Regina audience joins in on Handel's Messiah

The audience was welcomed to be part of the show Sunday afternoon as the Regina Symphony Orchestra performed Handel's Messiah.

People gathered at the Knox United Church in Regina to participate in a sing along of the composition.

The Sunday performance was the second half of a two-day billing. The two shows were also new music director Gordon Gerrard's first performances of Messiah.

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"People absolutely loved it," saidTanyaDerksen, executive director of the RSO.

The sing along is a holiday tradition, practiced across the country,Derksensaid.

"There's a lot of people that come and just want to sing for fun."

A ghostlyapparition of Handel himself dropped by during the performance to engage with the crowd.