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'Lifting Spirits', Texas Hospital Choir Performs Remotely To Honor Fellow Health Care Workers

HOUSTON (CBSDFW.COM) - Spirits were lifted as their voices soared.

Employees at a Texas hospital honored fellow colleagues fighting the coronavirus pandemic by singing through video chat.

"Social distancing isn't stopping our employee choir from lifting spirits during the COVID-19 pandemic," the hospital said.

The employee choir at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston performed Bruno Mars' "Count On Me" remotely from about 30 different locations, the hospital shared in a Facebook post.

 

MD Anderson employee choir performs "Count on Me" -- remotely

Social distancing isn't stopping our employee choir from lifting spirits during the COVID-19 pandemic. Watch some of our own health care heroes perform Bruno Mars' "Count on Me" -- from nearly 30 different locations. #endcancer

Posted by MD Anderson Cancer Center on Friday, April 10, 2020

The hospital released a nearly three-and-a-half-minute video that showed the choir singing while pictures of their fellow health care workers appeared on the screen.

In order to make the video, each singer recorded their parts, which were the mixed and edited together to create the performance.

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