Click here for a short report on my recent trip to Transylvania to attend the ICUUW (International Convocation of Unitarian Universalist Women) Convo 2024 meeting in Kolozsvár, Romania. While I was there I was able to visit Sinfalva twice, since it was only an hour away. On the second visit I was able to show Rev. Pálfi and his wife Ildikó and several other people the YouTube livestream of our Ingathering service, featuring Rev. Sasha in her first time in our pulpit.
Here are some very short video clips of a choir of Ukranian refugee women who sang for us one night in the big Unitarian church in Kolozsvár. They are very short but give you a feel for the joy and energy and also pathos that imbued the performance. It was really extraordinary and powerful, a wonderful experience. Clip 7 in particular is a solo by a woman who was actually hired by the Kolozsvár opera company, singing a folk song that was the basis for Summertime. I think you can hear the echoes.
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Here are two videos about the Convo 2024 meeting. First, a 4-minute video in English Next, a 1-minute video in Hungarian with sorta creepy Gothic music.