CANNOT. STOP. LAUGHING RIGHT NOW.

[ursamajor]

Imagine the setting. There are about 170 choristers onstage at the Paramount Theatre, along with the Oakland Symphony. We’re at final dress rehearsal for today’s holiday concert. It’s Oakland Symphony Chorus, Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, along with choirs from Cal State Hayward and like four area high schools.

The orchestra conductor has his baton up for the downbeat of What’s Love Got To Do With It, when several dozen cell phones START PLAYING THE bereal CHIME.

Oh my god the youth energy, 🤣, I love it. Happy holiday concerts to everyone else performing today! (Original post.)

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[siliconshaman]

I think you meant to link to this and not a non-existent user name...

[ursamajor]

Huh, that linked to a nonexistent DW user profile? ... oh, RIGHT, I'm trying out the Markdown editor to see if it makes things easier for me on mobile. I guess it defaults to assuming Markdown with crossposts, too. So the @ sign from Insta gets sent as plaintext, rather than the full HTML link to an Insta profile I thought it would be based on the original, and then the text @ means the next bit gets turned into a DW user link.

Anyway, yes, the sound from your YouTube link ... times about three dozen, in stereo, in a place designed to enhance acoustics ... :D Oh my god, I don't know how high school choir directors stay even remotely sane these days.