SINGING AS A HELP UNDER OUR CURFEW

CORONA: we do not have to be worried and sad all the time. People are very good at mobilising their creativity to spend this special time with new initiatives. Perhaps that will also have an effect on how we all live after all this is over.

Today I want to mention a very interesting initiative taken by Denmark's Radio.  Every morning at 09.05 a well-known conductor and music specialist encourages everybody to join him in singing 3 or 4 well known songs. They can do it inside their house or with open Windows and balconies. In this way perhaps a whole street will sing together.   

It is called DANMARK SYNGER  ( Denmark Sings ). You can see more here:
https://danmarksynger.dk

You can also see it off-line on a special site  on Facebook:
www.facebook.com/DanmarkSynger/

Even if you do not understand Danish you can easily get the feeling and an idea on how it works.
Lots of associations, singing clubs, Foundations, etc., are part of this initiative.

QUESTION: Do you know of similar new initiatives like that in other countries??

It also makes me think of how the people in the three Baltic countries, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, are organising huge Song events, also during the Soviet occupation.  You can see more by searhing on Google.

In Italy people are now singing and playing music together from balconies, windows, terraces, etc.   See more on this link:

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/italy-lockdown-coronavirus-singing-110446552.html  

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