Holy Trinity is a great old church (although it has the most uncomfortable pews known to humankind), and it was truly beautiful with all the lights out. (Also a great time to play with the new camera.)
We were amazed that 200 people came out for a church service on Saturday night (especially since Nelly Furtado was playing for free a block away).
We had a song from Metis storyteller Jani Lauzon, accompanied by Alan Gasser. Alan is an expert in Georgian (as in republic of Georgia) song. We went to grad school with him, when he had short curly hair and wore bowties. He was fun then, and he is fun now.
Our friends Susie and Isabella could light up any room.
As could the energy expended in writing letters to the PM...
... and the energy of song that took everyone out into the cold night
... where Sheilagh led them in a spiral dance on the labyrinth outside the church.
Had I been dancing instead of taking pictures, the look on this kid's face would have been on mine. It was completely wacky, as was the whole idea of Earth Hour. By itself, it won't change a thing, but if even one person came out of last night deciding to do one thing differently over the long haul, then it was worth it.
2 comments:
what a wonderfuly wacky event at a wonderful wacky church. the one hour may not make a difference in terms of energy saving but it certainly does in terms of awareness raising. Tone and I were talking about it on the phone last night and we concluded that if we are trying to make small changes in our lifestyle then many others are out there doing the same and that gives us hope.
I love this post, the pictures, and the thought behind Earth Hour. Bill and the kids observed it by building a very small bonfire and making S'mores; I was trying to get home so I used up all my carbon awareness burning gas.
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