well. It was really delightful, and unexpected, to
see how much fun everyone had with it.
p.s. I probably won't post later this
week since I'll be traveling to NC on Friday.
1 comment:
How cool would it be to have "Happy Birthday" being sung by the Tabs on your voicemail! I love that story. So glad you got to go to the Christmas Concert. My parents were there as well. Hope you have a safe trip to NC!
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