{"id":1040,"date":"2011-12-22T19:55:53","date_gmt":"2011-12-23T00:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/goodnews\/?p=1040"},"modified":"2011-12-22T10:30:23","modified_gmt":"2011-12-22T15:30:23","slug":"35-million-inspired-by-kids-at-the-mall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/goodnews\/2011\/12\/35-million-inspired-by-kids-at-the-mall.html","title":{"rendered":"35 million inspired by kids at the mall"},"content":{"rendered":"

They’re just a bunch of very talented college kids who had a bright idea.<\/p>\n

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Just a bunch of talented kids having fun<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

They were inspired by the 650 singers who showed up at a Philadelphia Macy’s department store and spontaneously began singing Handel’s classic Hallelujah Chorus. However, they live in a small town in Ontario on the other side of the U.S.-Canadian border from Detroit.<\/p>\n

They took their version of Handel’s masterpiece to the food mall of a nearby shopping mall.<\/p>\n

And, once again, the response of the public is every bit as good as the music. Just watch the shoppers, the stunned kids, the impressed pre-schoolers.<\/p>\n

And notice how the young singers had just a bit of fun with the staging — the opening soloist who never stops “talking” on her cell phone, for example. Or the “janitor” in overalls, carrying a “CAUTION: Wet Floor” pop-up sign.<\/p>\n

You’ll understand why on YouTube an astonishing 35 million people have been inspired by this bunch of talented kids.<\/p>\n