choir bravery
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celticdragonflySo this morning I peeled myself out of bed to take Maggie to Sunday school, so as not to break her heart. Karl stayed home to take care of Jamie and be hospitable to ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
faxpaladin. We did not make it to the 8 am service, but got there just in time for her 9:30 Sunday school. I went into the 3 week adult class Karl and I had been going to. Then Maggie and I went to the 11 am service.
As mentioned before, I've started going to choir practice, for the last 2 weeks. The choir was doing a psalm, one of the ones where they sing the refrain once, then everyone, and then it's choir doing verses and everyone doing choruses. Victor, the music director, will during the choruses turn and sing towards the congregation below - although I don't know if most people notice that, I think most people stay facing forward. I was singing back up towards him and enjoying it, singing out, after all I had practiced this one with them a week and a half ago. He looked over at me, made eye contact and grinned - then got this "waitaminute!" look and crooked his finger at me with a "you, get up here!" gesture. I didn't move then, but noted that they were doing the Bach piece for the offertory - and I'd practiced that one with them twice, and been playing the slipped up during the start of the sermon to say softly to him that I hadn't brought my music, wasn't in great voice, but if he had an extra copy and wanted me to come up, I would - he did.
So right at the Peace I slipped upstairs with Maggie, who was a little angel and sat quietly. I sang the Offertory with the choir. Then I stayed up there, sang more of the liturgy with them, went down to communion and back up, did the rest of the hymns and liturgy from up there. It was fun. And it was a great week for the music. It's the end of the liturgical year, so Victor was pulling out the stops, had a drum (kettle drum?) and various brass instruments up there as well as the organ. Good music. We were doing the feast Sunday music, which I prefer, and it was really rich and exhilarating, even the parts early on I was doing from down below. I came home feeling really good from the music. And I feel really brave to have gone and sung with the choir - although I don't think I did that great, between allergies and exhaustion and not knowing the music too well yet.
faxpaladin. We did not make it to the 8 am service, but got there just in time for her 9:30 Sunday school. I went into the 3 week adult class Karl and I had been going to. Then Maggie and I went to the 11 am service. As mentioned before, I've started going to choir practice, for the last 2 weeks. The choir was doing a psalm, one of the ones where they sing the refrain once, then everyone, and then it's choir doing verses and everyone doing choruses. Victor, the music director, will during the choruses turn and sing towards the congregation below - although I don't know if most people notice that, I think most people stay facing forward. I was singing back up towards him and enjoying it, singing out, after all I had practiced this one with them a week and a half ago. He looked over at me, made eye contact and grinned - then got this "waitaminute!" look and crooked his finger at me with a "you, get up here!" gesture. I didn't move then, but noted that they were doing the Bach piece for the offertory - and I'd practiced that one with them twice, and been playing the slipped up during the start of the sermon to say softly to him that I hadn't brought my music, wasn't in great voice, but if he had an extra copy and wanted me to come up, I would - he did.
So right at the Peace I slipped upstairs with Maggie, who was a little angel and sat quietly. I sang the Offertory with the choir. Then I stayed up there, sang more of the liturgy with them, went down to communion and back up, did the rest of the hymns and liturgy from up there. It was fun. And it was a great week for the music. It's the end of the liturgical year, so Victor was pulling out the stops, had a drum (kettle drum?) and various brass instruments up there as well as the organ. Good music. We were doing the feast Sunday music, which I prefer, and it was really rich and exhilarating, even the parts early on I was doing from down below. I came home feeling really good from the music. And I feel really brave to have gone and sung with the choir - although I don't think I did that great, between allergies and exhaustion and not knowing the music too well yet.
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Date: 2005-11-21 06:36 am (UTC)Considering I'm too chicken to get up and chant at our church, I'm thrilled for you!
Kettle drum?
Date: 2005-11-21 12:01 pm (UTC)Re: Kettle drum?
Date: 2005-11-21 02:45 pm (UTC)Re: Kettle drum?
Date: 2005-11-22 03:48 am (UTC)Christ the King Sunday music
Date: 2005-11-21 04:05 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-11-21 09:21 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-11-21 10:37 pm (UTC)