The Brief
- Dozens of people gathered at their former high school for a musical reunion event led by a legendary, long-retired Bay Area choir director.
- The choir director, 87-year-old Lindley Hall, taught at the school for almost a quarter of a century.
- The singers of the reunion choir ranged in age from their early 40s to their 60s.
MORAGA, Calif. – It has been said that music can act as a salve. It can create community and connections and unite us in unexpected ways. And sometimes it can even serve as a powerful reminder of long-forgotten bonds, stirring a collective memory of a cherished, shared experience.
That power of music was on full display on Sunday at Campolindo High School in Moraga, where some 50 people, former students who once walked that same campus decades ago, returned to put on an impressive two-hour performance led by their former and long-retired choir director, 87-year-old Lindley Hall.…