Published 19:00 IST, March 19th 2020
Coronavirus: Violinists perform 'an ode to empty toilet paper shelves' to raise awareness
Amid coronavirus fear that continues to escalate, two violinists managed to come up with a dramatic performance to ease the tension with a hymn from Titanic.
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In light of recent health emergency that has taken everyone by storm, people have started relating ir life sinking just like ship in movie : Titanic. Interestingly, terrifying feeling of Titanic sinking, was recreated in real-life, when two ladies with a violin in ir hands and a lifejacket on ir bodies played a hymn.
Violinists in action
On one hand, while people are working from home and surroundings continue to remain in a lockdown and isolated state, Bonnie von Duyke and Emer Kinsella brought forward a dramatic yet alluring change in people's lives. video went viral after Bonnie von Duyke shared ir performance on her YouTube channel aptly titling it: Ode to RMS Toilet Paper - 'I'll never let go". Towards end of video, dramatic violinists ended ir act with line from movie: ''Gentleman, it has been a privilege playing with you tonight.''
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Bonnie continued to write: "Concerts and events are being cancelled right and left. We want to create awareness to support independent artists at this time and to connect with ors in our global community. As self-employed artists, we want to let ors kw how we can offer our services remotely. + lifestreams concerts + buy our albums + listen to our music + inquire about virtual lessons + ask us to write you music + donating to our patreons."
In a Los Angeles supermarket, in an empty toilet paper aisle, Bonnie and Kinsella donning black suits and orange lifejackets started to recreate famous song 'Nearer, my God, To e' from popular movie, Titanic. Ironically, ship that sank in movie turned out to be quite relatable to lives of people sinking beneath furious waves of Coronavirus and video has also been shared by a few on Twitter.
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Netizens impressed
Bonnie's YouTube video has garnered over 59,000 views with a good deal of comments. Netizens were very impressed and enthralled with dramatic recreation in a toilet paper aisle and did t hold mselves back from taking to Twitter to share, laud and enjoy video, that somehow was a much-needed mood buster in recent times. performance came around when people in isolation and lockdown needed just a heartwarming video as this was.
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Out of jobs
Depressing how Coronavirus has affected her work, Bonnie also took to Twitter to appeal to people to hire m for a suitable job.
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19:09 IST, March 19th 2020