Siestas, did you watch “Clash of the Choirs” this week??? It was one of the best things I’ve watched on television in ages! I laughed and cried and clapped my hands and stood to my feet and cheered all by my sick little self in my den. I could have watched it every night for a month. Now, THAT’S GOOD PROGRAMMING. Way to go for a change, NBC!!!
Clash of the Choirs
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Nope havent watched it, hope your feeling better. Take care dear one we need our angel well. God bless lvoe sister in christ Victoria
You better believe I did! And I loved every minute of it! What a nice change. We’ll be watching Denver and the Mile High Orchestra on Friday night too!
Merry Christmas!
steph.
I agree 100% I enjoyed it too. I was cheering and laughing right along too. It is refreshing to see good TV for once.
I watched on Monday and then again tonight. I, too, laughed and cried and clapped at the TV. The Katrina evacuee from Houston was the first to make me cry. (Sorry Houston didn’t win) The show really drew you in. I love that you jumped right onto the blog at the end of the show to talk to us all about it!
And…. The blogs this week have been great! I happened upon the blog right about the beginning, as I was researching you and the whole LPL thing after purchasing a ticket for LPL Bossier City. My group has been doing your studies for 3 years–with 1 Jennifer Rothschild in there, too. I loved your Blog-a-versary post and video. I’ve been reading all along, but haven’t posted. So, I’m jumping in feet first now! Much love to all the Moore and Jones families–Ellen in Louisiana
Oh my word I watched it tonight and had chills the entire time. Loved it. And would watch it over and over again.
Hi Beth,
I couldn’t agree with you more!! It was a huge blessing to watch the faces and expressions of some of the singers who were obviously praising the King throughout the show. Loved that they sang so many songs about Him!!
I couldn’t decide if I should be crying or screaming with joy…but I mostly cried through every song. What did you think about some of the testimonies the singers gave while speaking with the host (or am I supposed to call her hostess?….that sounds like a twinkie!!…I can relate anything to food!)?
Loved it!! Just LOVED IT!!!!
Love,
A Rockwall, Texas Siesta
I wantched it too Beth! i also had the same reaction! LOL guess what……my christmas present this year were tickets to see you live in the springs in may! yay!
I missed it! Wonder if I can find it online? Anyway, your last post made me think of growing up in a large family. I wonder if it has made me demand more attention than most, because I didn’t get enough as a child? Or maybe I just love attention. Have you ever thought about this
(Kids in large families needing exorbitant amounts of attention)?
Hmm. I think I’m on to something. Another theory to place next to my “younger sister is always taller than older sister” theory.
Oh yes! It was just great, wasn’t it?! And them bringing the Dad in from the Houston choir was just the most precious thing. So very sweet!
I was clapping with you in my living room!! 🙂
Lindsee
Oh yes I did!!! Even my husband (who has to put up with being married to a music ed. major/former music teacher :))even enjoyed it with me…until tonight when his favorite basketball team played at the same time! I was right along with you, saying, “Way to go NBC!” I hope you are feeling better.
I haven’t watched it yet but it’s waiting patiently for me on my DVR. I can’t wait. I love me some choir music.
Yes! I watched it too! MAN, I wish I could sing. :0(
I loved it! The music was so fun!
girl, tell me about it! i was so excited to see the previews for that, but i missed it this week..so glad that you loved it!!
(hope you’ve been able to get your shopping done but still rest…and with those mad shopping skills we heard about at the party, maybe the Lord can bless you with some sales and short lines and you’ll be done in no time! 🙂 )
love you sweet friend
ps-I just realized I forgot to say—Get Well Soon! Hope the croupy bronchitis is well on its way to being gone!
Ellen in Louisiana
Amen! Amen! Amen! It was better than great!
yep love it too. missed it tonight though. are you doing better? hope so. love you.
~janel
WASN’T IT THE BEST? I hope they repeat this one! This is worth doing again…I’m so with ya SIESTA!
I’m with you on this one Beth. I don’t know if it’s because my heart is so tender right now, or if the Holy Spirit was moving through the tv, but I went from laughing to crying, to cheering and back again! At one point last night during, “Jesus Take the Wheel” the hair was standing up on my arms and legs (note to self: shave legs soon!)
Oh my!! What a great show and even more wonderful demonstration of God’s love. Yup, NBC got it right on this one!!
~Cheryl
Oh my goodness- Did you hear when that lady stood up and said her son’s voice was an annointing from God and now he was giving it back to God through the music?! Amazing!
You are right Seista! I love to hear some great sangin! I hope you feel better:)
Amanda in SC
I agree we need better programming. Love you
Michelle
NPR had quite a laugh about the new reality T.V., i.e. choirs competing…they blamed it on the writer’s strike. However, I think NPR stands for “nothin’ personally relevant.”
Wasn’t it wonderful! I was praising God for what He had done (and laughing and crying and hootin’ and hollerin’)right along with you. Kind of neat to think of all the Siestas together in spirit (maybe heaven’s family room?) watching t.v. together with our Abba.
Feel better soon!
Oh Beth, I am right now watching
the final results here in Washington State. AWESOME!!!! I was right there with you tonight, laughin’, cryin’, clappin’ and doing my own little “PRAISE DANCING”!!!!!!!
The outspoken way our God was praised and lifted high on National
T.V. was such a gift wasn’t it!!
I LOVED, LOVED, LOVED IT!! I think I could go into withdrawals already!!!
Get WELL dear siesta!! Much love to you!!
Loved it! We watched it as a family for four nights!
Did NOT like the choice of clothing of some of the women dancing, or their presentation, but to be expected, and did NOT like the commercials about spirit woman or whatever…good grief! (I’ve seen his spirit! Do you see dead people? etc. etc.)
I just caught Patti Labelle on ‘Clash of the Choirs’ while channel surfing tonight. She made me want to jump up and down! Her voice is amazing, no matter what her age.
Blessings, Joanne
hope that you are feeling better! I hope you had on some good warm jammies for your Clash of the Choirs show…i have no idea what that is…but I will have to check it! =)
I’m so sorry to say I had never heard of it until tonight… when my mother was watching the final and giving me a blow by blow account over the phone! I heard a snippet of the Flight of the Bumblebee and I was impressed though! And I do heartily agree that this was good programming! Hooray!
Absolutely! Finally something we could watch with the family and not be annoyed! I hope the ratings were good so maybe they will do it again! Just think, not one person on the show was sleeping with anyone else, considering an abortion, disrespecting their mom (because there are no dads in TV land)drinking, cussing…. YAHOO NBC!
ps- don’t you love exclamation points!
I Loved the show too!!!! I finally get to find something I can watch with my teenagers that everyone enjoyed. We all picked a team and cheered for them as we are from Canada. I was happy for team Lachey as they had to work really hard to beat team LaBelle. Miss Labelle is one of my favourite singers so I was really hoping she would win. Well sorry to hear you have been sick ,hope you are feelin well soon.
Yes, my husband I watched it all four nights this week. We enjoyed it too! Hope you are feeling better soon….Merry Christmas!
Love, Mom in NC
BETH! I’m so glad you watched because I’ve been dying to tell someone who watched it that the coolest thing happened! As I was sitting there addressing the Christmas card to our Missions Pastor, my husband exclaimed that our Missions Pastor’s son was on the show! I looked up and it was the Blake Shelton one out there in Oklahoma and it was the first guy that Blake Shelton interviewed. It was a long conversation and Blake said he was sorry that my pastor’s son wasn’t the right fit for the choir (although I have NO idea why not) but he sure did get a lot of good information out of him. And as he was leaving, Blake said, “how many alto’s?” And Joel replied “Two.” How cool is that? I enjoyed the show a lot too!
OK, now for yet ANOTHER God moment! He’s killing me lately! My father, who I have beat my head against a wall witnessing to, has an old high school friend who is a prominent businessman here in town. I have always heard he is a christian and had told my husband once that I was going to call him and ask him to talk with my dad about the Lord because clearly I’m not the one to bring the message. My dad and this man stay in touch but I’ve never met him…until last night. There we were at Toys R Us Christmas shopping when we ran into him and his daughter doing the same. When my dad was talking to his friend’s daughter away from earshot I had my moment. I asked him if I had heard correctly that he was a christian to which he enthusiastically said, “absolutely!” I asked him to please try to lead my father to the Lord as I have tried. He quickly said he would definitely try. And I believe that he will. PRAISE GOD. Oh how I love Him.
Oh how I do. And how I love you. I thanked Him just yesterday for what He has done through you and how He has used you in my life. I think my heart could beat right out of my chest sometimes at how much I love Him. OK, if I don’t talk to you again, Merry Christmas to each and every one of you! I love you dearly. Lisa
I loved it too!
Hi Beth,
I agree. I really enjoyed that program this week. My husband has been away on business, so I put the kids to bed, got me a bowl of delicious brownie supreme ice-cream, put my feet up and relaxed with the music. As someone who was raised in choirs, church and school, I commend those singers for their hard work and triumph over adversity. Not to mention how calm they seemed. I was always so nervious standing in front of audiences. Congratulations to Cincinnati. I was excited to see the money going to their Children’s Hospital. My second child was premature. What a blessing for them. And as an Ohioan, born and bred, good work Ohio!! 🙂
Merry Christmas Living Proof Ministries!
I agree–it was fun to watch. Hope you are feeling better!
Beth, I saw the advertisement for the show but I did not get to see it. Why was is so great? Now I am curious.
They made us proud here in Cincinnati, Ohio!!!! Woo-Hoo!!! Hope you are feeling better Beth. Merry Christmas everyone.
I could not agree with you more. That show had my 16 yr old daughter stretched out across me and my husband and really listening to some good music for a change. We also laughed, cried and wished that they all could have won! Great family time for us.
I watched it too. It was great for a change. Hope they do it again next year:) Wouldnt that be great!
Oh yes ma’am! That was incredible tv watching. I cried too. I clapped. I stomped my feet and sang right there with ’em!!
Loved every minute of it NBC!
Hope you are feeling better.
Love you~
Amen! My husband and I watched it and absolutely loved it! I hated for it to be over. I must say, I just knew Patti’s choir was going to win. They were all great though.
YES! I did watch it! My favorites were Nick Lachey’s choir and Patti LaBelle’s. It was so fun!
And you must read the first paragraph of this article about it in the Boston Globe–it cracked me up:
http://www.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2007/12/20/clash_cashes_in_on_holiday_sentiment/
I only got to see some of it during commercials of that other new show Duel. The hubby had already started watching it before I remembered it was on…and although we have a DVR we decided a few months ago that we already DVR TOO MANY shows….so…until I am ready to give up another show…I can’t DVR anything else!!!
All that to say…I did like it very much!!! I too stood and clapped a time or two!
Angela
Beth I am right there with you! This was an absolutely awesome program. One that I could sit down with my nephew and watch and not worry about what he would be seeing. But, I almost messed up. I wasn’t at home last night when the show began, so I recorded it. The guide on TV said that it would only be on from 8-9. Well I was watching it from 9-10, when the recording cut off and I realized that I was going to miss who won! Well, it was 9:55 so I quickly turned it to NBC just in time to see Team Lachey win. Whew! That was too close for comfort.
I hope you are feeling better today. Being sick during the holidays can really be a bummer, especially when we’re celebrating the birth of our wonderful Savior. Take care of yourself. You are in my prayers.
My husband also watched each night of “Clash of the Choirs” and this morning I told him about your post. He said “that was exactly what he thought – it was good wholesome programming for the whole family and wished there would be more like it!” He said I should be sure to watch the last night on the DVR. He didn’t tell me which Choir won.
(PS: This is my first time commenting on a post, but I want you to know that I am a regular reader and have probably read every post. I’m thinkin’ that for every Siesta that comments, there’s probably three or four like me who don’t comment but are blessed by what we read. I will sometimes share a post with different women I know who are experiencing whatever subject a particular post is about. Thanks Amanda, Melissa, and Beth for sharing your thoughts. It’s always a blast to log on and read. Blessings on your Christmas gatherings and may the Lord bless you and keep you in 2008.)
Yes I loved Clash of the Choirs! Wish they would do more. I sit here this morning reading your blog and find myself laughing. I am giving in and have to go to the doctor today…I think it is going to be strep throat. I just flew back home from Georgia feeling terrible and felt so sorry for anyone near me!
In Georgia all of our family were able to be together at our cabin. We celebrated Thanksgiving, our granddaughters 2nd birthday and Christmas…we call it “CHRISTGIVING”. God is so good!
Hope you get feeling better!
Your Montana Siesta
I LUVED Clash of Choirs. I totally hope they will do it again with new choirs! Heck, even the same choirs will make me happy!!
Oh, man!!!
I missed the finale!! I have to get online and see who won. I was hoping Patty’s choir would win, but the Flight of the Bumblebee thing was incredible.
🙂
Yes ma’am. Jordyn, my 10 yr. old daughter, really enjoyed it. It’s nice to be able to allow them to watch prime time TV.
I hope you are feeling better. I too have been ill this week with strep throat, and I am praying no one else in the house gets it for Christmas. Hear is a little tip that may help you with your cough.. Vic’s vapor rub on the bottom of your feet with socks on..I know it sounds crazy, but it works. At least it did for my nephew. It may be worth a try. Tina B.