The Mudcat is sometimes miraculous. Gilbert Bedeau's post moving this thread to another level is a case in point.

I hope this comes to something in a few parts of the global Mudcat commonwealth. I think it very well might.

Watching the vid I couldn't help taking an instrument down off the wall and joining in. No rehearsal needed for that.

The word that came to mind for it all was a French one we've imported into English - "élan". " Vigorous spirit or enthusiasm typically shown by poise, verve, or liveliness of imagination". That seems to sum it up rather well.

Of course getting and staying in tune might be a complication for some instruments, but not a big one.

Congratulations to the ones who did the filming and the editing.