Cabaret

Every year in March, the high school music department in our district puts on an amazing event entitled Cabaret. There are a variety of performances including ensemble performances, solos, duets, musical and vocal performances. In addition to preparing for their performances, the students also decorate, help prepare and serve a meal to the audience, clean up, help each other prepare and practice. It was an absolutely amazing event. 

I find it fascinating what songs and music the students chose and why. Music speaks to us all differently at different times in our lives. I imagine the task of picking songs could be quite daunting. How would you pick songs? Would you pick the ones you just love? The ones that speak to you? The ones that remind you of someone or something? 

A variety of music were chosen by the student. The theme was "Time Warp" so as you can imagine, there were songs from the 60's, 70's, 80's and 90's. It was so fun to see what they picked. One of my favorite numbers was "Unpretty" (originally performed by TLC in the late nineties). The young women who performed it have beautiful voices, and to see two beautiful young women sing a song about the importance of looking inside of yourself to find beauty rather than what you see on the outside, was incredibly inspiring. I hope all of the young girls and women who were there tonight took what I took from this song. So many of the numbers performed tonight were songs I remember listening to growing up--songs originally performed by bands such as Fleetwood Mac and the Eagles. So many songs took me back to meaningful moments in my life. This is the beauty of music, right--it speaks to us all. 

I feel so lucky to have had the opportunity to attend this event.