At the start of Symphony Splash this year (August 2nd, why?) the announcer comes on and says "Please rise for the singing of O Canada."
Now, I'm sure they do this every year, but this is the first year I've been there for the start. (I usually head down later.) So to see the thousands of people down in the inner harbour stand up and sing along to the national anthem was something awesome for me.
It was great to see, and really made me feel proud and happy and like a genuine member of a group of proud Canadians.
I don't know why I found it so cool, I just did.
We rock.
2 comments:
Strangely, I don't ever feel that with our national anthem, but I do with "Jerusalem", which is often sung by choirs in the schools around Oxford where I grew up.
Awwww!
(Did I mention that I spent a year near Oxford while growing up?)
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