>My friend John Vaughan posted this video on his blog:

More than 200 dancers performed this techno version of “Do Re Mi” in the Central Station of Antwerp on March 23, 2009, with just 2 rehearsals. The performance lasted 4 minutes starting at 08:00 AM. It is a promotional stunt for a Belgian television program looking for someone to play the leading role in the musical of “The Sound of Music”. These sorts of impromptu public performances have cropped up over the past few years, and I enjoy watching the joy they create in those who aren’t involved in the performance. There is something about hundreds of supposed bystanders coming together in a performance like this that really captures the hearts of people that can only be described as the joy that art brings.

Credit: Thank you to my friend John Vaughan at WorldHurdle for this information and for the description of the video.

Claude Mariottini
Professor of Old Testament
Northern Baptist Seminary

Tags: Do Re Mi, Sound of Music

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