{"id":289,"date":"2009-12-27T21:59:46","date_gmt":"2009-12-27T21:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.com\/blog\/?p=289"},"modified":"2009-12-27T21:59:46","modified_gmt":"2009-12-27T21:59:46","slug":"the-pretty-sounds-of-denmark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/the-pretty-sounds-of-denmark\/","title":{"rendered":"the pretty sounds of denmark"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451dba369e20120a783eeea970b-pi\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Choir of young believers\" border=\"0\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d83451dba369e20120a783eeea970b \" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d83451dba369e20120a783eeea970b-800wi\" title=\"Choir of young believers\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>I first stumbled upon <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/choirofyoungbelievers\" target=\"_blank\">Choir of Young Believers<\/a> while listening to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wdetfm.org\/ann-delisi.php\" target=\"_blank\">101.9 DET &#8211; Ann Delisi&#39;s Essential Music<\/a> (which if you live in Metro Detroit, I highly recommend tuning in on Saturday &amp; Sunday afternoons)&#0160; Their song, Action\/Reaction is my fav&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><object height=\"295\" width=\"480\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/zU_LRUkjbKk&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><embed allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" height=\"295\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/zU_LRUkjbKk&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"480\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>A little bit about them&#8230;&quot;<span class=\"dropletter\">W<\/span>hen<br \/>\nlistening to Denmark\u2019s Choir of Young Believers, it\u2019s hard not to<br \/>\nimagine an army of white-clad singers with arms outstretched, their<br \/>\nvoices raised in holy polyphony\u2014in fact, the Danish group is the<br \/>\nbrainchild of one 26-year-old Jannis Noya Makrigiannis.&#0160; 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