© Sachyn Mital
Sunday, March 14 marked one year since the first person in NYC died of COVID-19. At Lincoln Center, hundreds of candles surrounding Revson Fountain were lit up as a memorial to those we’ve lost to the pandemic.
The candles remained lit, with surrounding campus lights dimmed, for about 30 minutes, which included a 10 minute moment of silence.
© Sachyn Mital
© Sachyn Mital
In addition, Lincoln Center partnered with the Young People’s Chorus of New York City for a memorial performance of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “You’ll Never Walk Alone” in honor of those lost.
As part of “A COVID Day of Remembrance,” portraits of those who’ve passed were projected onto the Brooklyn Bridge, and there were musical performances by the New York Philharmonic, Bishop Hezekiah Walker and The Love Fellowship Choir.
Heartbreaking. What a lovely tribute.
I wish LC had publicized it. I’m on several of their mailing lists and get tons of emails from them, but nothing about this. Perhaps they didn’t want to attract a crowd, which is understandable.
The Young People’s Chorus was especially moving, not only for the music but equally for seeing what the world should be…racially, gender and ethnically diverse, yet singing with one voice. Unfortunately, there’s another Rodgers and Hammerstein song that tells us “You’ve Got To Be Carefully Taught”…so what is our country teaching our children?