Hallelujah!
Thanks to the Baroque Artists of Champaign-Urbana, I have fulfilled a life-long dream: to sing in a Messiah sing-along! We didn't do the whole thing, but it was still genius. The soloists were lovely. Caveat 1: we only did a handful of the choruses, which did put a damper on my hope of doing the whole thing. Caveat 2: none of the soloists had prepared "But Who May Abide the Day of His Coming," one of my favorites. Still, it was decidedly better than singing along to the CD at home.