Love and Laughter

Today we had the second of four weekly performances courtesy of the Berkshire Choral Festival, a group of choir singers from Sheffield, Massachusetts, who have been and will be singing for us during July and August. They have an impressive lineup that they call "A Musical Celebration of Love and Laughter" in an homage to one of our current exhibitions, a show on New Yorker cartoonist and illustrator William Steig. Songs like "Can't Help Falling in Love" and "Seasons of Love" are followed by a comedic mashup of "Be a Clown" and "Make 'Em Laugh".



Somewhere in the middle of running around making sure everyone had a Museum button and finding an extension cord, passing out programs and setting out camp stools, I had to stop and really listen. I'll admit, I'm kind of a sucker for sentimental music. But Berkshire Choral really puts on a performance, and the looks on the faces of random museum passerby say it all. They ducked out to the terrace for a quick popsicle, and all of a sudden a choir of forty experienced singers descends with a full lineup of songs closely related to what they just saw in the galleries. What a treat!