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Video of a flash mob singing hanel s messiah at a canadian mall yesterday. well, they were not the first. look. halleleujah halleleujah halleleujah 650 seniors from 28 groups throughout the philadelphia area descended on a macy s on october 30th surprising everybody and right now, we are joined by a couple of the people involved. david duvan is the executive director of the opera company of philadelphia and maran is a long time chorus singer and join us from the city of brotherly love. good morning to you both. good morning. david, it happened at this macy s. now, this is the most unique macy s in the world because it is the home of what? it is the home of the wannamaker organ, the world s largest pipe organ. you can hear it. you can hear it. your organization has had these random acts of culture so ....
Been a you tube sensation. 5.5 million hits so far. what did it feel like to be there, to have the wannamaker organ just vibrating through your body and singing halleleujah ? it was fantastic. there was so much joy and excitement. just throughout the entire crowd. i just i was so happy to be a part of that experience. yeah. and david, were there do you know whether or not there were any civilians, any nonchoral members on the floor that started singing? absolutely. there were. there were people that just swept up in the moment. they remember singing it as a child or a young adult and we got lots of e-mails from people that just said they joined in. and we saw them. it would be hard not to. even if you know the song, everybody knows the halleleujah, halleleujah part. all right. thank you very much for joining us today from the city of brotherly love. philadelphia. thank you. thanks very much for having us. what a great story. straight ahead, the leaders of ....