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the danish national television featured a very special concert in denmark’s brand new concert house last week. it was a result of a great idea born by the highly recognized conductor frans rasmussen (frans, if you see this - i will gladly make you a home page… but i guess you will not see this… because you don’t have a home page). he collected a choir of people from urbanplanen, a new neighborhood next to the national tv’s new location. normal people, average joes. and a couple of average superstars. and he made them sing. perform at a classical concert. finale song was polovetserdanse by alexander borodin. and it left me amazed. with the talent and management skills of frans. with the power of song. with the beauty of amateurs meeting professionals. it sounded really good. i salute the project. r.e.s.p.e.c.t.

another wonderful story i saw on national tv was about a guy named erik hohwu, a doctor on emergency duty whose heart had bled for street prostitutes once too many. in his own words, he can’t bring them home in his pocket to save them, but felt that he had something to give. so he arranged a festive fund raiser for reden, a place that helps the prostitutes and encourage them to get clean and change direction. it’s a win-win! the party is in copenhagen on 3 locations, on february 21st and you can join it for 500,- DKK.

following the news item, a sociologist commented that giving has become a mega-trend! i think that’s much better than having the g connected to a generation. we don’t really need all of these labels anyhow. we don’t need the clever analysis. we need to join the great givers’ celebrations of life and surplus. and have a great life while doing so.

tags:appreciation, community, generousity, management, music, party, trends

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