[Culturechat] Sachseln Gospel Culture

[Peter Haggart]

There is nothing better than a good Gospel Choir ------ wish we could have
been there!!

Pete and Maggie

----- Original Message -----
From: "Vance Roy" <gigli.saw@dplanet.ch>
To: "culturechat" <culturechat@untours.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2001 12:43 PM
Subject: [Culturechat] Sachseln Gospel Culture


> Culture came to Sachseln tonight by way of The Gospel Wave. Actually, it
> first came two years ago for the first time, but this was only the
> second time there has been the fun of hearing this choir.
>
> Imagine being in the big church in Sachseln, Bruder Klaus sarcophagus
> right down in front, the marble splendor all around you, and seeing a
> group of thirty or so native Swiss men and women all dressed in black
> and white, singing gospel songs as if they were in some little deep
> south church in the country. Also imagine both the choir and the
> audience (for the most part) are caught up in the "spirit". It is as
> much fun to watch these supposedly staid Swiss begin to rock back and
> forth to the music, as it is to see the choir pulsate to and fro.
>
> Now, I am a southern boy through and through. Except for my present
> residence and the two years that I was a POW in Boston, I grew up with
> this music. Not in my church understand, but in the churches where the
> black folks spent all Sunday putting forth this gospel singing. I hope I
> don't have to convince anyone that a given choir of white people can't
> hold a candle to a black choir. I have seen black church buildings
> literally moved with the spirit.
>
> I have to say that both times that I have heard this Swiss group, I
> could shut my eyes and "almost" feel the room move with their rhythm, as
> it used to do. The funny thing is that most of these folks don't have
> enough English vocabulary to be called English speakers. They can learn
> the music and the moves though. I guess they watch a lot of videos of
> American choirs.
>
> For an hour plus, we had a real treat to songs as, "Satan, We Are Going
> to Pray You Down" and "Jesus Dropped the Charges". If the old saint is
> really in that sarcophagus, I'll bet there were some toes tapping in
> there too!
> --
> Vance Roy
> gigli.saw@dplanet.ch.
>
>
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